Advice to Medical Residents
26 articles from the CareerMedicine archive.
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Physician Job Search: Tips and Advice
Since the physician job search is at its peak nowadays, I am posting a list of topics on physician job search, including physician employment contract etc. I hope summarizing them here will make it…
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Danger Lurks Around With Every Signature!
The truckload of documents on my table every single day waiting to be signed. Some are prescription refills, other are papers from the scooter people and not to mention those requests for prior…
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All Doctors should learn this important skill!
The days of Doctors’ reputation of having a bad handwriting are ending. You will not be writing anymore. Medicare is forcing all medical practices and hospitals to go paperless by 2012. That will be…
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How hard will you work after Medical Residency?
Since Childhood, everybody has chased the dream of having the workload lighten up once the education part of life is over. Same goes with medicine. Once into Medical School, we realize the amount of…
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Two Big Mistakes Graduating Medical Residents Make !
The two most common issues facing graduating medical residents are the ones that we will discuss in this post. As a graduating date is near, we all think about taking a break and also to postpone the…
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Why Documentation is Important ?
Just like the payors continue to get miserly to pay the doctors, the hospitals are facing such problems too. The video news content is worth watching. If you do not document a decubitus ulcer if…
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Eight big mistakes medical residents make
We all went through the medical residency programs and did just fine. But there is always more that we could have learnt or done in the medical residency years. Medical residency is a great place to…
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Partnership in medical practice: Pros and Cons
Every graduating medical student has dreamt of owning a medical practice. It is the ultimate goal of becoming a physician. Why do most, if not all physicians want to own their practice. There are…
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What to do in the last six months of medical residency?
If you are a third year resident then more than likely you have about six months left to complete the medical residency program. If you have not yet landed a physician job, then that is a priority.…
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Starting a Medical Practice: Learning Small Business
I was discussing this with a general surgeon yesterday. We both agreed that the biggest deficit physicians have is not ‘how to run a medical practice’ but ‘how to run a small business’. I believe the…
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Personal Finance for Medical Residents
Let’s take a break from ‘starting a medical practice series’. I will talk about what is personal finance and why medical residents should start taking financial responsibility ASAP. Here are the…
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The art of physician job contract negotiations
WHO SHOULD NEGOTIATE? Most the medical residents or physicians shy away from negotiations during their physician job search and would want their lawyers to negotiate with the employer. But remember…
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How to get ready for your first physician job
After your physician employment contract is signed there is still a lot to do so you can start the new physician job on time. Proactive approach from the physician employee is always appreciated.…
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Contract Negotiations
Welcome to the world of business. For us physicians, negotiating seems to be trivial, too downgrading a process reserved only for self centered people, selfish enough to ask what they want. WRONG!…
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Should I get my Physician Employment Contract reviewed??
Every single day we commit ourselves to a contract – it can be expressed or implied. When you drop your clothes to the dry cleaner, when you send in your car for repair, when you buy a cup of coffee…
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Physician employment Benefits
Compensation as a physician employee consists of salary plus benefits. You need to know what benefits you can get before you begin negotiations. If the physician employer is not willing to raise the…
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Partnership in Medicine
PARTNERSHIP TRACK: If you are moving to a physician job opportunity where you may want to stay permanently then partnership track is recommended. You would want to be part-owner of the medical…
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Personal factors to consider in evaluating a Job Opportunity
Many a times I have been asked by medical residents going into a new practice that how does one know that the medical job is the right one. While you may feel a physician job opening is not right for…
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The Interview Dress Code
DRESS CODE “To be successful, look successful” Men : Conservative business suit (preferably two different ones for more than one dayphysician job interviews!). If you have only one suit then change…
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In the restaurant with prospective physician employers
THE RESTAURANT In interviews for private practice openings, most of the discussions regarding salary, benefits, job requirements etc take place over a lunch or a dinner at an upscale restaurant.…
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THE RENDEZVOUS – Handling the Physician Job Interview
THE SCENARIO Private : Most physician job interviews for private medical practice are conducted over one to two days, one day being more common. The job interview of physicians is generally informal.…
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The Do’s and Dont’s in a job interview (Summary)
Here are the pointers from my previoius post on the job interview process THE DO’S Be punctual Give a firm hand shake Do not interrupt when someone is talking Listen Make notes Keep pagers and cell…
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Physician Job Hunting Timeline
Introduction What is the right time to start a physician job search? This question haunts every final year medical resident. There is one myth that needs to be clarified. Most of us are not sure how…
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The Physician Job Interview process
INTRODUCTION Hiring decisions in the world of medicine are not made without face-to-face interviews . Interviewing techniques for the academia and the private sector differ markedly. The expectations…
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Tips on writing a Cover Letter
Cover letter is a very important part of your physician employment application. Your application has only two papers in it, which is your cover letter and your resume or curriculum vitae. The…
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What the Physician employers want
As a candidate for a physician job you make an assessment largely based on background research, compensation, and location etc. most of which you know beforehand. The prospective employer makes a…