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Avoiding the Wrong Fit: A Physician’s Guide to Evaluating Culture
- Mar 20, 2012
Understanding the cultural questions to ask a potential employer becomes paramount to ensure that unwanted personal and professional disruptions associated with changing employment settings are avoided.
Physician Executive Career Options Abound
- Nov 2, 2011
In the health care sector, physicians are assuming an ever-increasing range of management and leadership positions.
Physician Compensation Update: It’s a Mixed Picture
- Nov 1, 2011
Industry market forces, national policy developments, and the economy are all having an effect.
Physician Shortages in the Specialties Taking a Toll
- Oct 31, 2011
Effects of the increasing undersupply are palpable in recruiting, not just patient-access difficulties.
Physician Compensation Models: Big Changes Ahead
- Oct 30, 2011
As with the health care delivery landscape, economic realities and policy changes are reshaping the way doctors are paid.
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Part-Time Physician Practice on the Rise
- Oct 29, 2011
Once viewed as either untenable or undesirable, part-time and flex-time arrangements are becoming more common.
Social Media and Physicians
- Oct 28, 2011
As usage grows among doctors, benefits, challenges, and liability concerns are emerging.
Dealing with Medical Education Debt
- Oct 27, 2011
New debt management resources and expanding loan forgiveness options are helping physicians cope with increasing debt levels.
Writing Compelling Physician Cover Letters
- Oct 26, 2011
The cover letter is usually the first bit of written communication from job seekers that hits the desk of a hiring physician, staff recruiter, or human resources professional.
Interviewing Skills for Job-Seeking Physicians
- Oct 25, 2011
How to Conduct Yourself Before, During and After the Interview.
Locum Tenens: Lifestyle, Opportunities Attracting More Physicians
- Oct 24, 2011
Physicians at all stages of their careers are exploring the flexible, portable practice option.
Specialists: The Newest Entrants in the Hospitalist Movement
- Oct 23, 2011
Obstetrics and the surgical specialties are among those experimenting with hospitalist staffing structures.
Palliative Medicine Career Paths
- Oct 22, 2011
The fast-growing specialty offers a variety of career paths, and no small measure of personal and professional gratification.
Physician Employment Contracts: Recent Developments Spell Good News, Problem Areas
- Oct 21, 2011
Contracts are becoming more physician-friendly in some aspects, but trends in income structures, liability, and performance data “ownership” may pose problems for the unwary.
Physician Pay-for-Performance Programs Taking Hold
- Oct 20, 2011
Despite the myriad philosophical concerns and practical considerations, the movement to connect physician performance to pay structures is moving forward.
Moving On: Issues to Consider When Making a Career Move
- Oct 19, 2011
Myriad issues, from legal and practical considerations to personal details, need to be addressed when leaving a practice.
Physician Compensation Models: The Basics, the Pros, and the Cons
- Oct 18, 2011
Compensation models have become less complex than they were in the 1990s, but it’s important to know the basics when evaluating practice opportunities.
Physician Volunteer Work
- Oct 16, 2011
One of the main reasons physicians choose to go into the medical profession is because of a desire to improve the health and well-being of others. This impetus also figures as a primary motivator for physicians who decide to pursue volunteer work.
Anatomy of a Physician Employment Contract
- Oct 15, 2011
Understanding the basic elements of an employment contract can help physicians emerging from residency evaluate job offers.
Avoiding Physician-Employment-Contract Pitfalls
- Oct 14, 2011
Non-specific, vaguely worded provisions can create problems down the road.