I’ve often written about the low salary of infectious disease (ID) physicians as compared to other medical specialities. Much of this is due to ours being a cognitive field where we think more than we do and to the payment incentive plan being designed to reward volume and procedures more so than medical decision thinking. […]
The Pay Gap for Women in Medicine
The now-infamous comment about the pay gap for women in medicine in the Dallas Medical Journal unfortunately represents a belief not as rare as one would hope. It is the belief that the gender pay gap in medicine is deserved. While I do agree that if one works fewer hours one should expect to be […]
Recertification Time for Internal Medicine
A few months ago I took my recertification boards for internal medicine (IM). I remembered cramming and doing MKSAP at the end of third year medical residency which coincided with the beginning of first year infectious disease fellowship for my initial certification which I passed on first try. Now here I was ten years later. […]
Living in Fear – When Patients Kill Doctors
As humans, we judge the people that we meet even before we know anything about them. Even before we hear what they have to say, we have categorized them in a box – “nice”, “stupid”, “racist”. When we hear bad or unpleasant news, it is tough for us to separate our feelings about that news […]
Thoughts on Private Practice Infectious Disease
It’s only been a little over a month, but I have confirmed that the world of private practice American medicine is not my cup of tea. I’m not one to be influenced by money and I’m not really an entrepreneur so I would fashion things to please me. One might see my fictional solo practice […]