Recent content by brianmartin

I guess my question is what's the point? you don't need specific certification to do addiction medicine. you can just do it. it's well within the scope of just general medicine.

this is why PSLF exists

Simple, require a visit to fill it out. If it's a valid request it will only take 5-10 minutes to interview and sign. Never take on burdensome paperwork in your off time just because you think you "should".

something seems off here. the examples given of making some clinical mistakes on rotations and struggling with ITE, for an otherwise high performing person... it just doesn't add up to "termination or resign" to me. Something else must have happened.

its very possible if you have a way to support yourself for a year or two while you get off the ground. However, there are drawbacks. Paying all your own insurance premiums, license fees, etc gets really expensive. Dealing with an EMR on your own is more difficult. Insurance companies won't...

FM is not being "phased out". There will always be a need for generalists who can see kids, do women's health, and just generally know what the heck is going on in most situations because they did a broad residency and saw everything. People like family doctors and demand them, even. We aren't...

No, you don't have to be an AAFP member. AAFP has a lot of CME activities and educational materials, but you can find all of that elsewhere for cheaper. I never renewed my AAFP subscription after residency, and I'm doing just fine. I'm ABFM certified, and that's all you need. ABFM has lots of...

sounds terrible to me. You're going to be working 50 to 60 hours per week, and the compensation honestly isn't that good.

Wouldn't your faculty know already if you want to do OB, and if you did, would be helping you to gain experience to be able to do that? This doesn't sound like something that would come out of thin air. They're only going to give you the stamp of approval if you did the extra work to get the...

i had to repeat two rotations in med school due to weird circumstances. Things happen. As long as you grew and learned from them, no one cares. When you start residency, show up on time, well rested, with an open mind, and a willingness to look things up and never lie. If you don't know...

you basically just have to pass everything and have good recommendations that show you are dedicated to primary care. Don't over complicate it. As others have said, you need to target your applications, but also apply widely. Be ready to take an opportunity you didn't expect to have...

It all sounds very reasonable. There will be edge cases where you need to get involved and determine if they're an appropriate patient for you. I have a similar practice style and I think you'll find most family docs stick pretty close to those rules. You will see patients on chronic narcotics...

RVU expectations will be in a contract. You need to know what the expected level of RVU production level is per day, and what the average RVU billed per pt visit is. They should have data about volumes in the clinic. There may be penalties for not meeting RVU quotas. I'd want to know all of that...

3 years out of residency, employed by a rural access hospital doing just primary care, earn about 130k working 3 days a week. I could make more but I've got two young kids.

I'd recommend it. It keeps many doors open that otherwise would be closed. Keep in mind, you don't ever have to deal with the AAFP ever again after residency. They don't issue your board certification. The ABFM does. And in my 3 years in practice so far, they've been fairly easy to deal with...