Compensation
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.
- Verified physicians
- Anonymous or pseudonymous
- Private physician discussions
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
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.
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.
Editorial examples — these are discussion prompts, not member posts.
Fellowship
Would you do fellowship again?
Contracts
Anything concerning in this noncompete?
Programs
What is this residency actually like?
Career paths
Academic vs employed vs private practice?
Early attending life
Attendings: what do you wish you knew before your first job?
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 workTHE 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.
INVITE-ONLY PRIVATE BETA
Join the founding BackChannel community.
We’re starting with a small group of residents, fellows, and early-career attendings before expanding access.
Request access