- Joined
- Oct 27, 2015
- Messages
- 8
- Reaction score
- 0
First of all, I'm baffled that there is no sports medicine thread. Moderators....can this please be generated?
I've been practicing for a year after completing EM and enjoy the emergency room quite a bit but absolutely hate the hours. HATE the hours. I really enjoy the MSK complaints and usually do all these procedures (closed reductions, etc) myself. I also enjoyed follow up with these patients when we worked in a follow up ortho clinic during residency. Unfortunately I don't really know any non ortho sports med docs and have a few questions.
1) Wouldn't a nonortho sports med doc essentially play the role of a PA? It seems many sports med docs work for an ortho group and I'm just curious how their roles are different from that of a midlevel. Why would an ortho group want to pay a doc salary when they could just hire an extra PA?
2) I know this is going to vary depending on practice type but what are some examples of sports med salaries. From my experience in EM, the salary calculators grossly underestimate the starting offers I received after finishing EM (in both rural and urban). According to some of the salary statistics, it seems like a huge pay decrease from EM. Saying that, I do value quality of life over salary (but am realistic and have hefty student loans) and am willing to take a salary drop to have regular hours.
3) Do any docs coming from a primary care sports med fellowship focus on procedures (spinal injections, prp injections, reductions, etc)?
Thanks!
I've been practicing for a year after completing EM and enjoy the emergency room quite a bit but absolutely hate the hours. HATE the hours. I really enjoy the MSK complaints and usually do all these procedures (closed reductions, etc) myself. I also enjoyed follow up with these patients when we worked in a follow up ortho clinic during residency. Unfortunately I don't really know any non ortho sports med docs and have a few questions.
1) Wouldn't a nonortho sports med doc essentially play the role of a PA? It seems many sports med docs work for an ortho group and I'm just curious how their roles are different from that of a midlevel. Why would an ortho group want to pay a doc salary when they could just hire an extra PA?
2) I know this is going to vary depending on practice type but what are some examples of sports med salaries. From my experience in EM, the salary calculators grossly underestimate the starting offers I received after finishing EM (in both rural and urban). According to some of the salary statistics, it seems like a huge pay decrease from EM. Saying that, I do value quality of life over salary (but am realistic and have hefty student loans) and am willing to take a salary drop to have regular hours.
3) Do any docs coming from a primary care sports med fellowship focus on procedures (spinal injections, prp injections, reductions, etc)?
Thanks!