The pros and cons of moonlighting for medical trainees

Finance
April 15, 2017

Are you a medical resident or fellow?  Do you have a family to provide for?  Do you feel that your biweekly paycheck is not quite enough to justify the hard work you put in?  Luckily for you, your program offers the great benefit of “moonlighting.”  Should you take advantage?  Here are some of my thoughts on the matter.

What is moonlighting?

Like so many other things we take for granted in medicine, …

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The pros and cons of moonlighting for medical trainees

Some doctors do it for the money. Here are some reasons why.

Finance
June 28, 2016

If you stay in medicine long enough, you will encounter physicians who seem to care more about the paycheck than the patient in front of them: think Dr. Farid Fata.  You may find those colleagues revolting; I know I did.  I despised these physicians and felt nauseated even to be in the same room as them.  But as time went on, I realized that almost nobody starts a career …

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Some doctors do it for the money. Here are some reasons why.