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How to network like a rock star
EVERY DOCTOR OUT THERE will likely attend at least a couple of conferences every year. It's part of the job, a great chance to...
Who most regrets their decision to go into medicine?
YOUNG PATHOLOGISTS and anesthesiologists were the most likely to say they regret their choice of specialty. According to a survey of more than 3,500...
Taking a new job? Will you be covered when you leave?
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A JOB and you’ve got a good handle on the compensation plan, the call schedule and the health benefits. But how...
Who are you online?
EARLIER THIS SUMMER, a Houston nurse posted critical comments on Facebook about a young patient with measles. Besides raising privacy questions, the comments also...
Still working while sick?
DOES AMERICAN MEDICINE have a problem with physicians who work while sick? A quick look at the published evidence—and at physician anecdotes—indicates the answer...
Doctors ignore noncompete terms at their peril
WHEN IT COMES TO restrictive covenants—also known as noncompetes—too many physicians make the mistake of believing these clauses are unenforceable. As a result, they figure...
Call coverage: What’s in the contract?
THE CONTRACT STATED that the surgeon would join the two-physician practice at the same time as another doctor, bringing the total physician count to...
Family leave: Are you prepared?
IN 2015 when Sarah Hoper, MD, had her first child, she had some decisions to make. Dr. Hoper, who was working in Nashville as...
“I would be angry too”
I WAS RECENTLY taking a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Boston. Whenever I go back to England, I fly with either British Airways...
References: Who to include, who to leave out
THINK OF IT as the one reference you'd never want to use: The parent of a prospective physician candidate called a recruiter to talk...
