Is working at a community health center worth it when graduating with ~300k in debt
Hello,
I'm an M2 and am interested in either peds or FM and I would prefer to work for the uninsured in suburban or rural community clinic setting, but I do not know anything about how financial compensation works as a doc and if that would be a viable option financially if I'm graduating with at least 300k in debt. I know NHSC is an option for paying off loans but I've heard that it is pretty particular and stringent when it comes to who qualifies and its requirements. I also don't know if...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 31, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: MateoGM416 Tags: Family Medicine Source Type: forums
Resident Continuity Clinic vs "Real World" Outpatient
A vast majority of my colleagues go into hospital medicine upon graduating. Even those thinking of doing outpatient end up taking hospitalist jobs. My program is very inpatient heavy and the only exposure we get to primary care is our continuity clinic where we commonly see low-functioning, uninsured, uneducated, chronically co-morbid, often drug addicted patients. We get a taste of insurance company denials, mountainous levels of paperwork, and an outdated EMR (eCW). Could this lack of...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: BillBill1219 Tags: Internal Medicine and IM Subspecialties Source Type: forums
Anyone know what's going on with Mary Lou Retton?
I just read that she's very ill with some rare pneumonia. I've always been a big gymnastics fan, and this is sad news. I hope she does ok.
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Angler Tags: Critical Care Source Type: forums
Cash Only Group Practice?
Are cash only no insurance group practices a thing?
Ideally
1. MD/DOs only
2. MD/DO + PAs
3. MD/DO + NPs (kill me now)
+ Therapists
If so, what would such a structure look like in terms of founder/founding partners and then younger employees or therapists added over time?
Insurance based group practices make more sense in my mind as people struggle with the idea of setting up their own with billing services and what not. Also since it’s more affordable, insurance based probably fills...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 8, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: yoloswagpoop42069 Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Involuntary commitment question
Hello. I have a conundrum and I’m trying to figure out if I’m simply misunderstanding the issue or if I’m witnessing wrongdoing.
I work in a government (US federal) hospital as an internist. We have psychiatry staff but they will only admit military patients who are actively suicidal or homicidal. They will not admit nonmilitary patients to their inpatient service for any reason.
What we get very often is that an unfunded/uninsured civilian patient will be brought to the ER by the police...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DocArmy Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
Should I take one gap year or two gap years?
Hi, I'm a rising senior planning to apply for the next application cycle (2024-2025). I'm a bit concerned if I would have enough clinical experience to apply next cycle. By the time the application starts, I would have just around 200-250 hours volunteering as a medical assistant volunteer at a clinic that serves underrepresented/uninsured patients as just my clinical experience. I do plan to start working full-time as a medical assistant during my gap year, and I would project those hours...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 21, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: pinky5 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
To Those of You Who Practice in the Indigent Outpatient World
I joined an outpatient clinic which despite being a setting with many indigent/uninsured patients, has extremely limited access to case management and even nursing for that matter.
I also live in a vary populous state where revolving door psychiatric care is more common due funding issues. Take your guesses.
Getting people linked with ACT takes upwards of six months etc. So when I joined, the plan was for me to take on the "neutral" (mixed bag) caseload of someone who'd left. Instead, I...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 10, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: clement Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums
WAMC/School List - Research & Service-Oriented
PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE THIS MESSAGE.
BACKGROUND:
GPA: 3.52 sGPA, 3.71 cGPA
MCAT: 510-515
State: Ohio, significant ties to CA
Ethnicity/race and gender: Middle Eastern (white) Male
Undergrad Institution: Public research university
Major: Biology
Minors: Psychology, Chemistry
Clinical Experience
600 hours managing/volunteering at free clinics for uninsured patients
205 hours working at my family’s business (cardiology practice) during early...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 27, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: archerstone Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
WAMC: 3.96 GPA, 511 MCAT (Research Heavy)
Hey everyone, thank you for checking this out. I'm applying this cycle as a traditional applicant and just finished up my 3rd year of undergrad going into my senior year. Looking for any help y'all can give on a school list. Thanks so much!
