I am an internist looking for a work from home part time job. I have worked full time in private practice and part time in a hospital owned outpatient clinic. I have a 2 and 4 year old and a husband with a demanding job (not a doc). I just quit my job so that we could move for my husband's career. I found that I can't "have it all/do it all" and need a less stressful/demanding job. I have a child that needs to come first and requires weekly OT and other services.
I have experience with three different EHR but no post residency inpatient experience and would love to write or review charts. I have even looked into medical coding as I assume I could learn the extra details quickly. Obviously the pay would be less, but we just need some extra help. Anyone have any experience with medical coding?

Hi IrishMD, I used to do my own billing and have some experience with coding. It is pretty easy to learn, but as you know, it does not pay very well. You will be able to earn way more if you work part-time as a physician. If you continue to work as a physician, maybe once a week or even less, you will avoid the huge hurdles to re-entry down the road. In a few years, your children will both be at school during the day and the school district will be required to provide the services that your special-needs child needs. That will free you up to work more.

Your situation is described well in a book called "Opting Out," which is about why professional women sometimes quit. Some of the common themes are husbands with demanding jobs, husbands who need to move for their jobs, children with health issues, and inflexibility of the professional woman's workplace. I thought it was an excellent book.

Anyway, you are in a challenging situation, and I hope you are able to find a job -- clinical or non-clinical -- that will enable you to meet your needs and your family's needs. Good luck.

IrishMD- I am in a similar situation- I have a special needs child with a difficult school situation (acrimonious IEP) and a typically developing Kindergartner , and while I work part time (3 days a week), I am really struggling to keep the balance. My husband is also an MD and we have no family around to help .
I've practiced for about 10 years now, and my practice is bursting at the seams- so it's hard to scale back.
I am really looking at homeschooling my special needs child for next year, and therefore at what I could possibly be doing from home.
It would be a paycut for sure- but part time practice is already financially challenging for a physician , especially with those of us in "cognitive " specialities (I'm an endo)- because OH isn't reduced proportionally.

Anyway- I've got nothing planned. I would love to look at medical writing, but I have no idea where to begin.

Endlady, is there some happy medium between 3 days a week and quitting? Like 2 days a week? Not taking any new patients?

One of my friends (a lawyer) was able to get her school district to provide services for her special-needs child by threatening to sue them. No one wants to do that, but when the school realizes that you are aware of that option, they will often decide that they are better off just providing the services.

SAHMD- I'm actually trying to work out a happy medium right now :)- I am moving towards 2 half days + 1 full day and no new pts with diabetes.
Re: the School district, don't even get me started !!!! They are walking a fine line of doing the bare minimum as to not create a legal case (for me). I have been working all these years to fund for therapies anyway .I live in the South where services are just not very good or very available.