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#72302 - 12/15/09 05:10 PM
Re: Part-Time Doctors
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As I said before, I am friends with a few and at a recent baby shower, I asked the question about why they don't agree as part-timers to share a part-time position and patients. To me as an outsider, it seems logical that one doc covers mornings, the other covers afternoons and they can switch it up to fit each others schedules/needs. This way, there is always coverage each day for patients. I was laughed at and then told that it would never work and that each provider is different and wants their patients to be their patients, etc. What was missing there though (that I DID not say) was that the patient's needs come last. I think your question was totally reasonable and they shouldn't have laughed at you. Maybe they each want to work only during school hours and be home the rest of the time. So there is no way they could do a job share because they all want the same shift. But surely there are other ways the clinic could accommodate the part-timers. Job-sharing is the simplest, but if that won't work, they could explore other options to make sure someone is available to cover patients when their primaries are not there. That is, if they are interested in improving their customer service. I hope your former pedi has a better attitude than your friends.
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#72303 - 12/15/09 05:12 PM
Re: Part-Time Doctors
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My practice is open four nights a week and every Saturday and Sunday, in fact we are only closed two days a year (Christmas and Thanksgiving). Wow! Patients must really appreciate that.
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#72313 - 12/16/09 03:54 PM
Re: Part-Time Doctors
[Re: sahmd]
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I think that job sharing and part time physician work in general work best when all those involved practice in a similar way. In other words, I can feel comfortable when my partner treats my patients on my day off and vice versa. People who practice together usually will start to practice in similar ways. At least this is true in my practice, we all are very similar in practice styles. I would never make a statement like the one above, although I do a fair bit of work on my days off (phone calls to specialists and families) I know there are many times that other physicians see my patients and I am grateful for the coverage. It is interesting to me to hear it is not like this everywhere!
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#72330 - 12/17/09 02:51 PM
Re: Part-Time Doctors
[Re: mommd2b]
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Our pediatrician is a solo practitioner with an NP, part-time office hours (usually 10-4 for appts, there til 5 or later; NP works earlier a few days). One of them always has the pager, and depending on the issue, will accept a quick "house call" to her house.
that's the sort of pediatrician I wanted to be... and figured I couldn't do that, so I went into child psych ;-)
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