Standarized Patient is fascinating. How many hours do you work?

I WFH 80-90% for a small company. I lead HR and I'm a department of one. It's pretty low-key and nobody really knows what I'm doing but they need me when they need me. I have carved out lots of free time.

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Anonymous wrote:I won’t tell you, because it’s 100% telework, federal government, great pay, and fascinating work. I’m really good at it, my work product is superlative, I essentially make my own hours, and there are many days when I can sleep in or work just an hour or two.

I recognize this one. Federal financial regulator. Probably an attorney.

I think these are pro DOGE trolls. I’m a fed attorney and it is flexible in that I’ve been there a long time so have a lot of leave and there’s no issue with taking it for appts, school events, etc…and I’ve been doing the job a long time and am good at it so it’s not typically overly stressful and my coworkers are really good people, but you need to work during work hours, sign timesheet and so on. We’ve been mostly remote since Covid and that has made things even more flexible because of the lack of commute and I find being in my own house just much more relaxing but other than throwing in a wash or taking a break to put dinner in the crockpot or something I’m at my computer.

Anonymous wrote:It's a weird niche job, but I'm a standardized patient. I'm a lawyer who no longer practices and before I went to law school I was a model/actress and my undergrad is in theater. I did a play about 10 yrs ago and asked the other actors what they do for day jobs in dc and the answer was "We are all standardized patients." I said "What on earth is that?"

Short answer: We pretend to be a patient and med students practice their interview and physical exam skills on us. I can give the longer answer if anyone is interested.

I looked into this in the DC area because I have a lot of health care experience but the opportunities were rare and the money not great compared to the $200k I make now. Are you doing this in retirement or not worried about $$?

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Anonymous wrote:I won’t tell you, because it’s 100% telework, federal government, great pay, and fascinating work. I’m really good at it, my work product is superlative, I essentially make my own hours, and there are many days when I can sleep in or work just an hour or two.

I recognize this one. Federal financial regulator. Probably an attorney.

All the Financial regulators are RTO

Not really. Look at their recent job descriptions. Max is 2x/week, but many are something like 6x/month.

And none are 100% telework, and the 6x are for roles that travel a lot. Hence why PP was wrong.

None may be 100% telework, but something marginally less is hardly RTO, as most of us think of it.

As for travel, it’s considered office time. So, whatever the office requirement is, it includes travel days and on-site work at another location.

2-3x a week is most agencies standard. Once a month is an edge case. PP said 100%.

Pre-COVID, the typical arrangement was one day telework/week and every other Friday/Monday AWS. The consumer areas, like DCCA and CFPB, have always been rife with telework abuse, but they are hardly the financial regulator standard.

What abuse?

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Anonymous wrote:I won’t tell you, because it’s 100% telework, federal government, great pay, and fascinating work. I’m really good at it, my work product is superlative, I essentially make my own hours, and there are many days when I can sleep in or work just an hour or two.

I recognize this one. Federal financial regulator. Probably an attorney.

All the Financial regulators are RTO

Not really. Look at their recent job descriptions. Max is 2x/week, but many are something like 6x/month.

And none are 100% telework, and the 6x are for roles that travel a lot. Hence why PP was wrong.

None may be 100% telework, but something marginally less is hardly RTO, as most of us think of it.

As for travel, it’s considered office time. So, whatever the office requirement is, it includes travel days and on-site work at another location.

2-3x a week is most agencies standard. Once a month is an edge case. PP said 100%.

Pre-COVID, the typical arrangement was one day telework/week and every other Friday/Monday AWS. The consumer areas, like DCCA and CFPB, have always been rife with telework abuse, but they are hardly the financial regulator standard.

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Anonymous wrote:I won’t tell you, because it’s 100% telework, federal government, great pay, and fascinating work. I’m really good at it, my work product is superlative, I essentially make my own hours, and there are many days when I can sleep in or work just an hour or two.

I recognize this one. Federal financial regulator. Probably an attorney.

All the Financial regulators are RTO

Not really. Look at their recent job descriptions. Max is 2x/week, but many are something like 6x/month.

And none are 100% telework, and the 6x are for roles that travel a lot. Hence why PP was wrong.

None may be 100% telework, but something marginally less is hardly RTO, as most of us think of it.

As for travel, it’s considered office time. So, whatever the office requirement is, it includes travel days and on-site work at another location.

