Comments on: Best of Both Worlds podcast: Returning to medicine after a break

By: Elisa

Elisa — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 22:28:03 +0000

I loved this interview, too. I wish I had listened to it when I was pregnant with my first child – the perspective about not wanting to be challenged in every facet of life at the same time was something that I ended up learning the hard way, with a lot of self-imposed guilt!

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 19:57:34 +0000

In reply to Lisa of Lisa's Yarns. I really enjoyed this interview, too! I loved how she talked about not wanting to do everything hard all at once. Her comments about not being able to be creative while sleep deprived really resonated with me, as I work in marketing/communications. I’d be curious to hear more stories like this. I also loved Laura’s final point about not making assumptions of flexibility vs. salary. Thank you for doing this!

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:13:23 +0000

In reply to Omdg.

@Omdg- that was about the listener success story we ran in the Q&A – the line right before the one you quoted in this comment. I have no idea what Joan’s salary was in either job.

By: Omdg

Omdg — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:09:36 +0000

In reply to SHU. Interesting! (And probably true…)

By: Omdg

Omdg — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:08:26 +0000

In reply to Alyce. Direct quote: “Three cheers for better (higher paying) and more flexible jobs.”

By: Alyce

Alyce — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:54:36 +0000

In reply to omdg. Nothing about this interview suggested that her goal was to increase her salary.

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:16:01 +0000

In reply to Lisa of Lisa’s Yarns.

@Lisa – I enjoyed this interview too! Her point that she didn’t want to be challenged in every sphere simultaneously was interesting. Right now I’m definitely feeling that it is hard with a toddler…but needs to be done, so there we go.

By: SHU

SHU — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 01:06:35 +0000

In reply to SHU. And not to get too in the weeds but A/I is boarded not through ABP like most other peds specialties and thus they are also trained in fellowship to treat adults even if the residency is in peds! Perhaps that is why the compensation is a bit different …

By: SHU

SHU — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:58:59 +0000

Not at all suggesting she picked It because of $, but allergy / immuno is her field and it’s definitely a higher salary average than gen peds.

(My own subspecialty is what you describe though- lower averages than gen peds! Lower volume / pace in most places though.)

By: omdg

omdg — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:23:38 +0000

Haha, well as a pediatric subspecialist, she probably got paid less than she did as a generalist — unless I am missing something and she actually went into neonatology or PICU. You don’t get much of a salary bump as a pedi subspecialist, but it can be nice if it opens doors for you to do research or something.