The Unique Challenges of Foreign Medical Graduates
If you are a foreign medical graduate (FMG) completing your residency training in the United States and wish to remain in the country, you will face several visa-status and timing issues related to immigration law. Both you and a prospective employer must understand your...
How to Write an Effective Curriculum Vitae
You introduce yourself to future employers through your curriculum vitae (CV). An employer will not interview you without one. We at Adventures in Medicine have donated our resources to help answer common questions about how to construct and organize a curriculum vitae. What...
Search Strategy
When following an adventure trail, a straight line is always the easiest route from Point A to Point B, but when planning your job search, you must blaze a new trail. Without a well developed plan, you may end up traveling in circles, running into dead ends, or finishing last...
What Physicians need to know about Social Media
The usefulness of online social networking is undeniable and it’s no surprise that we as individuals are embracing it. Social networks are communications media and a part of everyday life. They can be valuable tools in gathering and disseminating news and information. They...
You’re ready to be a Doctor. But are you prepared for your career?
On our paths to becoming doctors, we learn in-depth details about many things: the Krebs cycle, how many bones are in the human foot and how to tell the difference between bronchitis and emphysema. But we get very little in the way of learning how to prepare for a career....
Your Survival Guide For Finance Basics
FINANCE BASICS: Trekking unprepared through a parched, dusty DESERT is a dangerous proposition. But with good planning, even the most driest patches on the planet can be tamed and so can your finances. Every physician faces financial challenges, whether struggling with a job...
Mistakes When Entering the Job Market
When entering the job market, residents and fellows commonly make the mistake of not considering a few factors that have a tremendous impact on the career goals they hope to achieve. Too often, we see residents making the mistake of taking the first job presented, being too...
A New Physician’s Guide to Personal Finance
A Physician's Guide to Personal Finance To the consternation of young physicians, the general public perception is that all medical practitioners are wealthy, which may be the reason why we hear so much grumbling over the cost of health care costs. What is largely lost on the...
INTERVIEWING FOR PHYSICIAN JOBS? BE SURE TO FOLLOW UP!
In my work I often talk to physicians who have begun their job search process, and have interviewed with multiple potential employers. One thing I love to hear from these doctors is that they’re being sure to follow through with the employers once an interview is complete....
Evaluating How Medical Market Conditions Impact Physicians
Evaluating How Medical Market Conditions Impact Physicians,Patients, and Administration Understanding how medical market conditions may trickle into challenges for physicians, patients, and administration will provide you an understanding of how (and why) each group may be...
