Doctoring Differently | Naomi Lawrence-Reid, M.D.
@DocDifferently
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Teaching physicians per-diem, locums, expert witness, VA disability, medical writing, aesthetics, negotiation, starting an LLC & more. Course and community ⬇️
California, USA
Joined March 2021
I’m a pediatrician who left full-time clinical academics 6 years ago. I now have 6-7 physician side-gigs that have increased my salary (x5) and allow me to take weeks off at a time. Nobody told me that I could work this way, but glad I took a chance. It’s paying off.
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Can this be a field of medicine? “Yes, I’m a 3rd year musical medicine fellow”
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@itsgabbyt GABBY!!! I saw you win the 200m in Paris and was so hoarse the next day from screaming for you. A true inspiration in every way. “Don’t let anyone’s limitations of themselves limit you”. Thank you for who you are! 🥇
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You don’t owe anyone the “duty” of staying in clinical medicine if you don’t want to be there anymore.
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RT @DocDifferently: Because every Doctor should know their job options outside of full-time clinical medicine, here is my working list: Al…
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Happy New Year! A(nother) fellowship or degree won’t make you happier. You already have the skills to create the physician career you dream about.
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This Physician Strike Will Save Lives 👏🏾
After 1 year of bargaining with Providence execs and NO meaningful progress, today we announced we are striking on January 10th. At my hospital this includes the IM, Med-Peds, Palliative care, & OB hospitalists, and the Prov-employed OBGYNs, midwives, and ALL the nurses. /1
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@KeithNewtonMD @DutchRojas Bingo bingo bingo 🎯 The grooming starts as med students and residents—never give us the tools to advocate for ourselves, drill into us the duty to patients and clinical medicine, then riddle our contracts with restrictive clauses that make it difficult to make career pivots.
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@jtmcclain Some docs want continuity and some want to move around, but yes working privately/independently is the only way for any of us to truly create the careers we want.
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@jtmcclain Sadly, I’ve learned to prioritize my own happiness and quality of life in this career even over long-term “patient loyalty”. These institutions gladly profit from physician career inertia knowing that we are often stripped of all autonomy and contract negotiating power.
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Are you a doctor? Do you feel sick? Stay home from work.
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If you want to earn more for working holidays, negotiate to earn more for working holidays.
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Holiday pay was not initially offered. I had to negotiate for it.
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