2-3x a week is most agencies standard. Once a month is an edge case. PP said 100%.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a weird niche job, but I'm a standardized patient. I'm a lawyer who no longer practices and before I went to law school I was a model/actress and my undergrad is in theater. I did a play about 10 yrs ago and asked the other actors what they do for day jobs in dc and the answer was "We are all standardized patients." I said "What on earth is that?"

Short answer: We pretend to be a patient and med students practice their interview and physical exam skills on us. I can give the longer answer if anyone is interested.

This is a very part time job and no benefits. Work at Starbucks!

Yes -- it's part time with no benefits. I was clear about that. But I'm pretty sure Starbucks doesn't pay $50 an hour, nor provide an intellectual challenge while being "easy" and "flexible" like OP wants.

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Anonymous wrote:I won’t tell you, because it’s 100% telework, federal government, great pay, and fascinating work. I’m really good at it, my work product is superlative, I essentially make my own hours, and there are many days when I can sleep in or work just an hour or two.

I recognize this one. Federal financial regulator. Probably an attorney.

All the Financial regulators are RTO

Not really. Look at their recent job descriptions. Max is 2x/week, but many are something like 6x/month.

And none are 100% telework, and the 6x are for roles that travel a lot. Hence why PP was wrong.

None may be 100% telework, but something marginally less is hardly RTO, as most of us think of it.

As for travel, it’s considered office time. So, whatever the office requirement is, it includes travel days and on-site work at another location.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a weird niche job, but I'm a standardized patient. I'm a lawyer who no longer practices and before I went to law school I was a model/actress and my undergrad is in theater. I did a play about 10 yrs ago and asked the other actors what they do for day jobs in dc and the answer was "We are all standardized patients." I said "What on earth is that?"

Short answer: We pretend to be a patient and med students practice their interview and physical exam skills on us. I can give the longer answer if anyone is interested.

Does this mean you have to let them touch you and examine your body?

No. About 30% of the jobs involve teaching and practicing specific exams, specific differential pathology and special tests. The other 70% are behavioral, or teaching communication skills, or teaching how to use instruments such as ultrasound, or just presenting complicated case with no physical exam. I can decline any jobs I’m not 100% on board with. We are all medically trained. We serve pa students, med students, residents, and nursing students. This may differ with institution.

Original SP poster here. Not sure who this person is. Most of the time I am getting a physical exam from the students.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a weird niche job, but I'm a standardized patient. I'm a lawyer who no longer practices and before I went to law school I was a model/actress and my undergrad is in theater. I did a play about 10 yrs ago and asked the other actors what they do for day jobs in dc and the answer was "We are all standardized patients." I said "What on earth is that?"

Short answer: We pretend to be a patient and med students practice their interview and physical exam skills on us. I can give the longer answer if anyone is interested.

Does this mean you have to let them touch you and examine your body?

Yes. I don’t find someone listening to my heart or palpating around my knee or whatever to be a big deal.

Anonymous wrote:It's a weird niche job, but I'm a standardized patient. I'm a lawyer who no longer practices and before I went to law school I was a model/actress and my undergrad is in theater. I did a play about 10 yrs ago and asked the other actors what they do for day jobs in dc and the answer was "We are all standardized patients." I said "What on earth is that?"

Short answer: We pretend to be a patient and med students practice their interview and physical exam skills on us. I can give the longer answer if anyone is interested.

This is a very part time job and no benefits. Work at Starbucks!

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Anonymous wrote:It's a weird niche job, but I'm a standardized patient. I'm a lawyer who no longer practices and before I went to law school I was a model/actress and my undergrad is in theater. I did a play about 10 yrs ago and asked the other actors what they do for day jobs in dc and the answer was "We are all standardized patients." I said "What on earth is that?"

Short answer: We pretend to be a patient and med students practice their interview and physical exam skills on us. I can give the longer answer if anyone is interested.

Does this mean you have to let them touch you and examine your body?

No. About 30% of the jobs involve teaching and practicing specific exams, specific differential pathology and special tests. The other 70% are behavioral, or teaching communication skills, or teaching how to use instruments such as ultrasound, or just presenting complicated case with no physical exam. I can decline any jobs I’m not 100% on board with. We are all medically trained. We serve pa students, med students, residents, and nursing students. This may differ with institution.

Anonymous wrote:The gold standard is Navy Federal - 1 hour a day on average with a max of 3 hours on one of the days of week.

IRS - Employee or contractor, about 2-3 hours a day of work on average.

What is the pay like?

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