A-Stark Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 How young is your preceptor? In 2006, I was making 48K in Alberta in my first year of residency. Well, I suppose he's not that young, as he spent a few years in industry after a biomed engineering masters. Probably finished med school within about two years of you give or take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Got any good tips for networking? I'm about as charismatic as getting a hammer in the face and then having to chew on your broken teeth with your exposed roots. Methinks I'm going to have to partake in this "networking" business to have a successful career. Sarcasim noted lol Since when do physicians need to network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Sarcasim noted lol Since when do physicians need to network? I think there is actually a lot of that - and with the doctor shortage coming to an end (even the OMA now is putting that in their news letters) there is just going to be more of that. Getting the residency you want, getting the fellowship you want, getting the end job you want, pulling in the patients you want...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 I think there is actually a lot of that - and with the doctor shortage coming to an end (even the OMA now is putting that in their news letters) there is just going to be more of that. Getting the residency you want, getting the fellowship you want, getting the end job you want, pulling in the patients you want...... Lol i know but its a vastly different kind of networking compared to more traditional business forms. Concept the same, approach is different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Sarcasim noted lol Since when do physicians need to network? Networking is extremely important, especially in this day and age when jobs (if you're a specialist) are hard to come by. Gone are the days when you can easily find a job after finishing a gruelling residency. Unless you have connections, even having 2-3 fellowships may not be enough to get in with a group. The only specialties where you don't need to network, really, are the general specialties: FM, psych, GIM, gen peds, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost dog Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Networking is extremely important, especially in this day and age when jobs (if you're a specialist) are hard to come by. Gone are the days when you can easily find a job after finishing a gruelling residency. Unless you have connections, even having 2-3 fellowships may not be enough to get in with a group. The only specialties where you don't need to network, really, are the general specialties: FM, psych, GIM, gen peds, etc. Moo, do you perform independent medical assessments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Lol i know but its a vastly different kind of networking compared to more traditional business forms. Concept the same, approach is different? I have run a company, and now a medical student - I don't think they are all that different actually. People skills are people skills and a lot of things seem to just transfer over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost dog Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 I have run a company, and now a medical student - I don't think they are all that different actually. People skills are people skills and a lot of things seem to just transfer over I think running a company is an extremely valuable experience ; most MDs (read: virtually all) have no business skills whatsoever. Whatever sort of medicine you go into, you are ahead of the game. Regardless, this looks awesome on a CV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted December 1, 2011 Report Share Posted December 1, 2011 Moo, do you perform independent medical assessments? No. I'm sure they can be quite lucrative though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost dog Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 No. I'm sure they can be quite lucrative though Yes, though this seems to have dried up over the last few months. Hopefully it will pick up in the new year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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