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    Contracts
    Job contracts can often be confusing. Check back often for articles highlighting how to negotiate contracts, determine the most crucial parts to incorporate and where the red flags are that can cause problems down the line. Learn about incentives and sign-on bonuses as well.

    Your first contract: Do you know what it really says?

    Today's Physician -
    THE CONTRACT says that your first job will be paid according to an RVU compensation plan with a two-year income guarantee. Do you have...

    Call coverage: What’s in the contract?

    Edward Doyle -
    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...

    Come work for us!

    Today's Physician -
    WHAT KINDS OF INCENTIVES can you expect employers to offer? According to data from two surveys, sign-on bonuses and relocation assistance are popular, while...

    Taking a new job? Will you be covered when you leave?

    Edward Doyle -
    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...

    Signing bonuses: more than you signed up for?

    Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LMSW -
    YOU HAD THREE JOB OFFERS, but you were hooked by the rural hospital that dangled the $50,000 signing bonus. Given the size of the...

    Doctors ignore noncompete terms at their peril

    Edward Doyle -
    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...

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    Apps at the bedside

    Deborah Gesenway -
    WHETHER IT'S TO EDUCATE PATIENTS, calculate anticoagulation risks or choose the best test to order, doctors with smartphones ought to take some mobile medical...

    Bad news on physician burnout

    Today's Physician -
    Two-thirds of U.S. physicians feel burned out BAD NEWS for U.S. medicine: Nearly two-thirds of U.S. physicians say they feel burned out, depressed or both,...

    The pros and cons of working locum

    Edward Doyle -
    SHAUN S. BERGER, MD, remembers the moment he realized he wanted to work locum tenens. The pediatrician was working as a junior faculty member...
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    Career planning: never too soon

    Edward Doyle -
    WHAT KIND OF CAREER do you want after residency? If you're still in your second year of training, you may think it's too early...

    Finding locum work

    Today's Physician -
    WHEN IT COMES TO working locum tenens, one of the biggest questions most physicians have is this: Will they be able to find regular...

    A look at physician compensation trends

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    Today’s Physician publishes a print magazine, e-mail newsletters and a Web site to help physicians in training and early career physicians prepare for and sustain a career in medicine. Articles focus on topics like creating a CV, preparing for the interview process, negotiating contracts, analyzing compensation trends, and preventing burnout.
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