Career Resources
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Palliative Medicine Career Paths
10/22/2011
The fast-growing specialty offers a variety of career paths, and no small measure of personal and professional gratification.
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Physician Employment Contracts: Recent Developments Spell Good News, Problem Areas
10/21/2011
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.
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Physician Pay-for-Performance Programs Taking Hold
10/20/2011
Despite the myriad philosophical concerns and practical considerations, the movement to connect physician performance to pay structures is moving forward.
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Moving On: Issues to Consider When Making a Career Move
10/19/2011
Myriad issues, from legal and practical considerations to personal details, need to be addressed when leaving a practice.
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Physician Compensation Models: The Basics, the Pros, and the Cons
10/18/2011
Compensation models have become less complex than they were in the 1990s, but it’s important to know the basics when evaluating practice opportunities.
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Physician Volunteer Work
10/16/2011
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.
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Anatomy of a Physician Employment Contract
10/15/2011
Understanding the basic elements of an employment contract can help physicians emerging from residency evaluate job offers.
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Avoiding Physician-Employment-Contract Pitfalls
10/14/2011
Non-specific, vaguely worded provisions can create problems down the road.
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Differentiating Among Medical Practice Settings
10/13/2011
Carefully assessing your needs and exploring practice-setting options raises your chances of early-career satisfaction.
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Patient-Centered Medical Home Debuts
10/12/2011
Physicians —in both primary care and the specialties— may soon reap benefits from the patient-centered, coordinated care model taking hold.
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Physician Employment and Compensation Outlook for ’07
10/2/2011
Physicians heading into the job market for the first time or eyeing a career move in 2007 will find plentiful opportunities and attractive compensation packages regardless of their specialty or preferred setting.
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John A. Fromson, M.D., Vice Chair for Community Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Chief of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.