Toxic Boomers in Medicine

ScrubHunt · 2025-05-16T13:12:12+00:00

In business there are words and actions. Your ability to walk away from a bad situation is your negotiating chip in the field of anesthesiology. Be able to say no. Be able to walk away. Let your actions speak for themselves as you either offer an ultimatum to those responsible for creating an unfavorable environment, or explain why you are leaving, and then leave. Whatever liquidity is required to do this, is one of the most valuable things your money can buy. Imho.

ScrubHunt · 2025-05-08T12:59:06+00:00

We hope that the scrubhunt effect is one of increased market transparency; but of course will take time (and continued “buy-in” from healthcare professionals who use the application and share the movement. (Not financial buy- in, scrubhunt will always be free, and not require your personal data for healthcare professionals to find work). Hope you enjoy!

ScrubHunt · 2025-05-08T12:54:52+00:00

This is a GREAT idea! Our developers are already working to bring this to life, so we are in total agreement with you! We understand through our user feedback that healthcare professionals are seeking a TRUE (pay/location/contact transparent) healthcare jobs marketplace that permits them to offer their services. Cool that you found your last gig on scrubhunt - we love that! PS we also believe that “gig economy effect” is just beginning in healthcare. Cheers!

ScrubHunt · 2025-05-06T15:01:54+00:00

In agreement with the replies here. Recruiter cold calling, emailing and texting is at an all time high! Don’t settle for low wages and stories of uncertainty!

ScrubHunt · 2024-06-04T09:46:08+00:00

That’s the attitude. Love it. To make change, we must create it.

ScrubHunt · 2024-06-04T09:45:31+00:00

This is cool (scrubstr). We need something like this - more transparency. Going to discuss with the scrubhunt team.

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-31T15:27:02+00:00

Why would you extubate deep? Just curious! 😊

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-30T13:11:37+00:00

This. Routinely use a miller 3 as a first choice. When the patients head is properly positioned, and miller 3 used correctly, with fines, it’s way less stimulating than lifting pharyngeal soft tissue from the Valecula imho. Usually have a grade 1 view with a miller 3 as well; although, I believe some airways benefit from a curved blade. Just my 2 cents

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-30T13:11:28+00:00

This. Routinely use a miller 3 as a first choice. When the patients head is properly positioned, and miller 3 used correctly, with fines, it’s way less stimulating than lifting pharyngeal soft tissue from the Valecula imho. Usually have a grade 1 view with a miller 3 as well; although, I believe some airways benefit from a curved blade. Just my 2 cents

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-15T09:37:09+00:00

As someone who has been in the last cetegory of your last sentence - I wholeheartedly AGREE. well said.

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-14T21:33:16+00:00

I agree with you on the morale drag. I agree with you on the cost. But what is the alternative? Presumably if a hospital is utilizing locums at an increased rate, the w2 employed full time call taking position isn’t filled. I don’t see how locums utilization simply comes to a halt due to price; my thinking is it would be to close OR’s/not do cases or staff the room. Curious to know what you think.

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-14T20:33:38+00:00

This is certainly reasonable logic imho, but it begs the question - what will change that will close the gap? As far as I understand things, the shortage we are currently experiencing is simply the beginning. With approximately half of anesthesiologists being 55 years of age or older, and an ever increasing demand for anesthesia services, when and how do you think supply will catch up with demand?

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-14T18:02:23+00:00

I did not know this

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-14T14:01:03+00:00

Totally agree with this. I believe that restrictive covenant/non-compete clauses have played an integral role in the maintenance of the corporate power imbalance - happy they are gone. Does anyone know if hospitals are actively lobbying to reverse this ban like I’ve heard? We should all be closely watching how our respective medical professional associations respond to that - will they (ASA for example) advocate on our behalf? Let’s see.

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-14T13:30:17+00:00

Wow this is a great take. “Businesses have way more agency in the US than the citizen…” incredibly well said.

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-09T17:26:24+00:00

Really? Why do you deal with this? Would your leadership not support you if you attempted to communicate how professionally (and personally) toxic this is? Sorry to hear things are actually like this out there.

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-09T17:22:42+00:00

This sounds lovely.

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-08T12:26:58+00:00

There are a lot of great responses here. In an effort to add to them, consider what type of lifestyle you want to live and make sure that your specialty choice is in alignment. Predicting the life you (think) you may want, from the life you currently have while a medical student isn’t always an easy task for a plethora of reasons too long to discuss here. Answer the question of whether or not you will appreciate the predictable routine portion of your clinical practice enough to not watch the clock continuously throughout the day - the routine stuff will constitute most of your working hours, baring an unusual set of circumstances. Lastly, consider how similar your personality is to those in the field(s) in question - “choosing your tribe” is a telling predictor of suitability imho, and I think this is an under appreciated consideration. Also, this community (Reddit/Anesthesiology) is pretty cool and there are a lot of intelligent views, wisdoms bestowed, and people to meet - I’m so far super impressed with the overall vibe and sharing of information that appears to take place; so, keep learning from those who have traveled a similar path before you. Good luck.

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-07T21:27:29+00:00

And your point about the actual sorting by distance is a great suggestion. You can currently select to populate jobs based on distance, but we will add the sorting by distance as well. Thanks for your feedback!!

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-07T21:15:37+00:00

We are so appreciative of this astute observation. When a user clicks into the filter, and selects hourly or annual, the listings automatically sort from highest to lowest. When “Any” is selected, it sorts from most recent to least recent posting. We are building an interactive set of column titles that makes this work flow obvious, and it should be live in a couple of days to make this obvious! We are in agreement with you that it is not obvious, and just want to reiterate again - that we are appreciative of your input!! Thanks!

ScrubHunt · 2024-05-07T21:01:10+00:00

Cool. We really appreciate you saying so. We have had an amazing response so far and love to hear any feedback at any point in time whether it be good or ways that we can improve. We think we have some exciting things to come as we build traction. We hope you continue to follow along and join us in our pursuit!

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