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So I’ve been feeling a little burned out in general pediatrics. We see 27-30 patients a day with forms, patient calls, and labs to deal with in between, work two weekends a month, take evening phone call one a week and those 9-11 hours at work feel like a sprint, I barely get 10-15 minutes to eat my lunch. Several docs have left my practice due to the workload. I interviewed at other gen peds jobs in my area but they don’t seem much better and I don’t want to be a hospitalist. I’ve considered leaving clinical medicine all together but haven’t spoken to any pediatricians who did.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone pursued non-clinical work with success and made a transition partially or fully away from clinic work? If so, was it worth it and an improvement from clinical work in either pay or lifestyle? How did you go about making that transition and what did you pursue? I’m genuinely curious and would be cool to know what else is out there.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone pursued non-clinical work with success and made a transition partially or fully away from clinic work? If so, was it worth it and an improvement from clinical work in either pay or lifestyle? How did you go about making that transition and what did you pursue? I’m genuinely curious and would be cool to know what else is out there.