Bandicoot Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Thanks for the information @rmorelan! Where do I find info on which states need the USMLE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchEnemy Posted December 14, 2019 Report Share Posted December 14, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 10:11 AM, rmorelan said: that is a two part problem 1) ABR - as any Canadian residency program in Rads is also accredited in the US we can all write the ABR exam. Not usual to do that as practice prior to the Canadian one really. We seamlessly can write their tests, and they can write ours. 2) Many states do require the USMLE - but not all - for full state medical license. For that reason and also to access the same full medical license during US fellowships and thus being able to potentially moonlight some people do the USMLE exams. That also lets you go to the us on a H1B visa which is much less restrictive. However you can still go to many rad fellowships - including the ones at all the "important" schools without the USMLE exam. All the Harvard affiliated ones for instance you are covered with your LMCC exams. Canadians are special like that ha. doing the fellowship itself for a Canadian doesn't help in the process therefore. Are you able to convert from a J1 Visa to an H1B visa (or any other visa) that will allow you to stay on after your fellowship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 2 hours ago, ArchEnemy said: Are you able to convert from a J1 Visa to an H1B visa (or any other visa) that will allow you to stay on after your fellowship? Only a type O visa - which there is an argument for in my case (I have been told). That sort of thing is a case by case type of situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 11:51 AM, Bandicoot said: Thanks for the information @rmorelan! Where do I find info on which states need the USMLE? actually that isn't hard to find on google but you need to verify yourself and accept that things can change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptors905 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 Most rads in large GTA hospitals are around the million mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
member_225 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 24 minutes ago, Raptors905 said: Most rads in large GTA hospitals are around the million mark what is their overhead? are there a lot of jobs available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptors905 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, member_225 said: what is their overhead? are there a lot of jobs available? Zero overhead. They are hospital based. Most work 9-5 and there are some evenings. Nights usually locums out. They get about 10-12 weeks off a year. not surprisingly there are not many jobs and they are hard to come by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
member_225 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 43 minutes ago, Raptors905 said: Zero overhead. They are hospital based. Most work 9-5 and there are some evenings. Nights usually locums out. They get about 10-12 weeks off a year. not surprisingly there are not many jobs and they are hard to come by do all hospital based jobs have no overhead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptors905 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, member_225 said: do all hospital based jobs have no overhead? Correct. Maybe they split a secretary or something but it’s peanuts/negligible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Raptors905 said: Most work 9-5 and there are some evenings. This is a logically impossible statement for the income stated (not to mention that large hospitals have high acuity and volumes around the clock). Anyone can check the Schedule of Benefits for how much a case is reimbursed (for example, take one of the most common exams in the hospital setting, a single view chest = 6.40). Who seeks to benefit from such misinformation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptors905 Posted December 19, 2019 Report Share Posted December 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, Lactic Folly said: This is a logically impossible statement for the income stated (not to mention that large hospitals have high acuity and volumes around the clock). Anyone can check the Schedule of Benefits for how much a case is reimbursed (for example, take one of the most common exams in the hospital setting, a single view chest = 6.40). Who seeks to benefit from such misinformation? Not at all - they locum to real Time radiology. Some do call themselves (1 in 8 or so) others have gone RTR i can give you the name of many Rads that make this according to what I described. It can be verified using the Toronto Star website. im a practicing doc. Im not making up anything. Message me offline if you want proof and I’ll give it to you. I swear on my kids and career this is true most money is made on MRI and CT scans not CXR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptors905 Posted December 20, 2019 Report Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/18/2019 at 7:34 PM, member_225 said: what is their overhead? are there a lot of jobs available? I want to point out that this person is a pre med who hasn’t even applied to med school yet and DM me asking a bunch of salary questions for various specialties and essentially had me waste a long time thinking I was talking to med student or resident. honestly please stop asking about job market and salaries for various specialties until you are actually in med school or even accepted. If all you are doing is trying to figure out if you will make enough money to bother applying to med school do us all a favour and find another career path zxcccxz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLengr Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 12/18/2019 at 8:39 PM, Raptors905 said: Most rads in large GTA hospitals are around the million mark Christ, I went into the wrong specialty.....and I'm in a fairly lucrative surgical field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 12/18/2019 at 7:09 PM, Raptors905 said: Most rads in large GTA hospitals are around the million mark .... we do? (taking notes for my job search). The pay is quite well - I wouldn't say the academic hospitals in the GTA you earn that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptors905 Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 hours ago, rmorelan said: .... we do? (taking notes for my job search). The pay is quite well - I wouldn't say the academic hospitals in the GTA you earn that much. I mean large community hospitals to be more acurrate. places like Brampton, Mississauga, Waterloo, Scarborough etc. They are all in and around that mark in general. Just check the Toronto star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullius Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 How do you "check the Toronto Star" given the paywall? Or do you access it by some other means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMislove Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 12 minutes ago, Tullius said: How do you "check the Toronto Star" given the paywall? Or do you access it by some other means? Friends who bought a sub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 2 hours ago, IMislove said: Friends who bought a sub. yeah like other provinces this is much more of a known thing at this point. We still do have to be very careful not to confuse professional and technical billings of course - all these numbers remain gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullius Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 I'm not sure what to make of the Star's data to be honest. Somehow I doubt the median billing for Emergency Medicine is $30,000 a year. Unless most EM docs are compensated primarily from non-OHIP sources, which would be news to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted January 16, 2020 Report Share Posted January 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tullius said: I'm not sure what to make of the Star's data to be honest. Somehow I doubt the median billing for Emergency Medicine is $30,000 a year. Unless most EM docs are compensated primarily from non-OHIP sources, which would be news to me. salaried positions with some shadow billing. So the chart won't reflect that I am suspecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NeuroD Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 6 hours ago, Let'sGo1990 said: I'm curious - where did the OMA end up landing with the specialty pay disparity equalization process? Or was that all pretty much abandoned due to the backlash? Very minor changes. If I remember correctly you were in neurology? As an example, neurology ranked in the bottom 4 from a relativity perspective, so the ~500 neurologists in Ontario were essentially awarded an extra 5 million/year total to help with relativity (roughly 10k each lol). Laughable when a group of 5 optho/rads could essentially make that amount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptors905 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 3:00 PM, Tullius said: I'm not sure what to make of the Star's data to be honest. Somehow I doubt the median billing for Emergency Medicine is $30,000 a year. Unless most EM docs are compensated primarily from non-OHIP sources, which would be news to me. They are salaries. Look up ER docs at Brampton and Etobickoe and Mackenzie and Trillium. They still get all FFS with no overhead and are allowed to work as much as they want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptors905 Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 1 hour ago, PhD2MD said: Very minor changes. If I remember correctly you were in neurology? As an example, neurology ranked in the bottom 4 from a relativity perspective, so the ~500 neurologists in Ontario were essentially awarded an extra 5 million/year total to help with relativity (roughly 10k each lol). Laughable when a group of 5 optho/rads could essentially make that amount. Yeah it’s all minor although the Rads are fighting this hard like David Jacobs. After all huge difference between 1.2 and 1.1 mill a year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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