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I don't know if part time is that rare a thing. My family has a couple of doctors who have the option of switching into emergency care / drop in clinic care etc. where they can decide how many hours to work. In fact their hours are way more solid than ours - they are usually done when they are done with their x hours and the pay is very very good as well. Do see if you can dig around more about the alternatives.