how do I get a second job as medical doctor at home?

Question

I'm tied down locally on the first job but i could work through computer (eg, sci research, answering medical questions..etc)

Answer 1

You might try contacting some rural hospitals ( I live in a very small town ) and speak with the medical director for that facility and see if a weekend on-call computer based answer session may be something they would be interested in. Using internet and the cameras you could visually asses and advise without doing more than putting on a shirt and grabbing a cup of coffee. I'm not sure how comfortable you would feel doing this but it is sure a lead into cutting edge that would also get your name into areas you couldn't (or, let's face it, wouldn't) normally go.

Answer 2

If you are an MD, medical writing, and some kinds of work for pharmaceutical and insurance companies can be done from a home office via internet and telconferencing. These are positions you often have to find or create yourself, although some "head hunters" are starting to specialize in placement for independent contractors.

If you are not an MD:
In the US, anyway, becoming a medical doctor cannot be done by correspondence or online. First, you have to be accepted by an accredited medical school. This involves first completing college-level courses in biology, chemistry, physics, etc. and getting mostly "A's". It aslo involves taking a difficult entrance examination and getting a high score. Based on your credentials, if a medical school accepts you, then you must attend, in person, for (typically) four years, where much of the work is hands-on in laboratories. Gross human anatomy lab is impossible and illegal to do at home. Also, the verification that all course testing and eveluation along the way demands that you be present. The last two years of medical school are in the patient care setting, hospitals and clinics, where your interactions with actual sick patients as a member of an actual medical team are evaluated by more senior and experienced doctors, is essential. If you pass all of this satisfactorily, you will be granted a medical degree (MD). However, you still cannot be licensed to practice! You must, as a new doctor, do a year of intensive internship in a hospital setting in order to be licensed by any state. Further, you must pass difficult and rigorous written boards examinations to be licensed. So: 4 years of bachelor's degree work in college with (almost) all "A's", a high MCAT score, completion of an accredited medical school curriculum, passing boards exams, completing an internship and THEN you can have a job as a medical doctor.

Answer 3

You'll need at least four years of pre-med college classes and four years of medical school. That is in-person med school, not online, because there is no way to recreate lab work, and physical exams on the internet.

After actual medical school you will need to complete at least four years of internship at a hospital to get some hands-on experience. There is no way to tell over the internet if a person's full-body rash is prickly-heat, allergic reaction to soaps or perfumes, chicken pox or measles. You must see those rashes in person. The same goes for diagnosing heart problems...is it a harmless murmur, a dangerous arrhythmia, a heart attack in progress, or an athlete cooling off from vigorous exercise? You can't tell from a book, you need to hear those sounds in person.

This is now a minimum of 12 years of combined classroom work and hands-on training under the watchful eye of an experienced doctor.

Many more doctors spend several more years in a Residency program at a hospital before even daring to think about opening up a private practice. And that's what your question is suggesting to me...that you want to open up a private practice out of your home, answering medical questions over the internet or via email.

Don't do it. Not until/unless you have done the required education and gotten a LICENSE to practice medicine from the local government. If you don't have a license to practice medicine, you will got to jail. Never mind such foolish things as "internet anonymity"....if you are breaking the law, they can and WILL find you eventually.

If you don't like your current job, I would suggest making a clean break by quitting. It sounds scary, I know, with bills to pay, but if you are that unhappy with the job or the pay that you are willing to contemplate breaking the laws of several countries just to make some extra cash then it's time to get out.

Answer 4

I think it's just a LITTLE more complicated then that. Although, I am taking classes at the online school of Astronauts, so I plan to go into space one day in my spare time.

Seriously though, unless you have already been through medical school, I think you would have a hard time finding a job as an MD.

Answer 5

if you are already an md. start up a website for info and answers to medical questions--i do not know how to make a pay site--but there must be info in the weblinks at yahoo and msn, earthlink and other sites--i have a friend who does programming--if you know someone in that field they can help set you up.or talk with your md friends--someone will know.
the AMA may also assist you in this area--they need to accredit you.

Answer 6

is your first job a medical doctor?? There are lots of MDs that do medical consulting for insuranse companies and the pharmaceutical industry.

you can also always answer questions for the pharmeceutical companies for their surveys. (that can take a number of forms)