The Top Physician “Side Hustles”

Side Gig Nation

Curated by Jan Greene

The Takeaway

Physicians have a variety of ways to make extra money outside of their main day jobs, most often consulting or other medical work, a Medical Economics survey finds.

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Details

The top 14 sources of secondary income for doctors, according to the magazine’s annual survey, are:

  • consulting (23% of respondents),
  • other medical work (19%),
  • clinical work (13%),
  • expert witness (12%),
  • teaching (11%),
  • nursing home (9%),
  • speaking (9%),
  • hospice (7%),
  • urgent care (5%),
  • locum tenens (4%),
  • preceptor (4%),
  • clinical trials (3%),
  • military (2%), and
  • telemedicine (1%).

Assessment

The online survey, conducted in October 2015, had 2065 responses from confirmed physicians actively practicing medicine, with a margin of error of 2.1%.

Conclusion

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