Comment on I'm not a doctor, nor have I played one on TV.

• GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Assuming you get 5 12-hour shifts per month, that’s only $216k per year. Sure, you have a lot of time off, but you can make much more as a doctor, depending on what kind of specialty, of course. Maybe OP can tell us what kind of doctor he isn’t.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    24 hour shifts

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  • bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    $216k is plenty to live on for putting in so few hours

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    • Mac@mander.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’d do reprehensible things for $216k

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    • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I absolutely agree, for me, but is it enough to attract a doctor who probably has $240k in student loans to pay off and can make more elsewhere? To someone in that position it may not be worth responding to.

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      • imadethis@fedinsfw.app ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s pretty good money for doctors that are only working a 60 hour month. Compared to full time doctors, which supposedly average ~400k a year, that’s actually coming out better. (Sort of, https://medschoolinsiders.com/pre-med/how-much-do-doctors-make/ says that a cardiologist will be working 60 hour weeks, which would be 240 a month, or four times as much as this 60 hour a month doc).

        Forbes also has slightly different numbers, but it’s pretty clearly written by ai, so take it with a grain of salt.

        Glassdoor, which is probably biased by who goes on there and puts in info, says the average is closer to 300k, which is then really close for someone working less than 50% of the ‘average’ amount of hours in a month.

        If I were a doctor in tennessee, I’d probably consider it. I seem to recall that emergency medicine doctors moonlight quite a bit, so add in another 5-10 days working in the better paying hospitals near nashville and boost that ~200k to somewhere like 400-500k.

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      • Sirdubdee@piefed.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s probably enough to attract retired docs who need to enhance their retirement savings in their 70s because everything has gotten so expensive & their younger second or third wife is still spending like he makes millions. All they are probably dreaming about is 2-3 weeks away from her so you can have some piece and quiet. Pick up a few shifts, get free room and board in a different city while you know you’re old but you still feel young. It could be freeing for some people to get an offer like this.

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