Comments on: What it’s like to work at Kaiser http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mikehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79976 Mike Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79976 anon 5:09 clearly isn't a physician, otherwise he would understand a couple of things:<br/><br/>1)residency doesn'tallow exposure for many residents to what is available in the real world, and with a family and loans, etc,, the offer Kaiser makes may sound good.<br/><br/>2) Living in a certain area may make it more difficult to get the job you want right away. And as the post says, once you're in, you're drummed into submission. It isn't just Kaiser. In any large, corporate run hospital, this is the mind-numbing game they play with unsaavy physicinas.<br/><br/>The "doctor shortage" is not "exposed" as a myht by your error in linking this articlewith free market type arguments. But keep pretending its not a problem. Then when you have to wait three months for an appointment, you can smile knowing its "just a myth" anon 5:09 clearly isn’t a physician, otherwise he would understand a couple of things:

1)residency doesn’tallow exposure for many residents to what is available in the real world, and with a family and loans, etc,, the offer Kaiser makes may sound good.

2) Living in a certain area may make it more difficult to get the job you want right away. And as the post says, once you’re in, you’re drummed into submission. It isn’t just Kaiser. In any large, corporate run hospital, this is the mind-numbing game they play with unsaavy physicinas.

The “doctor shortage” is not “exposed” as a myht by your error in linking this articlewith free market type arguments. But keep pretending its not a problem. Then when you have to wait three months for an appointment, you can smile knowing its “just a myth”

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79913 Anonymous Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:23:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79913 I know a neurosurgeon that went to Kaiser after 15 years in private practice. Loves it. <br/><br/>I know an ophtholmologist who hates not having autonomy or input into how things are done, but feels bound by the "golden chains" He does enjoy his 9-5 day, his 1.5 hour lunch in which he "works out", and his wednesday afternoon CME "golf time".<br/><br/>I don't know where he is writing from but southern califonia Kaiser physician pay is very competetive. They do not have the recruitment problems they used to have. I know a neurosurgeon that went to Kaiser after 15 years in private practice. Loves it.

I know an ophtholmologist who hates not having autonomy or input into how things are done, but feels bound by the “golden chains” He does enjoy his 9-5 day, his 1.5 hour lunch in which he “works out”, and his wednesday afternoon CME “golf time”.

I don’t know where he is writing from but southern califonia Kaiser physician pay is very competetive. They do not have the recruitment problems they used to have.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79909 Anonymous Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79909 Can sub-specialists weigh in on this? <br/><br/>I can understand how the bustle of the ER would make a 40 hr work week more exhausting than the private practice norm (esp. with the norm weighing in at 30 hrs), but how about those specialists like vascular surgeons or neurologists? Can sub-specialists weigh in on this?

I can understand how the bustle of the ER would make a 40 hr work week more exhausting than the private practice norm (esp. with the norm weighing in at 30 hrs), but how about those specialists like vascular surgeons or neurologists?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79908 Anonymous Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79908 Many of the doctors they hire aren't american grads. A lot of their physician workforce are FMG/Indian. They exploit physicians by hiring international doctors who will agree to their terms. If you don't mind having all your professionals from another country, then I guess there is no doctor shortage. Many of the doctors they hire aren’t american grads. A lot of their physician workforce are FMG/Indian. They exploit physicians by hiring international doctors who will agree to their terms. If you don’t mind having all your professionals from another country, then I guess there is no doctor shortage.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79907 Anonymous Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/what-its-like-to-work-at-kaiser.html#comment-79907 The fact that Kaiser can get away with hiring docs at 30% less salary and working more hours tells me one thing:<br/><br/>1) The so-called "doctor shortage" is an absolute myth. If there were really a doc shortage, no way in hell would KP be able to hire anybody to work those kinds of hours/wages. The fact that Kaiser can get away with hiring docs at 30% less salary and working more hours tells me one thing:

1) The so-called “doctor shortage” is an absolute myth. If there were really a doc shortage, no way in hell would KP be able to hire anybody to work those kinds of hours/wages.

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