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 […]
The Rash of Doctor Salary Posts from WSJ Health Blog
First, WSJ reported on the starting salaries of physicians and now they are reporting on the trend of increasing signing bonuses given to physicians. At first I was eager to learn how much physicians make (as I mentioned previously, medical students, residents, and fellows are often clueless about their future net-worth and either ballpark it […]
In My Mailbox Today
More evidence of the nightmare that is the state licensing and hospital credentialing process: Good Morning Dr. …, Attached is a fax I received from “name of my medical school” this morning. This fax indicates that “name of my medical school” charges $5 to verify your medical degree. Unfortunately, we are unable to pay additional […]
Welcome to Medicine aka the Licensing & Credentialing Nightmare
The job search is finally over. It was a long and arduous process and if I could start all over, there would be many things I would do differently. I settled. I chose the practice that made the most sense economically, financially, and legally. I forego my desires and most importantly a chance at a […]
After ID Fellowship, What Next?
Second year of infectious disease fellowship was supposed to be great. It being the last year of my medical training, I was going to relax, take it slow, complete and publish my research, find a job, and just chill. My, have I been mistaken. Second year is certainly easier than first year in terms of […]