While 61% of surveyed physicians said they do not take on extra work to boost their incomes, 20% said they take on other medical-related work, 11% take on medical moonlighting gigs, 7% add more hours to their primary job and 6% take on nonmedical work.
While some physicians take on side gigs as a passion project, others take them on out of a need or desire for more money.
“I moonlight because I am not as financially stable as I would like to be at this stage of life,” one physician told Medscape surveyors.
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