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I have mixed feelings about this.
Residents now are in an awful situation, but they themselves aren& #39;t made economically insecure by this pandemic. Others in the hospital aren& #39;t so lucky.
And really they& #39;re only a few years away from a near guaranteed $200-300k salary. https://twitter.com/colleenmfarrell/status/1252241169758773250">https://twitter.com/colleenmf...
Residents now are in an awful situation, but they themselves aren& #39;t made economically insecure by this pandemic. Others in the hospital aren& #39;t so lucky.
And really they& #39;re only a few years away from a near guaranteed $200-300k salary. https://twitter.com/colleenmfarrell/status/1252241169758773250">https://twitter.com/colleenmf...
That& #39;s not to say residents aren& #39;t left with more financial difficulty. If they were relying on moonlighting income, that& #39;s likely evaporated. Couples with childcare needs are suddenly in a bad place, but that& #39;s hardly unique to medical residents.
Someone downthread mentioned the need for own-specialty disability insurance that needs to be provided by institutions and that& #39;s something I& #39;ve agreed with. Not cheap for the institution, but probably cheaper and a better use of $ than straight hazard pay.
The thing that frustrates me is that concerns about dangers to residents inadequate PPE and directives from higher ups about needing to see patients without it like that unconfirmed report from UCSF get lost in rambling posts and threads that spend most of the time c/p pay.
(I should also caveat that IM supspecialty fellows who are getting pulled are getting screwed and should be paid at something close to an attending rate. For specialitists whose graduation may be delayed I& #39;d like to know what the contingency plan is before I form an opinion)
But also.... https://twitter.com/steph_goldberg/status/1251196885106393091?s=20">https://twitter.com/steph_gol...
And also:
(it should be noted that included in these layoffs will be a lot of people from outpatient billing/scheduling who were paid a lot less than me when I was a resident) https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2020/04/21/beaumont-lay-offs-coronavirus-job-cuts/2995090001/">https://www.freep.com/story/new...
(it should be noted that included in these layoffs will be a lot of people from outpatient billing/scheduling who were paid a lot less than me when I was a resident) https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2020/04/21/beaumont-lay-offs-coronavirus-job-cuts/2995090001/">https://www.freep.com/story/new...
(Sigh) deleted a tweet in this thread about an abuse of medical students that Dr. Farrell posted saying I agreed that this was an outrage.... turns out I read up on the details of it and it was an optional volunteer thing.
Of course.
Of course.
