Would love to after residency work part time in FM, and 1 day a week do some cash consultations 30-60 minute time slots for lifestyle medicine and longevity medicine. I currently follow the field of longevity heavily and love to provide insight and knowledge on behavioral and pharmaceutical interventions to increase health span.
Is this possible? I don’t think there are any legal roadblocks in the way.
Basically I would just keep up to date on the current research and explain the results of the papers and help incorporate the interventions into patients as long as it’s safe and effective
Since it is not require to have strong immune system like our ancestors.
Workload? Do they have night shifts? Is it stressful and with a lot of responsibility?
Hey guys, rising M4 that is having legitimate worries about picking the right specialty. I came to medical school pretty set on doing IM and eventually Critical care, having worked in an ICU as a tech. Turns out I really didn't like rounding and writing long H and Ps for every admission. I was dreading doing it as a student, and I knew that being a hospitalist would be no fun for me. So I found a good love for EM, what with the lower hours, shorter shifts and shorter notes (don't have to do a full h/p seemed great). I've been preparing for EM application, but as I'm sure many of you are aware EM's future is very bleak for job prospects.
Now I never gave FM much of a consideration because I thought I wanted to be in a hospital, and when I'm done work, I literally not want to be thinking about it, and not taking it home. I'm a non-trad student so I'm already getting tired of doing overnights and shift work. I can't imagine of/when I have kids. My FM rotation was with a ~60 year old FM doc working three 12 hour days, but he was often following up on patient charts for an additional 2 days a week or more, plus his 12 hour days were more like 14 hour days. The other docs in the practice I saw staying late or coming in on weekends to write their notes, none of which sounds appealing to me. I am now realizing that my FM experience might not be the norm, so I'm asking to see if FM can be more. Can anyone share their work life balance? Ideally I want my job to only be a facet of my life, not all of it. Any advice?
I tried several doctors in this past 4 years, and none of them worked. just got tons of SSRI's. So any medicine that might help and please mention when to take it and the quantity.
Thank you!
I know this question has been asked before, but I was hoping to get more responses. Generally, how is the lifestyle? How often are you on service? What are the hours like when you're on and off service? How often do you get called outside of normal working hours with questions?
Appreciate any info that anyone has.
My program offers it and I was wondering if it is worth going through the process? You have to do additional didactic hours.
I know this will obviously depend on what someone is passionate about and many other factors. But as someone who is generally thinking about the future, in your opinion which branch has the least amount of stress and wouldn't make me want to kill myself?
Has anyone gone through the process of becoming certified by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine? If so, did you enjoy the required 30 hours of coursework? What is the exam like?
