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Personal Health & Wellness

Physician Burnout: The 57-Second Solution

Burnout is a complete mental and physical collapse from overwork. Psychiatrists define it as “a job-related dysphoria in an individual without...
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Doctor, What Makes You Remarkable?
Professional Development

Doctor, What Makes You Remarkable?

While we have never met, I know something about you with absolute certainty.  You are remarkable. You have a unique...
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Depressed doctor: “I’m angry and frustrated and lost.”
Personal Health & Wellness

Depressed doctor: “I’m angry and frustrated and lost.”

This is an email subject line from a doctor. Letter published with permission. Hello Pamela I have become so disillusioned...
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How to be a happy doctor
Personal Health & Wellness

How to be a happy doctor

It was a physician employee, many times for many hospitals and clinics. I’d stay a year or two, but eventually...
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Physician Happiness and Satisfaction Study
Personal Health & Wellness

Physician Happiness and Satisfaction Study

Physician Happiness Study and what you can do with it Last week the 2015 Great American Physician Survey, sponsored by...
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Financial Secrets for Young Physicians: Funding the Future
Wealth Management

Financial Secrets for Young Physicians: Funding the Future

You’re in bed, tossing and turning. You can’t sleep. You feel like you are in a financial prison, constrained by...
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Secrets to Financial Success for Young Physicians
Wealth Management

Secrets to Financial Success for Young Physicians

According to the American Medical School Association, 86% of medical school graduates carry educational debt and the median debt burden...
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Avoid Negotiating Landmines
Contract Negotiation

Avoid Negotiating Landmines

After 10 grueling years of training to become a physician, you can finally see the light at the end of...
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Physician Burnout Is Physician Abuse
Personal Health & Wellness Work Life Balance

Physician Burnout Is Physician Abuse

Physician burnout is the latest trend among doctors. There are books, workshops, even special breathing exercises for physician burnout. Suddenly...
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Best Practices for Physicians to Evaluate Compensation Offers
Physician Compensation

Best Practices for Physicians to Evaluate Compensation Offers

Compensation is a major factor in determining whether or not to accept a particular job offer.  When evaluating various job...
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Why Consider A Non-Clinical Career?
Non-Clinical Careers

Why Consider A Non-Clinical Career?

There are many great reasons to choose a non-clinical career.  They often provide an opportunity to apply some of the...
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The Unique Challenges of Foreign Medical Graduates
Immigration

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...
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How to Write an Effective Curriculum Vitae
CV/Cover Letter

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...
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Search Strategy
Search Strategy

Search Strategy

When following an adventure trail, a straight line is always the easiest route from Point A to Point B, but...
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What Physicians need to know about Social Media
Professional Development

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...
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You’re ready to be a Doctor. But are you prepared for your career?
Job Transition

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...
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Your Survival Guide For Finance Basics
Wealth Management

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...
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Mistakes When Entering the Job Market
Job Selection

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...
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A New Physician’s Guide to Personal Finance
Wealth Management

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...
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INTERVIEWING FOR PHYSICIAN JOBS? BE SURE TO FOLLOW UP!
Interviewing

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...
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