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#72589 - 01/11/10 07:28 AM
Re: Who wants to sue?
[Re: AnnaM]
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my sister loves her work in Interior (spacial) design, and has worked on big urban projects and has received awards for her work. get back to us on how things go.
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#72664 - 01/21/10 05:13 PM
Re: Who wants to sue?
[Re: sisriver]
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Three Accelerated Architectural Design classes and so far I love it! Of course it's too soon to really tell, but so far so good. It's so much fun. The class is small (only 5 students) so we get lots of personal attention. The instructor is a female architect and a very good teacher. It's so refreshing using the other side of my brain for a change, and it's the side that I think is my strongest side but I was always afraid to pursue something creative. It's taken 20 years and many mistakes to curb the fear. Feels like I'm finally coming into myself at last. I'll keep you guys updated, and I just hope my feelings about this continue.
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#73231 - 02/23/10 10:53 PM
Re: Who wants to sue?
[Re: kpzr/9145]
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i hear you kpzr...no one in my family is going to make the same mistake i did. doctors are suffering for so many reasons and it's more apparent than ever now and i think the situation will only get worse. my only saving grace is that i'm a pediatrician and no one will ever be able to take better care of my kids then their pediatrician mommy
Edited by sahm-doc (02/23/10 10:55 PM)
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#73232 - 02/23/10 10:54 PM
Re: Who wants to sue?
[Re: kpzr/9145]
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Did not realize this thread was so old when I started reading it - but yes, this is exactly right! It is soooo refreshing to hear these truths, spoken "out loud"! Yes, the AMA is not our friend. Yes, my patients and family have NO IDEA what is behind the way medicine is practiced today. Thank you, Doctor hope, for talking about it!
I myself have been outspoken about this. During my residency, I was starting to realize I had been subject to this institutionalized "scam". When I was invited to my undergraduate Alma Mater to speak about becoming a physician to a group of premed students, I told it like it was. The crippling loans. The dangerously long hours at work (I actually fell asleep at the wheel driving home from a 36 hour long work "day" in the PICU and luckily veered into the breakdown lane - woke up with traffic coming head on toward me...). I was not invited to return to speak the following year. The administration clearly did not want the students to hear the truth, just their idealized version...
Well I am not sure I can change the way it is. I guess I kind of feel like the old saying about knowing the difference about what you can and can not change. Or perhaps I just lack the energy to try. Anyway, I will continue to tell the TRUTH about the practice of medicine to anyone who asks. And, BTW, I think specialists are unhappy too...
I have two sons. I will discourage them both from going into medicine.
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#73395 - 03/06/10 11:05 AM
Re: Who wants to sue?
[Re: momtonoah]
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Hang in there. I think things are changing in medicine. And you can seek a position that meets your needs. There is more flexibility than before. It just takes work to find/create it. Once you are done with training you will have more options. Are you going into FP, Internal Medicine, or Peds?
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#73400 - 03/06/10 06:17 PM
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[Re: kpzr/9145]
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Oh, lol, I am done! I finished my peds residency in 1996 and have been working ever since. I am a mom now to a 3 year old and find that I am just over worked, over stressed and do not have as much patience as I need to. I just need to work less. I would love a part time office, part time admin job but with my current employer that would be impossible.
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#73419 - 03/07/10 09:14 PM
Re: Who wants to sue?
[Re: momtonoah]
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i totally understand momtonoah and the sad reality is that i have a part time pediatric office job and it still doesn't fit my mother of 2 and hopefully one day 3 lifestyle. the main reason is that being a primary care doctor is a full time job and even though i'm only in the office 3 days a week my patient panel is no smaller than the other full time docs so i just end up squeezing full time patient care/phone calls/paper work into 3 days and get paid much less than i deserve.
the one thing i haven't tried yet is pediatric urgent care/shift work and i wonder if my lifestyle is more suited for that line of work. parents expect a lot from their pediatrician these days so sometimes i feel like i'm going from a mom of 2 at home to a mom to 1000 when i'm at work and it's not fair to anyone--me, my kids or my patients---when i'm stretched this far. i'm guessing i'd be able to detach more from work in an urgent care type situation.
anyone have any experience with this time of transition...going from primary care to urgent care and how satisfied are you?
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#73420 - 03/07/10 11:44 PM
Re: Who wants to sue?
[Re: sahm-doc]
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I have thought about that but the only problem, at least from my perspective here where I am, is that urgent care hours and need is pretty much during the time when I need to be home with my child....afternoons, nights, weekends. I am not sure if that's really much better.
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