The modern medical career is a slow death by student loans, billing paperwork, and RVU targets.
Every minute you spend with a patient generates about the same time in administrative tasks. Which is rough when you have to see 25 patients in a day, each of whom (understandably) expect more than 10 minutes with you.
After my clinic day is over I'm usually doing charting and "tasks" for 2 hours. Usually have to do this on weekends too.
I mean I get paid better than most Americans even if you subtract out my loans but it's kind of exhausting working 60 hour weeks every week for the rest of your career.
The modern medical career is a slow death by student loans, billing paperwork, and RVU targets.
Every minute you spend with a patient generates about the same time in administrative tasks. Which is rough when you have to see 25 patients in a day, each of whom (understandably) expect more than 10 minutes with you.
After my clinic day is over I'm usually doing charting and "tasks" for 2 hours. Usually have to do this on weekends too.
I mean I get paid better than most Americans even if you subtract out my loans but it's kind of exhausting working 60 hour weeks every week for the rest of your career.
Upbears for medical comrades