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I will be starting my internship this summer in a large mid-west city. My wife is ~2 years behind me in training, and will be pursuing her (long) PhD. Assuming I have 2 years after I graduate and would like to stay in the same city (or nearby), what options do I have for contract negotiations? She will be looking at post-doc positions after she graduates, which will likely have us re-locate after the 2 years... which I am fine with because she has given up quite a lot for me to pursue my passion and I feel like it is time to repay her. I could care less where we finally end up, and I am very flexible with location. Unfortunately, it sounds like she won’t know where her post-doc will be until her final year.
A few questions I have right now:
1. Is anywhere going to hire me if they know I may be (likely) moving away in 2 years? Along those lines, I feel like it would be disingenuous to not tell them up front, but I also need a job after residency to pay back loans (320k today)
2. Should I look into hospital employed? Locums around the city? I feel like PP is out of the question up front.
3. I could be interested in pursuing a fellowship, but it isn’t a must. I love general Urology just as much as recon and onc (both offered at my program). Do programs ever take their own residents for fellowship? Is this program dependent?
4. Knowing I would like to stay in the same city for a couple years, when should I start thinking about talking to potential employers?
5. Is there any benefit or downside (in terms of future contract negotiations) to being employed by a hospital (or locums) for a couple years before applying to jobs in another city? I'm not set on private/group practice, but I would like to keep my options open. I would think those years would let me get my workflow optimized and get a sense of what sort of RVUs/year I generate, which may be desirable for future groups. Am I thinking about that correctly, or are there downsides I am not considering?
Any recommendations on how and when to navigate this would be appreciated.
A few questions I have right now:
1. Is anywhere going to hire me if they know I may be (likely) moving away in 2 years? Along those lines, I feel like it would be disingenuous to not tell them up front, but I also need a job after residency to pay back loans (320k today)
2. Should I look into hospital employed? Locums around the city? I feel like PP is out of the question up front.
3. I could be interested in pursuing a fellowship, but it isn’t a must. I love general Urology just as much as recon and onc (both offered at my program). Do programs ever take their own residents for fellowship? Is this program dependent?
4. Knowing I would like to stay in the same city for a couple years, when should I start thinking about talking to potential employers?
5. Is there any benefit or downside (in terms of future contract negotiations) to being employed by a hospital (or locums) for a couple years before applying to jobs in another city? I'm not set on private/group practice, but I would like to keep my options open. I would think those years would let me get my workflow optimized and get a sense of what sort of RVUs/year I generate, which may be desirable for future groups. Am I thinking about that correctly, or are there downsides I am not considering?
Any recommendations on how and when to navigate this would be appreciated.