WSJ: $500,000 Pay, Predictable Hours: How Dermatology Became the ‘It’ Job in Medicine

[drusso]

What can Pain learn from Derm and how can we begin recruiting the best and brightest to our specialty?

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/dermatology-jobs-salary-young-doctors-174cfe53?st=de8rT9&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

"Four-day workweeks, double the salary of some colleagues and no emails at night. If those perks sound like they belong to a few vaunted tech jobs, think again. Dermatologists boast some of medicine’s most enviable work lives, and more aspiring doctors are vying for residency spots in the specialty."

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[powermd]

People pay up for what they want, not what they need.

 

[clubdeac]

Honestly doesn’t sound much different than our specialty

 

[MitchLevi]

Only read the headline, but $0.5 Ball is BS.

They virtually all make quite a bit more than that and they make what the industry demands they make.

 

[BobBarker]

It is definitely doable in our specialty. My junior physician is on that track. I am not on that track as someone has to handle the business. But if one person is willing to do that, then it could be pretty easy to have multiple other physicians just focused on clinical care with great salary to time in office ratio.

 

[RoloTomassi]

Similar pay, hours, work life balance, but the average practice has very different clientele

 

[Ronin1]

Sounds like an entry level HOPD spot.

 

[MitchLevi]

Really can’t beat our job TBH

 

[Agast]

I don’t suppose the article mentions that only beautiful people are picked to be dermatology residents

So as long as pain is fine with uggos….

 

[clubdeac]

I don’t suppose the article mentions that only beautiful people are picked to be dermatology residents

So as long as pain is fine with uggos….

And female. Where’s duct when you need him? This speciality is highly sexist. The numbers don’t reflect the average population. Must definitely be due to discrimination against men. There’s no other way to interpret the data

 

[masterPain]

And female. Where’s duct when you need him? This speciality is highly sexist. The numbers don’t reflect the average population. Must definitely be due to discrimination against men. There’s no other way to interpret the data

Trumps fault for sure

 

[Tuohys&Bougies]

Sounds like an entry level HOPD spot.

Really, I make significantly less than that working anes/pain, full anesthesia call, many late nights, weekends, holidays. I see <20 pts a day though..

 

[Laryngospasm]

Median nationwide for anes only is better than that.. you might reevaluate your situation.. there is no reward at the end for sacrificing your time for less pay.

 

[BobBarker]

Really, I make significantly less than that working anes/pain, full anesthesia call, many late nights, weekends, holidays. I see <20 pts a day though..

Work part time and make part time pay. I see 25 before lunch.