I rage-quit my academic pediatrician job in 2017 with lots of debt and no plan. Doctors don’t have to stay in jobs they hate. We can be successful everywhere.
Hot take: Every hospital that says they "can't afford to pay physicians more" has an EVP of Patient Experience making $400K.
The budget isn't a constraint. It's a series of choices about who gets paid first.
@MacklinLoveland Doing a fellowship does not guarantee a higher salary in the end, especially after accounting for attending years lost doing said fellowship
Fear disguises itself as:
“I’m not ready to take the leap”
“Now’s not the right time”
“I need to make [ ] professor first”
“After I make full partner”
“Maybe in 5 years”
The American Board of Pediatrics has approved a shift toward 2-year subspecialty fellowships instead of the usual 3 years.
Peds hospitalist fellowships should still be zero years. Don’t do those.
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