Cideous Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 (edited) You read that right. What is the least stressful, least litigious aspect of medicine that our degree could actually get us a job in? Not worried about money. Thanks! Edited April 11, 2019 by Cideous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Snot/cough for a gov’t entity where you are NOT the PCP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SERENITY NOW Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 I wonder if there are PAs who ever work with the coroner haha 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatChecko Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 44 minutes ago, SERENITY NOW said: I wonder if there are PAs who ever work with the coroner haha Yes #YourPACan The jobs pop up every now and then. https://www.news-line.com/featureone.lasso?-Search=Action&-token.profession=PA&-token.target=featureone&-Table=webinfo&-MaxRecords=50&-SkipRecords=0&-Database=press*&-KeyValue=209 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted April 12, 2019 Administrator Share Posted April 12, 2019 Sleep medicine. Seriously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cideous Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) ^^^ I've read that jobs are drying up in this field (sleep) secondary to the new "take home" tests. Any thoughts? Edited April 12, 2019 by Cideous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 10 hours ago, SERENITY NOW said: I wonder if there are PAs who ever work with the coroner haha Not as low stress as you might think. I've been there on scene with ME field agents as well as worked with them and had them mention events while being seen for a medical concern and it isn't easy. Not much of a need for a PA in the autopsy suite due to presence of physician and diener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexapro Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 From what I understand it is extremely difficult to sue a provider employed by an FQHC. You basically have to sue the federal government. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted April 13, 2019 Administrator Share Posted April 13, 2019 13 hours ago, Cideous said: ^^^ I've read that jobs are drying up in this field (sleep) secondary to the new "take home" tests. Any thoughts? Dunno. Someone has to order the tests and discuss the interpretation; I did that for a sleep center, I now do it as a standalone PA. The impact and workload isn't that much different. You're seeing a relative increase in home sleep testing for obstructive sleep apnea, but HSTs aren't useful at all for pretty much any other disorder, which means in-lab polysomnography, and again, someone to do evals and order the tests, as well as to interpret them to the patient. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cideous Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 ^^^ Thanks, I actually find sleep and disorders associated with it as fascinating. Something I can not say about any other aspect of medicine anymore. Perhaps I could find a pseudo residency type job that would train me. Seems like a nice field to go into in the last part of my career. I appreciate the tip! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj11 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 We had a wart clinic in the Air Force that we rotated though (not general derm were you could face or miss a melanoma, but clearly just treating warts). Then we had this pathetic doctor who always wanted to get out of work and put himself in the wart clinic each week. But it was almost mindless work. I'm sure you could freeze too deeply or something, but unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk732 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Medical microbiology would be pretty safe...unless you allow a specimen to escape, you're unlikely to kill anyone and you rarely have to talk to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted April 14, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 14, 2019 BOP job where you are just doing intakes or the like... something simple and for the fed in a correctional setting - the facility and the medical director will get sued, but not you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAdamsPAC Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 hours ago, ventana said: BOP job where you are just doing intakes or the like... something simple and for the fed in a correctional setting - the facility and the medical director will get sued, but not you.... Until you get "shanked"! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyPA Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Primary care for the military....federal position or contractor, pretty much the same job. Some clinics you will see family mebers though. If your seeing only military, 70% of your patient population is young healthy males. Military cannot sue the government so you would have to do something grossly incompetent to get in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisephillips Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 PAT? Maybe not lowest risk as you are clearing patients for surgeries however it is usually 8-10 eval/day (at the clinic we are affiliated with) and you are just performing physicals/not rendering treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAdmission Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 On 4/13/2019 at 8:49 PM, jmj11 said: We had a wart clinic in the Air Force that we rotated though Were these weenie warts, or just plain old foot warts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HmTwoPA Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 On 4/14/2019 at 5:23 PM, ventana said: BOP job where you are just doing intakes or the like... something simple and for the fed in a correctional setting - the facility and the medical director will get sued, but not you.... Im not sure about federal prisons, but working at state prison I can say it is very litigious. I have patients tell me they are going to sue me on a weekly basis for not treating their "nerve pain" with gabapentin, or not treating their hernia because the large corporate office that hires us doesn't approve it. In my short experience here I'd say correctional medicine is the most litigious medical specialty. A reason I am trying to get out of prison med. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenjjetnis Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I read somewhere that the two major factors that are found to have a direct correlation to increased rate of litigation are # of patients seen and # of medical malpractice lawyers within the region. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Check 2 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 I say working with the medical examiner - patients don't complain much. Or prepping cadavers for a medical lab. Doing prosections. Otherwise, the patients are breathing and then there is risk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeBuyAndSellJunk Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Teaching... School health was also pretty darn easy. Some stressful behavioral health stuff at times, but 90% of the patients were snot and vomit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWR Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Forensic medicine may not be the least stressful but it is extremely interesting and challenging. I had the opportunity to work in NYC ME dept in 1986 right out of PA school.. I did not take the position offered and don't remember why> The PA investigators were paid extremely well and there was bucu (sic) OT. A couple were making close to $200K (1986)!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtuous woman Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Any other low stress jobs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Check 2 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 The words medical practice and stress are pretty symbiotic. I don’t think there are any positions that are without stress - just doesn’t exist. 28 yrs in - you just have to pick the type of stress you can handle - corporate medicine, surgical with on call, disease intensity , management or pay/benefits. what can you leave at work and what keeps you up at night. What called you to the profession in the first place. Not saying I am good at it all the time - but taking stock and checking perspective is a good place to start. Just my crusty old 2 cents 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMEDIC Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Working for a Military Entrance Processing Station seems amazingly chill. You just do basic physicals to determine if people are medically qualified to join the military. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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