Pattern of Physician Intimidation and Wrongful Termination
Pros
Pays very well. Flexibility in hours as long as you are "productive."
Cons
As aptly summarized by Diana Blum's lawsuit, PAMF has a pattern of physician intimidation. It routinely roots out physicians who are committed to the highest level of care. Physicians who courtesy round on their patients in the hospital, are actively engaged in continuity of care, and are exacting in their standards are labeled "troublemakers" and told they are "not team players." I was provided a PAMF-employed coach whose message on behalf of PAMF to me was "do not interfere with a colleague's care unless it will literally cause imminent death of a patient- i.e., on your shift. To correct or change the course of a colleague's management undermines them and makes you not a team player." Physicians who are passionate about patient care are forced to resign after enduring extended psychological abuse, and in my case, actual extortion by my department chair who demanded favors and loans for thousands of dollars from me.