They’re applying to my lab as a study coordinator.
Most study coordinators that work at my lab are pre-meds taking gap years because you just need a Bachelor’s degree.
Imagine paying for medical school and making $45k a year to work with recently graduated undergrads.
Big yikes. Don’t go Caribbean
Posted Jan 31, 2019, 10:07 PM UTC
45k is also kind of high for a study coordinator just starting out. Most of the time starting salary for that position is around 30-35k range. But yeah, that’s scary 😨😳
It’s in one of the most expensive cities to live in so where I am, it’s not much.
UCSF?
That's sad :( I know of one who is a program coordinator at a medical center. Not a bad gig but not enough to pay off the debt
I'm a junior research coordinator who works with a Caribbean MD, and my goodness, it is depressing. He's on his third residency cycle (it's not looking good), and he channels all his angry energy into alternately sucking up to the docs we work with and being an unreasonable douche to me. I know he's in a really tough spot and I'd be freaking out if I were in his situation, but he makes my otherwise wonderful job so unpleasant...I reeeaallly hope he matches, because idk if I can take another year of this.
Ugh that sucks. But I do feel bad for them, it is easy to see why the Caribbean would be enticing and it used to be a good option decades ago. I can't imagine how depressing it would be to spend the time, energy, and money to get through a Caribbean MD program and still not match.
I know...and the shittiest part of it is, you can do pretty well at a Caribbean school and still get screwed in the match. There seems to be this idea floating around that you'll be fine as long as you do well on your boards, but that's not really the case--even with scores that would basically guarantee you a spot as a US MD/DO, your chances of matching are still dicey at best. It would be so awful to perform well in medical school and then not have that achievement recognized...
oof
I know a neurosurgeon and a plastic surgeon in my county who both went carib. Are they like 1/1000000?
It used to be possible
But it’s almost impossible nowadays
Yes, they're one in a million.
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I've hired at least 6-7 Caribbean MDs as ER scribes (starting at $9/hr) while they reapply to residencies. It's actually quite sad.
If they spent ALL of their net income on loans, they wouldn't even cover interest. OOF.