Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Part-Time Medicine & Career Change”
Those folks motivated to pursue careers requiring long training periods are understandably deeply invested in making those careers satisfying and achieving professional success through increasingly prestigious appointments. But what happens when career advancement requires separation from a significant other or children? Let’s examine a few case studies without right answers. Star-Crossed Overachievers I spent time in the horn of Africa …
Today’s guest post is by Vagabond MD, the radiologist whose interview inaugurated the Docs Who Cut Back series. His contributions to the physician financial literacy and wellness sphere have graced numerous blogs and podcasts, and his status is best summarized in the title conferred on a guest post he wrote for fellow celebrity blogger Hatton1: “Vagabond Speaks, I Listen.” Does …
I heart radiologists. They decipher clinical mysteries, continually teach me, and I could not work effectively without their contributions. Some radiologists interpret a chest x-ray by noting degenerative changes in the spine and calcific tendonitis of the shoulders before gradually making their way to the lungs. Others cut to the chase: “negative”. If Shakespeare had worked in the ER, he’d …
1.What is your specialty, and how many years of residency/fellowship did you complete? I spent 4 years in residency for Anesthesiology. I experienced two stages of cutting back. Transition A occurred 13 years after completing training. I was 43 when I was actually able to cut back to .85 FTE. I had been planning to do so for three years prior, …
Dr. Mo, who blogs anonymously at A Sustainable Medical Career, is a voice you are unlikely to mistake for any other. His writing combines radical candor, strategic expletives and a casual conversational tone. Reading his posts combines the pleasures of grabbing coffee with a new friend and the intimate feel that your friend is entrusting you to be his confessor. …
Dr. K is half of a dual physician, no kid household who started her career as a blazing young gun. Like Dr. Jordan Craig, she built her OB/GYN practice by never turning away a patient, leading to a very recognizable workaholic doctor schedule. A variety of factors prompted her to drastically course correct, among them the sense that she had …
Few 30 year olds are able to accurately predict what they’d like to eat for dinner, much less how their future selves will feel in a career 1-2 decades out from completion of training, which is why this next interviewee rocked my world. She and her husband trained in Family Medicine and began a job-sharing arrangement from day one. They …
Dr. McFrugal is an anesthesiologist and fellow physician finance blogger who has distinguished himself as my favorite purveyor of food porn – I’ve never seen a photo of one of his plant-based meals I didn’t immediately want to put a fork in. He espouses minimalism, frugality, and the selective pursuit of luxury that provides his family pleasure out of proportion. …
BT is an emergency physician residing in the south. He’s married to an internist and a father to three daughters (the oldest just started university). His career saw him working at a community hospital, which he left to become an academic faculty member and researcher, which he left to return to community practice once again. He picked up and grew …
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Cory Fawcett, a “repurposed” general surgeon, at FinCon18. Since leaving medicine, Cory has authored several books and started a business, Prescription For Financial Success, geared toward helping physicians live sustainable lifestyles free from debt. He is credited by many, including my friend B.C. Krygowski, as having been a key figure in helping them …