Intro (100 word or less)- Your typical work week will be Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm. You will be splitting your time in clinic, research, and academics. Currently the new physician would expect to schedule themselves 4 outpatient clinic days and 1 academic days per week for 44 weeks of the year. If research is a passion of yours, you will be able to swap out on day of clinic work, for a dedicated day of research.
Your typical work week will be Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm. You will be splitting your time in clinic, research, and academics. Currently the new physician would expect to schedule themselves 4 outpatient clinic days and 1 academic days per week for 44 weeks of the year. If research is a passion of yours, you will be able to swap out on day of clinic work, for a dedicated day of research.
The average daily studies are listed above, and reads are done during clinic days. (The University of Arizona faculty shared that with the partnership of Banner Health, it brought additional patient volumes, thus creating an increase in wRVU’s for all modalities). The remaining time would be dedicated to grant funding opportunities through multi-disciplinary collaborations, publishing of peer-reviewed manuscripts, and participating in local and national educational opportunities. From my conversations with leadership, this schedule can vary depending upon your focus.
We got a brief tour of the dedicated space for research as well. The Medical Imaging Department has 12 current PhD researchers, from all around the world, and 3 medical Physicists dedicated to being on the forefront of innovation. They are ranked #35 in the country by the National Institutes of Health for federal grant funding.
When we toured the new facility and medical imaging space, we saw a united, driven team working together with very impressive equipment for reading their studies. We ran into Dr. Palacio and Dr. Arif-Tiwari, two of the division Chairs, who were mentoring a resident and fellow. In speaking with them about what they are looking for in a colleague, they emphasized that the best long-term fit is going to be a physician with a “positive attitude and a passion for the future of medicine. We have all the mentors and resources to teach them the rest!” Dr. Palacio signaled to us in that same moment that one of their ED RAD colleagues was doing some additional reads on his scheduled day off to help the team.