2026-05-17 · 1 min read
Going Half Time
Reflections on going half time in my clinical work to focus on my other roles.
Last year I decided to go half time in my clinical work.
To explain the finances, in academic emergency medicine, you generate the money for your salary by a combination of clinical work and academic endeavors. Clinical work generates revenue by the following process: you see patients, you document the care you provide, and then the hospital bills for that care. There are two nuances to this in academic emergency medicine. In many centers you don't get paid more if you see more patients. Instead you are paid a fixed amount. Test