Physician re-entry programs are a great idea, but that one sounds really expensive! I know of a really good one for anesthesiologists, and it is only $1000/month. I wonder if that one you found is more for people who have lost their medical licenses and have to be "re-educated." When I was searching at one point, I found a program like that that was about $14,000, but it didn't even involve any patient care!

Talking with other pediatricians directly sounds like a great idea. Good luck!

Hang in there and good luck! Have you thought about trying residency programs? Sometimes they do reentry or have contacts....I know at the community health center I used to work at, we had pretty extensive shadowing/mentoring when we hired someone who had been out awhile. You should be able to get SOMETHING!

pastpedmd, you have probably already seen this site, but I just learned about it on Sermo:

http://www.physicianreentry.org/

It has some interesting articles and talks about different re-entry programs that already exist. It sounds like they are all pretty expensive.

College doc? family planning clinics doing yearly/pap/etc on young women?

Met with a fellow pediatrician in my town. He seemed very nice and asked about my situation. Said his practice was looking for someone as they hope to expand. He did seem a bit concerned about the length of my 'break' but I left a CV and he said someone would be in touch. That was 6 days ago and no word yet. Am starting to wonder and worry if I'll ever hear back or am I being too impatient?

Also my son has had a recent setback I hope is recoverable, so more to worry about. Thanks for the chance to vent a little.