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BackChannel

WHAT PHYSICIANS TELL EACH OTHER.

The information physicians usually have to know someone to get.

BackChannel is a private network for residents, fellows, and early-career attendings to get candid answers about training, jobs, compensation, contracts, programs, and life after residency—from verified physicians who have been there.

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REAL EXPERIENCE

Someone has already made the decision you’re facing.

Learn from physicians who have navigated the next program, fellowship, contract, job or career decision.

  • Training & fellowship
  • Jobs & contracts
  • Compensation & practice

CONVERSATIONS FOR THE DECISIONS AHEAD

Ask the questions that are hard to ask publicly.

Training, fellowship, programs, job offers, contracts, compensation and early attending life. Broad topic communities, with specialty and career-stage tags to add context.

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Look inside the physician room.

See the conversations physicians usually have through private texts, group chats and word of mouth.

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BackChannelREAL CONVERSATIONS.
BETTER DECISIONS.
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A private space for physicians to ask, share, compare, and learn from each other.

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For the room

Real conversations. Honest perspectives. Better decisions.

Job Offers4h ago

Hospitalist offer: $340k + RVU. Is this actually competitive?

7-on/7-off community hospital job. $340k base, RVU upside, $40k sign-on and a two-year noncompete. What would you negotiate before signing?

  • Compensation
  • Negotiation
  • Job Search
Contracts6h ago

Anything concerning in this noncompete before I sign?

The radius seems broad and the language appears to cover multiple hospital systems. What clauses would you push back on?

  • Contracts
  • Negotiation
  • Career Development
Programs8h ago

What is the culture actually like at this residency program?

Interview day felt great, but I would love the perspective you only get from people who trained there. How supportive are residents and faculty when things get difficult?

  • Program Culture
  • Residency
  • General Advice
Fellowship12h ago

Would you do fellowship again if you knew what attending life looked like?

Trying to decide whether another year of training is worth it versus taking a strong attending job now.

  • Fellowship
  • Career Development
Private Practice1d ago

Private practice offering a 2-year partnership track — what should I ask?

Salary looks reasonable, but the buy-in and overhead structure are vague. What numbers should I see before taking this seriously?

  • Private Practice
  • Practice Management

More conversations across training, fellowship and practice decisions.

Notifications

  • Someone replied to your post

    “Agree on the noncompete — I would also ask about…”

    12m ago
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  • 5 new replies on your discussion

    “Hospitalist offer: $340k + RVU…”

    1h ago
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  • New discussion in Contracts

    “Signing bonus clawback language…”

    3h ago
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  • A reply to a discussion you saved

    “Academic vs private practice…”

    5h ago

Followed Communities

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Your Weekly Digest

A quick look at what’s happening in the communities you follow.

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Top topics this week

  1. Hospitalist compensation
  2. Noncompete negotiations
  3. Fellowship decisions

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Actual discussions are private to invited, verified and approved members. Examples are not medical, legal or financial advice.

PHYSICIAN CONTEXT. A NAME YOU CHOOSE.

Know who is answering without needing to know their name.

Privately verified

Every member is privately verified as a physician. An invitation, current verification and administrator approval are required to enter discussions.

Choose how you participate

Real-world identity is separate from community participation. Speak anonymously or under a persistent pseudonym.

Experience adds context

Specialty, career stage and experience can help you understand an answer without showing the physician’s real-world identity.

Anonymity is not absolute. Details you share can identify you, and members can copy content. The platform retains internal authorship for accountability.

How verification and identity work

THE NEXT STEP LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM HERE

Learn from physicians a few steps ahead.

Residents

Ask fellows and attendings what comes next.

Fellows

Compare career paths, practice settings and job offers.

Early-career attendings

Share what you learned from first contracts, first jobs, compensation negotiations and career decisions.

One shared physician network. Follow the topics that matter to you, with specialty and career-stage context across conversations.

THE CONVERSATIONS ALREADY HAPPEN

Medicine has an unofficial information network.

  • Residents text friends at other programs.
  • Fellows ask former co-residents about jobs.
  • Attendings compare compensation privately.
  • Physicians ask someone they trust what a hospital, contract, fellowship, program or practice is actually like.

BackChannel puts those conversations in one place.

INVITE-ONLY PRIVATE BETA

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We’re starting with a small group of residents, fellows, and early-career attendings before expanding access.

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