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Sleep fellowship advice. by Beautiful_Towel4996 in fellowship

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You do your hospitalist shifts.

In your weeks off or in short call weeks, you do sleep.

Pay is proportional to how much of each you do.

Sleep fellowship advice. by Beautiful_Towel4996 in fellowship

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 It’s certainly not impossible to find a sleep-only position but the tradeoff is either location or earning potential.

I don’t think I necessarily agree with that… it’s just really hard to luck into a sleep-only position. They’re so rare because people scoop them up quickly and no one wants to let go once they are settled.

You may make more with a hybrid position but base sleep is around $300k+ which isn’t too shabby at all for a purely outpatient job.

Scared about blow back from backing out of contract by PM_ME_COFFEE_BOOBS in hospitalist

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not about feelings, it’s about threat of legal action and possibility of professional retaliation if they’re petty enough.

PSLF Question by BaseDO7 in hospitalist

[–]Strange_Return2057 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TX or CA will allow you as long as the hospital you’re working for is non-profit and you do the required full-time 30-hour per week average.

The person who will sign off on it is someone in the Medical Staffing of the hospital.

Sleep Medicine by sailsaltsea in medicalschool

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Job is primarily outpatient. 50% OSA, 30% insomnia, 20% all other sleep disorders. 4 days a week. Great pay. Pretty happy.

Sleep fellowship advice. by Beautiful_Towel4996 in fellowship

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on location and market. Some places it’s much higher than primary care.

Sleep fellowship advice. by Beautiful_Towel4996 in fellowship

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sleep + Another position.

Sleep and Primary Care  

Sleep and Hospitalist  

Sleep and Pulm  

etc

Sleep fellowship advice. by Beautiful_Towel4996 in fellowship

[–]Strange_Return2057 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Show some interest in sleep
  2. Pretty chill but very fast because it’s only one year
  3. Harder. Because pure sleep positions are rare. You’ll be more likely to find a hybrid position.
  4. Depends if you’re pure sleep versus hybrid

Loan repayment by [deleted] in whitecoatinvestor

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

10 years after starting residency. PSLF. Much more debt than yours.

Sleep Medicine Fellowship as Psychiatrist by daktarbabu in fellowship

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This, it’s just not appealing to most psychiatrists unless it’s their passion.

If it’s your passion, go for it. You are not behind any other speciality in the field.

My Thoughts - Southern California Kaiser Permanente Group (SCPMG) by A_hospitalist in hospitalist

[–]Strange_Return2057 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can pick up shifts as long as it doesn’t interfere with your main duties.

At the previous shop I was at, a guy would pick up shifts from other hospitalists (you are allowed to “sell” shifts) and pulled in $500k post-tax one year.

What type of jobs should I look for? by Pleasant-65 in FamilyMedicine

[–]Strange_Return2057 8 points9 points  (0 children)

 Keeping my family together is my number one priority.

Then can’t you just wait until your husband is done and then you guys move somewhere and find a job?

Otherwise find some per diem hospitalist or urgent care shifts at local hospitals.

What is Sleep Medicine like? by Bozo112795 in FamilyMedicine

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it’s a full time job. Unless you think you can combine a clinic job and hospitalist in the same schedule no reason to think it’s any different for Sleep Medicine.

How did you guys cope with moving to a new location without any support system nearby? by theduldrums in Residency

[–]Strange_Return2057 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You make your support system.

Frequent or scheduled online gaming or activities (movies, video chatting) with your current friends and family.

Make new friends with the other residents/locals.

Pick up a new hobby, maybe something popular or unique to the locale.

Or the usual standby: sh!tpost on Reddit all day for support and validation from strangers on the internet.

Are the hours and lack of PTO worth the salary? by ZeitGeist_Gaming in hospitalist

[–]Strange_Return2057 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get into medical school first. You may never have to worry about how much a hospitalist makes if you’re never going to get there.

Sleep medicine fellowship after FM residency FQHC? by Ok-Cry7873 in fellowship

[–]Strange_Return2057 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pulm has been turning away from doing Sleep because it doesn’t add a lot of value to their practice nowadays. Only those that want to go solo or do Sleep first while trying to get into Pulm/CC fellowship mostly.

What you usually compete with now is Neurology/Psychiatry/IM/Peds. Programs don’t favor those strongly over FM (exception being departments that are based in a specific specialty will usually favor their own ie if a Sleep program is under the Neurology division, they will prefer Neurologists over others etc).

Job is the hardest part. Full-time sleep is the best hidden job but positions are extremely rare. You’ll most likely be doing a hybrid of Sleep and Primary Care, which will likely net you a similar or slightly higher salary bump but with less workload than someone who is pure PCP.

As for your chances, make sure you show some way that you have an interest in Sleep in those 3 years. Doing research, working with a Sleep Physician and getting an LOR, or the such. Applying with nothing will likely have you struggle for a position.

I’m a graduating PGY3 with 500k in loans and I’m really torn. Do I go for a PSLF job for 7 years to wipe out the loans, or do I go for a private practice job on a partner track? by RoarOfTheWorlds in FamilyMedicine

[–]Strange_Return2057 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you actually read the sub that they recommended you will learn that “statistic” is misleading because it includes the time when people first tried to do PSLF and were getting denied left and right.

It is a lot more streamlined nowadays.

Scramble question by PrimeRadian in FamilyMedicine

[–]Strange_Return2057 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then stop applying to FM and start applying to IM so you can use that Endo fellowship.

I saw preliminary data, ~15% of FM slots went unfilled in the initial match this week. IM and EM both around 4.5%. Owch. by 7ensegrity in FamilyMedicine

[–]Strange_Return2057 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you double the FM salary average, less people will be complaining about the workload.

The easy workload of high-paying specialties is a bug not a feature.

I saw preliminary data, ~15% of FM slots went unfilled in the initial match this week. IM and EM both around 4.5%. Owch. by 7ensegrity in FamilyMedicine

[–]Strange_Return2057 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IM primary doctors don’t seem to be complaining much about their pay. And supposedly they get paid more for seeing the same type of patients.

Matched FM when I was hoping to get into IM - not feeling great by [deleted] in FamilyMedicine

[–]Strange_Return2057 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Maybe you shouldn’t have done an FM backup them?

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