1. GPA 3.96
2. 511 MCAT (128/127/128/128)
3. Georgia resident
4. White
5. Small private university in GA
6. Clinical experience:
Paid
-Urgent care medical assistant (MA) in hometown 1348 hrs completed since 2020
-Rural urgent care MA w/ uninsured...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - June 14, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Falcons1017 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Retaking 511 MCAT/International Applicant/3.99 GPA
Hello!
Tested and got a 511 (127/127/129/128). I was wondering if it is worth applying this cycle as an international student with this score or retaking and applying next cycle?
cGPA: 3.99, sGPA: 4.0
Major: Biochem
Clinical: ~200 as PCT (more over the summer) and ~250 from volunteering at clinics for underserved/uninsured populations (was uninsured myself for the longest time due to immigration status, big motivation for my reason to go into medicine)
Non-clinical ~ 250 (shelter for...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 25, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: mangoes8787 Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
WAMC + School List Help (3.65 sGPA/3.75 cGPA + 525 MCAT)
GPA: 3.65 sGPA, 3.75 cGPA, upward trend
MCAT: 525 (132/132/131/130)
Undergrad Institution: Engineering-focused public university, GA resident
Ethnicity/Race: Asian Male
Clinical Experience
220+ hours volunteering at a clinic for uninsured patients
100 hours volunteering at a cancer center
Shadowing
150+ hours shadowing (Primary Care, Hematology/Oncology, Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Cardiology)
Nonclinical Volunteering...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amc1101 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Should associate dentists buy their own malpractice insurance even if their employer offers it?
If your practice owner or DSO offers you malpractice insurance, should you still purchase your own anyway? Here are some scenarios that I've read about:
You are being sued, the owner believes you were negligent and fires you before the case is adjudicated, leaving you uninsured.
If he doesn't fire you, he might sue you to recover the payment made on your behalf, which might bankrupt you.
The owner allows his (and your) malpractice coverage to lapse, leaving you unknowingly...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 24, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Apexica Tags: Dental Residents and Practicing Dentists Source Type: forums
WAMC (3.8/510/Missouri ORM)
3.81 GPA 3.72 sGPA
510 - 129/126/128/127
Missouri
ORM
State Public School - No Gap year - Current Junior
1200 Hours paid EMT, 300 volunteer hours as tech at local clinic for uninsured
1000 hours of research (1 poster, 1 second author pub, 2nd conference/poster next year)
50 hours total shadowing across EM, family med, oncology, and anesthesiology
550 hours as camp counselor the last few years, in leadership role with same organization now.
Basic hobbies...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 11, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: CannedVegetable12 Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
Wamc: 3.88 518
cGPa: 3.88 sGPA:3.88 (I got a 3.2 and 3.9 in my last 2 semesters due to a C+ in an honors history class)
MCAT score: 518(132/128/130/128)
State of residence or country of citizenship: Georgia, United States Citizen
Ethnicity and/or race: African American
Undergraduate institution or category: University of Georgia
Clinical experience: ~650 hours as a patient care tech at nursing homes and in home health
-250 hours at a under and uninsured clinic as triage
-50 hours as an MA at a cardiologist...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - March 30, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: yeetski Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
WAMC 3.8 sGPA/511 prepping for reapp
3.9 cGPA, 3.8 sGPA
510 MCAT
NC residency
Went to an avg state university- Honors College
ORM
40 hours MA experience, 1500 more projected
60 hours volunteer health coaching uninsured pt's
90 hours hospital pt transport
350 hours wet lab research
160 hours clinical research in pediatrics
40 hours shadowing various primary care specialties
120 hours president of student org volunteering with pediatric pts
900 hours resident advisor
700 hours student workstudy employee
240 hours public...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - January 29, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: justanotherpost Tags: What Are My Chances? WAMC Medical Source Type: forums
