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Your first contract: Do you know what it really says?
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...
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Apps at the bedside
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
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
SHAUN S. BERGER, MD, remembers the moment he realized he wanted to work locum tenens. The pediatrician was working as a junior faculty member...
Career planning: never too soon
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
WHEN IT COMES TO working locum tenens, one of the biggest questions most physicians have is this: Will they be able to find regular...
