![]() ![]() I didn’t stop counting pacemaker implants until 5000. Then, when I joined a practice, I worked 80 hours per week, took call every third night and ablated all day and most of the night. I authored–in pen–my own surgery textbook by re-writing what was already published in textbooks. I snuck out of the call room on Internal Medicine rotations to follow the cardiology fellow run around putting Swan-Ganz catheters in heart attack patients (that’s all we could do then). It goes something like this:Īs a medical student and resident, I stayed late to see cases. You might assume I am going to take the typical old-doc view. I can’t tell what intrigues me most: the audacity of the young, or the rancorous response of my generation. It’s beautiful really–as are most things about twenty-somethings. Two thirds said lifestyle was a top priority. Almost half of surveyed residents in 2011 ranked free time as the most important feature of their new job. With admirable brashness they cite the ideal quality of life would be a four-day workweek with no call. The new generation of doctors seek employment, not partnership, a guaranteed salary with productivity and mostly, they want more free time. It seems young docs want unusual things from their career in Medicine. It’s an eye-opener–a look into the future of healthcare. I read an interesting story about young doctors today.Īmerican Medical News reported that the changing desires of resident doctors poses recruiting challenges for practices.
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