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I moved to my dream mountain state!
I'm currently a nocturnist working 10 nights a month in the form of 7 on 14 off.
I swore off doing days as a hospitalist (Social issues, daily rounding, family meetings, needy patients, being asked to do admissions while already having a full team...) as I officially burned out.
Nights are sweet and I'm a night owl but they're nights after all and taking a toll on my social life cuz I'm basically off grid for those 7 nights.
The 14 days off are incredible but do I really need to be off 14 days in a row when most activities are less than an hour drive?
So I'm seriously thinking of switching to outpatient. 3 or 4 days a week. I'll be off holidays, PTO and every weekend + 1 or 2 weekdays.
I think this will provide a much better balance to my life.
Concerns are:
Will I hate outpatient as much as I hate doing day hospitalist?
Or it's much more tolerable given the lack of acuity?
Will paper work and insurance... Etc just become part of the work/ day or it's something I'll hate every single day working as outpatient?
Should I just join DPC?
I'm currently a nocturnist working 10 nights a month in the form of 7 on 14 off.
I swore off doing days as a hospitalist (Social issues, daily rounding, family meetings, needy patients, being asked to do admissions while already having a full team...) as I officially burned out.
Nights are sweet and I'm a night owl but they're nights after all and taking a toll on my social life cuz I'm basically off grid for those 7 nights.
The 14 days off are incredible but do I really need to be off 14 days in a row when most activities are less than an hour drive?
So I'm seriously thinking of switching to outpatient. 3 or 4 days a week. I'll be off holidays, PTO and every weekend + 1 or 2 weekdays.
I think this will provide a much better balance to my life.
Concerns are:
Will I hate outpatient as much as I hate doing day hospitalist?
Or it's much more tolerable given the lack of acuity?
Will paper work and insurance... Etc just become part of the work/ day or it's something I'll hate every single day working as outpatient?
Should I just join DPC?