Guest guest Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Paying for the privilege of working for free seems to run rampant in New York. I was invited to join a similar program at St. Vincents Hospital in NYC whereby I would have paid a similar amount to provide free labor for a year. (I said " no, thanks " ). Of course they love us when the labor is free and " tuition " funds the program! When one looks at the potential ROI, it simply was not worth it to me. Kay King, DC, MS, LAc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 This is an age old scam. Any MD will tell you that this is done all the time TO them. The " system " loves to screw anyone it can and MDs are no exception. It now appears that its the AOM profession's turn in the box. Richard In a message dated 4/26/2010 1:16:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, spy9doc writes: Paying for the privilege of working for free seems to run rampant in New York. I was invited to join a similar program at St. Vincents Hospital in NYC whereby I would have paid a similar amount to provide free labor for a year. (I said " no, thanks " ). Of course they love us when the labor is free and " tuition " funds the program! When one looks at the potential ROI, it simply was not worth it to me. Kay King, DC, MS, LAc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 I also considered the 'residency' at St. Vincent's in NYC. After graduating from PCOM, I felt like I either needed to take the TCM approach and see if I could integrate it w/biomed, ie. work in a hospital setting, get the experience, make the professional contacts, etc., or find some other way through to build a practice. I decided to study w/Jeffrey Yuen instead, since I didn't feel like working in a hospital was right for me, and I was more interested in the subtle energetics of CM and studying the classics. But I have to say, I've spent a lot more money studying with Jeffrey than the cost of that residency at St. Vincent's. It seems many people either go off to study in China for awhile, or go to one of the doctoral programs, or find a mentoring situation of one sort or another. All these things require a further investment of money. For some, it is worth it. And for others perhaps not. I know the people who started the residency program at St. Vincent's are very dedicated educators; they are not people who are just trying to squeeze more money out of graduates. They are actually trying to create opportunities that graduates say they want. RoseAnne On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 5:50 PM, spy9doc <spy9doc wrote: > > > Paying for the privilege of working for free seems to run rampant in New > York. I was invited to join a similar program at St. Vincents Hospital in > NYC whereby I would have paid a similar amount to provide free labor for a > year. (I said " no, thanks " ). Of course they love us when the labor is free > and " tuition " funds the program! When one looks at the potential ROI, it > simply was not worth it to me. > > Kay King, DC, MS, LAc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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