Wrong Specialty or Wrong Conditions? How to Tell Before You Burn a Year Switching
Switching specialties is the most expensive decision a resident can make on the least information. Before you burn a year, letters, and your current standing, separate three things that feel identical: generalized intern-year depletion, a specific bad environment, and a genuine mismatch with the daily work of your field. Here’s how to tell which one you’re dealing with—and what the switch actually costs.
AI Review Time: Uncompensated Labor Reshaping Pay
AI documentation tools marketed as time-savers are creating unmeasured physician labor—reviewing, editing, and verifying AI outputs—that productivity-based compensation models fail to capture. As liability exposure expands without corresponding pay adjustment, physicians face effective compensation erosion while health systems capture efficiency gains.