Rheum - seeing consults in private practice
IM PGY-1 here, just did a rheum rotation and I really enjoyed it, am now strongly considering rheum. We'd typically spend half the day in clinic and the other half of the day seeing consults. I liked this balance of inpatient and outpatient and I do enjoy seeing consults, even the silly ones. My understanding is that most private practice rheumatologists spend all or almost all of their time in clinic. I wanted to know if there are private practice jobs out there in which seeing consults is...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 12, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: konromellie Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
WAMC/School List Help: 508, 3.7 cGPA, ORM
GPA: cGPA = 3.7, sGPA = 3.55
MCAT: 508, 127/127/125/129
Ethnicity: Southeast Asian
Clinical: Paid - 1000+ hours as an MA; Unpaid - Volunteer MA at clinic I helped start up
Research: 9+ credits of biophysics, hoping to have one publish
Shadowing: 70+ hours across Rheumatology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Anesthesia, FM, Pediatrics, OBGYN
ECS/Leadership: Helped start up a free health clinic for the underserved population. President and treasurer of a university club for 2 years. GPA straight...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 7, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: justrynamakeit Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
GAS: Ten Days to Prevent Rheumatic Heart Disease, A Call to Action
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Source: BMJ Comments - April 5, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Billing tips for newly minted Rheumatology Attending
Im a very short time fellowship will be over and we will be set free to join the workforce as independent providers. Like in most residences and fellowships, billing is not exactly a topic that gets covered a lot. My fellowship is largely academic so attendings often don't think or worry about RVUs.
Currently, I bill mostly 99204/99214, occasionally 99205/99215, G2211, and procedure codes for aspiration/injection. Once I get MSK US certified, I plan on incorporating that into my practice...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 18, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Residentdoc86 Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
4.0 513 KS School List Help
State/Country of Residence: Kansas
Ties to other States/Regions: Wisconsin, Texas, Arizona, Illinois (by family)
URM? (Y/N): Indian American ORM Year in School: Senior - will be applying as a 20M Major: Biology Graduate Degrees (if applicable): n/a cGPA: 4.0, sGPA: 4.0 MCAT Score(s): 513 (132/125/128/128)
Research Experience: -100 hrs on covid, immunosuppressant, rheumatoid disease project, -200 on cpr survey research —> pub
Publications/Abstracts/Posters (include how you were credited...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 3, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: spongebobcirclepants Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Rheumatology job offer
Hey all, currently in my last year of Rheum fellowship and got a job offer and wanted to see what people thought. It's a hospital employed position for a large health system. Current group has 4 rheumatologists, with 1 retiring. 1:1 MA support with 2 nurses doing triaging inbox messages.
Location: HCOL, similar in price to LA
Base: guaranteed base 275k for 2 years, can do straight production earlier than 2 years if you exceed your base, ~$55/RVU
Sign on bonus 20k (10k day 1, 10k year 3)
4k...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 4, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: TaroBubbleTea Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Medical school at 50 entry am i mad ?
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Source: The Student Room - October 27, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: threeportdrift Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
ABIM Rheumatology Boards: Studying/My Experience
I took the rheum boards for the first time this week. Unlike the ABIM internal medicine boards - which I took immediately out of residency - I’ve been out of training for several years. I found very little discussion of the rheumatology boards here or elsewhere and thus I wanted to discuss the how I studied for the test, the test experience, etc.
I’m about four years out of training and I decided I wanted to finally knock this thing out and be done with it. Job changes, moves, life issues...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 21, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: dozitgetchahi Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Earning potential in IM lifestyle specialities
How likely can one break north of 400k in the following 3 subspecialties of IM: endocrine, rheumatology, allergy/immunology, sports medicine?
That's given an employed position or private practice with no partnership opportunities. Location: West coast preferably.
Hours worked: 4-4.5 days a week, 8 hour days.
I like being in the clinic more than being in the hospital.
Don't mind being a PCP either, it's satisfying work, but very hard work having to deal with charting and inbox and every...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Legend of Link Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Consistently low creatinine on UDS??
I have a patient who was referred by a retiring rheumatologist on 90 MMES morphine. She was consistently short on her morphine and I transitioned to buprenorphine. Since starting buprenorphine every UDS (three times now) has reported abnormal creatinine (“dilute urine. May result in false negative. Possible deliberate diluation.”) Her UDS on her initial visit did not show abnormal creatinine.
Could there a physiological reason for this or is she being facitious? I felt I couldn’t definitely...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - September 20, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: PainBrain78 Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Where could my daughter apply?
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Source: The Student Room - September 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chi chi5 Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
Where does my daughter have a shot?
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Source: The Student Room - September 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ibmoahsa Tags: Medicine Source Type: forums
I know I have been stupid---rheumatology
I am in a bit of a quandry. I have practiced rheumatology for over 30 years and still really enjoy it (most of it anyway). I have many patients (with very high patient satisfaction), have been subspecialty recertified twice, get my charts done on time, etc. Unfortunately, when I started working at my practice 14 years ago, it was a period of duress--my husband had lost his job during the recession (2009) and we had to move quickly. Anyway, my current practice didn't pay well--175K...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - August 13, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: rheumforawhile Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Rheumatology 2023-2024 Fellowship Match
Hello Rheumies!
Time to start one for this year! A place to keep each other informed on interviews, and if we have any questions we have somewhere to ask.
There is also a Reddit thread below that was started in case there is important information provided that might be helpful for anyone there too.
Best of luck everyone! We got this! (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - July 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Rheummie5 Tags: Other Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Job market in 2023
I hate to start a new thread on this but...
I am a PGY3 internal medicine resident who has been deciding between sports medicine and rheumatology. I understand they are quite different subspecialties after doing brief electives in both. There is a great PCSM fellowship at my home program. My end goal would be 100% msk/sports if that is attainable after fellowship.
For those of you that have been looking for jobs recently, how does the market look? Still saturated? I can pretty much go...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mulberry Tags: Sports Medicine Source Type: forums
