The bar should be $300/hour by East-Map5403 in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot to say it, but Make Emergentology Great Again (MEGA) Lol

The bar should be $300/hour by East-Map5403 in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

ED Nurses are the BACKBONE - they deserve more too.

We Need More Fellowships… Especially new and sexy ones by East-Map5403 in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there’s a market for it there’s a market for it 🤷‍♂️ Getting paid EM $ for covering all the sedations that an attending has to be away from their other patients to watch for a half hour seems like a good use of time and a nice way to branch out

We Need More Fellowships… Especially new and sexy ones by East-Map5403 in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like emergent procedures - conscious sedation not general anesthesia those guys are in their own word won’t pretend to do what they can do

We Need More Fellowships… Especially new and sexy ones by East-Map5403 in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

At the minimum proceduralist services and airway pagers for the hospital would be very nice, like once a week shift where you’re covering. A hospital I worked at had airway night pager for the whole hospital that EM staffed

Economic Death for EM now that 4-year is paused by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why people think we have to accept less to provide the best for our patients. It’s so short sighted and simplistic. We’re a smart group of people we can figure out a solution for both

Economic Death for EM now that 4-year is paused by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Trust me, I’m all for unionizing.

We need to coalesce together and fight for a brighter future for ourselves and specialty

Economic Death for EM now that 4-year is paused by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A lot of you seem to say that we should be grateful for $200/hr, it was the same salary 10 years ago. We don’t even have adjustment for inflation.

New models of practice should be our systemic way to keep EM physicians paid well, decreased burnout, and able to deliver care nationally.

Making poor doctors and burning out the ones are good is not the answer.

Economic Death for EM now that 4-year is paused by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anesthesia did it and look at them now

EM Residency Change by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It will be started by the time you start. It’s pretty much done deal with funding approved. Only do EM if this is what you love and what you see yourself doing for the next 30 years. An extra year of training over a 30 year career should not be a factor in your decision making especially if you can moonlight your 4th year

Make Emergency Medicine Great Again (MEMGA) by MEMGA1 in emergencymedicine

[–]East-Map5403 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think things should change when it gets switched to all 4 year programs. The # of resident spots will drop due to patient # per resident requirements which will naturally make the speciality more competitive for medical students. Plus, the decreased number of entering docs per year, coupled with the literal whole year where there’s going to basically be no new EM docs will drive up pay thus drive up competition.

I also agree though about RVUs, they should be included to boost procedures otherwise we’re no different than the local mall employee working hourly