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Old 17-10-2024, 09:06 PM
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Medical Assessments
How did u get into this kinda work may I ask

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I am in a non-procedural SC at restructured hospital. Average 350-400k. Am I underpaid ?

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I am in a non-procedural SC at restructured hospital. Average 350-400k. Am I underpaid ?
Are you trolling this thread? I am no longer in public but when I was drawing around 300k as a renal C. My SC colleagues are drawing easily over 400k an annum. And renal is one of the lowest paid

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Are you trolling this thread? I am no longer in public but when I was drawing around 300k as a renal C. My SC colleagues are drawing easily over 400k an annum. And renal is one of the lowest paid
Do you all think the increase in medical schools, and subsequent resident trainees will affect specialist pay in the future?
It's all demand and supply, I know currently not difficult for procedural specialities to make 7 figures yearly, but if there are more specialists in the future, will that affect the market overall? (As people has more choices, price competition etc)
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Do you all think the increase in medical schools, and subsequent resident trainees will affect specialist pay in the future?
It's all demand and supply, I know currently not difficult for procedural specialities to make 7 figures yearly, but if there are more specialists in the future, will that affect the market overall? (As people has more choices, price competition etc)
Actually, I don’t think so. The number of medical school places weren’t arbitrarily increased but instead increased to deal with increasing healthcare demands. As people get older and the proportion of older people increases, the complexity and volume of medical conditions suffered by each person will also increase. So while supply has increased, so has the demand.

For example if previously there were 2 doctors to 100 patients and each patient presented a medical problem once a year then it would be 2 doctors to 100 problems

Now if. there are 4 doctors but 150 patients and each patient presents 1.5 problems a year, you do the math but you get the idea
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Are you trolling this thread? I am no longer in public but when I was drawing around 300k as a renal C. My SC colleagues are drawing easily over 400k an annum. And renal is one of the lowest paid
I suspect this guy is a trainee trying to estimate his future income cleverly so hes doing this to get a response. Especially since there was even a pay raise recently
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Do you all think the increase in medical schools, and subsequent resident trainees will affect specialist pay in the future?
It's all demand and supply, I know currently not difficult for procedural specialities to make 7 figures yearly, but if there are more specialists in the future, will that affect the market overall? (As people has more choices, price competition etc)
I don't think so. The government hasnt arbitrarily increased the number of places but increased them to deal with increasing demand. With an older population, the number of medical issues per capita would increase. Therefore, even though the population has not grown as much, the number of medical problems have grown. Also, with an increase in the lifespans of people, there is essentially more opportunities for diseases to spring up. however, i think some specialities that are nnot as favourable now may become more profitable in the future. Such as nephrology for example.
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How did u get into this kinda work may I ask
Started with the clinic owner where I locum asked if I would do medical assessments for patients to access a particular medication. It's actually assisting specialists who are too busy to do this on their own.
From there I learned there are other medications that also require medical assessments. Similar system of assisting specialists as a generalist. I happened to see the ad, went for interview. Managed to snag a spot as the Back up doctor to the main. So only cover when that dr is away. But I would participate in the weekly rounds. Later the main dr left. So I become the main dr. Also did courses to up my credentials for the position.
From there also learned about medical assessments for a procedure. Signed up for the course on that. Cold call email the health authority about whether there was any opportunities. Leveraged on contacts from the course people. Finally had a meeting then was invited to department Xmas party. Social butterfly at the event talk to the senior docs. Arranged to shadow them for a few cases. Then up and running independently.
At the same time the original clinic owner I talked to in the beginning who I still work with said he got another opportunity for assessments of a different kind. I did the course. Got paid for doing the course. More assessment work. But this one more tedious and not so well paying so after doing about 5 or so I dropped the work.
Combination of contacts, be on the lookout, determination, open to learning and spending time on courses, and luck.
I considered looking at another bit of work. But find it would likely result in me being a family doctor again albeit for a small subset population which is demanding. I prefer not to. But it is a consideration.
It is always good to have many options for work. Variety of fields. Specialized work. And variety of sites.
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by the way the ex gen surg resident who quit and did aesthetics... sounds like NJz?
who is that? any links to read up on this?
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I am in a non-procedural SC at restructured hospital. Average 350-400k. Am I underpaid ?
There is no such thing as underpaid in a restructured hospital for a doctor.

Do you even have bargaining power?

HR follows a template in determining basic pay.

Of course you are underpaid compared to private but not compared to your peers in the RH
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