GI Lifestyle/Pratice Options

[gxb]

Would appreciate if someone could shed some light on lifestyle as a general GI specialist. For those of you in practice:

What are your hours like?
How much control do you have over your hours?
Can you have an 8-5 practice and not be on call or minimal call?
Is it possible to join a practice where you don't do scopes or any procedures and just see patients?
How difficult is it to take a month off for travel/family when you're part of a group vs academic center?

TIA!

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[Gastrapathy]

You can work as much or as little as you want. There are no-call jobs. Months off at a time would be hard in any practice model. You should pick a different specialty if you don't want to scope.

 

[IM2GI]

You can mostly find a job to fit whatever setup you are looking for. There are GI "hospitalist" week on/week off gigs, employed models, private models, hybrids, etc.

That said, a month off at a time will be hard. And as above, if you dont want to do procedures, it might not be the best field for you.

 

[Scope guy]

There are plenty of locums jobs that pay well and allow u to manage your time off. You work less time but more value for the time

 

[Shufflin]

Would appreciate if someone could shed some light on lifestyle as a general GI specialist. For those of you in practice:

What are your hours like?
How much control do you have over your hours?
Can you have an 8-5 practice and not be on call or minimal call?
Is it possible to join a practice where you don't do scopes or any procedures and just see patients?
How difficult is it to take a month off for travel/family when you're part of a group vs academic center?

TIA!

Consider psychiatry?

 

[PikminOC]

Consider psychiatry?

I cant take a month off at a time

 

[crafted222]

I cant take a month off at a time

If taking a month off a/any time is your priority, few fields, assuming you are in IM, will work for you.
Hospitalist and critical care have shift-work gigs and locums more easily arranged than other IM-subs.
Outside IM, ER and Anesthesiology are similarly fortunate to have that lifestyle option.

If you own your practice however, you can do what you want in any specialty.

 

[PikminOC]

My patients would not be stable if I took a month off.