Discovery Resource # E-25

Competencies are key to every physician's success and ongoing career development is an absolute essential to many. This exercise will help you evaluate the potential for support in your continuing development. Read More...

Discovery Resource # E-23

You cannot make a good decision about which offer to accept without gathering all of the facts regarding compensation and comparing them to what you believe is acceptable. This exercise worksheet that will help you make an objective evaluation of all the elements involved with the compensation offer. Read More...

Discovery Resource # E-24

This exercise will help evaluate your offers in a side-by-side analysis. Read More...

Discovery Resource # ST-07

When we face a difficult decision with important ramifications for our life, it is key to have a solid understanding of our objectives and values. Our objectives and values are the very items that are important to us, such as spending time with family and friends or having a rewarding career.

Without a deep understanding of these, making a hard decision is fraught with anxiety and confusion as we do not have a basis to choose one option over another; with a deep understanding, making a hard decision is empowering and fulfilling.
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Discovery Resource # ST-08

After many years of training to become a physician, you can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel as you finish residency or fellowship. You are probably receiving endless emails advertising positions with amazing starting salaries, signing bonuses, and loan repayment that seem almost too good to be true. You may have received numerous calls on a weekly basis from recruiters who want to help you find your dream job, and the prospect of potentially quadrupling your income has certainly caught your attention.

You are likely excited about maximizing your income, but don’t get caught up in all the excitement with blinders on. You must enter the world of negotiation with your eyes wide open to successfully navigate a field filled with potential landmines as you begin to negotiate your first opportunity out of residency.

Negotiation is a thoughtful discussion between two parties with reasonable expectations, with the goal of achieving a successful outcome for both parties. Negotiation is an art form – press too hard by demanding something that’s unreasonable and you may lose the job. Take the first offer and you may leave tens of thousands of dollars on the table.
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