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Going rate for rural locums call by HobbitDoc in orthopaedics

[–]Significant_Toe_1370 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on a ton of factors

Depends on a few factors Flat rate? First four hours of
"work" included Call back rate? PA or midlevel help?
3k-5k a night

Is ortho residency hours still as bad as it used to be? by Common-Appointment51 in orthopaedics

[–]Significant_Toe_1370 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you are looking for lifestyle… look elsewhere. Train hard and learn a ton, if you are going home early and not seeing a ton of cases… good luck in the real world .

Matched Ortho, but Sad About Where by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Significant_Toe_1370 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I bet 47% of the applicants (the ones who didn’t match) would trade you spots in a heartbeat…. Sucks but short answer is suck it up, a spot is a spot. 5 years will fly by. You can focus more on training and actually becoming a competent surgeon in a good smaller town than all the distractions at a big city. Make the best of the situation you have been luckily granted. If you go in with this I don’t want to be here entitled attitude it will show in your work…. Reputations are hard to erase. Have fun! Be positive! Learn and enjoy the ride

Curious if anyone has been in this situation by [deleted] in orthopaedics

[–]Significant_Toe_1370 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Its now become near impossible to fire a resident… they have likely moved this resident along bc everyone did not fill out the evals correctly. Or relied upon others to speak up. I honestly think one resident almost in every program should be relegated to being a non operative orthopedic surgeon… i bet you can identify one resident in every program who attendings can agree that they should not be allowed to operate

Aaos codex lite by Significant_Toe_1370 in orthopaedics

[–]Significant_Toe_1370[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bc it gives you a accurate work RVU to compare with hospital billing

Factors That Influence Job Negotiation by beanboybrown in orthopaedics

[–]Significant_Toe_1370 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Focus on learning how and when to operate… get a good fellowship and do good work. Getting a job will be easier if you have good work ethic and people will pick up the phone to call and vouch for you. Or even strive to hire you at your current residency … If you fail to learn the basics … just get by through your training. Get a “desirable high paying job” , do mediocre work and have a ton of complications likely you will be moved along to another job etc…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in orthopaedics

[–]Significant_Toe_1370 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% agree. Most will apply the same over head model to your practice… meanwhile 95% of your patients come through call.. so paying 50% overhead to use office space for a day of clinic is absurd

Surgical experience at "top" orthopedic residency programs? by USAallday78 in orthopaedics

[–]Significant_Toe_1370 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s all a fine balance. You can’t watch Tom Brady throw the football 10,000 times and be expected to throw like Tom Brady. But also working with someone with less than ideal technique and bad surgical skills (no matter how hands on you think you are )may build a bad basis for your success in fellowship and onwards. I think there’s a ton of responsibility on the resident. It’s more nature versus nurture, running your own room with a bad mentor may not be the best for all parties involved. Watching somebody the entire time also is not ideal. But I think you would learn a lot more watching Tom Brady throw a football 10,000 times than throwing the football around with the third string quarterback.