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A Physicians Guide to Working Part Time

There is a narrative written for each of us by society. It is the script we are expected to follow more or less. As a physician we go to college, then medical school and residency, sacrificing the best years* of our lives and going deep into debt to learn to be a healer. When we get out of training around age 30 or so we get ready for a long and fulfilling career as a physician. We dedicate ourselves to saving lives and healing others, and as a side effect make pretty great money in the process. With this money we live comfortably and buy stuff like a big doctor house, European ski vacations and poorly designed financial products in our limited free time. Work-life balance is a myth, but we…

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 Burned Out, Doctors Turn to Temp Work

A growing group of physicians are ditching medicine’s traditional career path and hitting the road as temporary doctors-for-hire.

 My Career as a Part-Time Physician

While part-time isn't for everyone, this is a GREAT post on how a part-time career as a physician make work PERFECTLY for some! Over the years I have tried to encourage new physicians to consider taking less than full time from the start if they can afford it. In my opinion it actually prevents burnout and ends up making scheduling easier as part time providers seem to call out sick less and often have a good work life balance - Rona Schwartz MD

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More doctors are choosing to work part-time

DOs share how they made the switch from full-time to part-time and what this change has meant for their quality of life.

Part-time doctors defend their work: 'It doesn't make us any less valuable'

Part-time work is becoming a fact of life in Canada. A recent look at job stats shows that the greatest number of positions being created are part-time. It's something we accept when it comes to our supermarket cashiers, nurses and even our children's teachers. But it's also becoming more common among doctors.

Part-time doctors — reducing hours to reduce burnout

Reducing working hours can help recovery from burnout, but many doctors are finding that cutting back is challenging and sometimes not an option.

So You Want to be a Part-Time Physician?

For many physicians though, the definition of part-time may be anything but traditional. From a reduction in clinical hours to greater control over patient scheduling, part-time employment may not be defined solely by hours worked. More accurately, part-time means allowing more time and energy for self and family, the pursuit of hobbies and interests, and the exploration of tangential careers. Here are three examples of such arrangements and advice for physicians looking to do the same.

The pros and cons of being a part-time physician

For us physicians, working part-time is simply the same as others’ full-time hours. I believe we should consider the strength of working part-time and see that it might be a way to save our careers and do better for others at the same time.

Want to Become a Part-Time Doctor? Here’s How

Let’s take a closer look at why doctors are switching to part-time work, and why you should (or shouldn’t) consider doing the same.

Would Working Part-time Make You a Better Doctor?

The younger generations today are putting more and more emphasis on work/life balance as a priority. People don’t want to just go to work, pay the bills, and try to save enough money so they don’t have to go to work when they get to retirement age. They want to live life now.