McMasterMD Posted April 23 Report Share Posted April 23 What are some ways that residents make money on the side? e.g. providing medical services, investing, consulting, selling their kidney(s)... etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shikimate Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 Not a whole a lot that I've heard of, mainly because people are strapped for time and you can't independently practice yet. I've seen some people do interview prep and charge by the hour. Occasionally there are some clinical trials where you can earn some pocket change. The only way I've heard people make substantial money is when they moonlight. Sometimes there are grants/scholarships you can apply to if you have something to show for. McMasterMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowmen Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 At my school, if you're a PGY-2 or higher, you can do teaching in small groups with medical students or work as an interviewer for medical school admissions which pays decently and both are usually fairly fun. You can also become a chief resident or assistant-chief resident which comes with a monthly stipend of roughly 600$/400$. McMasterMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 yeah there usually isn't much - and your variable schedule does get in the way of somethings as well. Plus let's face it - you will have limited energy/attention, and you don't want any distractions from preventing you from getting the target end goal. Some of my classmates reviewed legal cases for a bit - help explain to lawyers what is going on medically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowmen Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 20 hours ago, rmorelan said: yeah there usually isn't much - and your variable schedule does get in the way of somethings as well. Plus let's face it - you will have limited energy/attention, and you don't want any distractions from preventing you from getting the target end goal. Some of my classmates reviewed legal cases for a bit - help explain to lawyers what is going on medically. Good point that time is an issue. I'm lucky enough to be in a program with non-existent call duty so teaching basically replaces the time I would spend on call. I did teaching while in a rotation where I had to take busy call and let's just say that it wasn't fun at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samy Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 I moonlighted/locumed a lot during PGY5 and PGY6 with my IM then ID license. Quite. Lucrative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMasterMD Posted April 26 Author Report Share Posted April 26 7 hours ago, samy said: I moonlighted/locumed a lot during PGY5 and PGY6 with my IM then ID license. Quite. Lucrative. At what level of training can one start moonlighting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shikimate Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 1 hour ago, McMasterMD said: At what level of training can one start moonlighting? It really depends on your province and home program. For example: https://meds.queensu.ca/index.php/academics/postgraduate/current/policies/moonlighting https://restrictedregistrationontario.ca/program-chart/ McMasterMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogogo Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 On 4/25/2022 at 1:31 AM, rmorelan said: Some of my classmates reviewed legal cases for a bit - help explain to lawyers what is going on medically. May you please elaborate on this (here or private message)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 2 hours ago, gogogo said: May you please elaborate on this (here or private message)? there are many lawyers that work in law where they run into medical reports etc. It helps them to have someone with medical training to interpret the various reports so they can prepare their arguments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogogo Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 On 4/26/2022 at 1:31 PM, rmorelan said: there are many lawyers that work in law where they run into medical reports etc. It helps them to have someone with medical training to interpret the various reports so they can prepare their arguments. Thanks for explaining. Lawyers find resident (vs. staff) consultation acceptable? How did your colleagues find these opportunities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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