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  • What FTE is right for you?

    • Jun 21, 2021

    Nobody asks for their daily schedule during medical school or residency interviews. For years during medical training, you go to work when somebody tells you to, you take as much vacation as has been allotted to you, and do the work that you’ve been assigned — and then some.

  • When You Finally Get to Pick — Choosing Your First Job out of Training

    • Oct 26, 2020

    As you approach the end of training, there’s a different decision that in many ways is much more complicated. Now you’ve got to figure out what that life you’ve been working so hard for actually looks like.

  • Planning the Transition to a New Practice Opportunity

    • Dec 22, 2020

    The keys are allowing plenty of time and being prepared for possible delays

  • Exploring Telemedicine Physician Practice Opportunities

    • Dec 3, 2020

    Options are abundant for physicians with a good ‘webside’ manner and willingness to adapt, but due diligence is essential

  • Identifying a Cultural Fit in Physician Job Opportunities

    • Feb 14, 2020

    Self-assessment, up-front research, and ample time for interactions are key

  • Eyeing Physician Career Boost Via Formal Business Education

    • Oct 22, 2019

    Getting a business degree can be highly rewarding, but planning and foresight are essential.

  • Outside the Fold: Exploring Nonclinical Work Opportunities for Physicians

    • Jul 1, 2019

    Most physicians go into medicine fully expecting to spend their careers in patient care, and the vast majority do just that for three decades or so.

  • Physician Mentorship: Why It’s Important, and How to Find and Sustain Relationships

    • Feb 28, 2018

    Most physicians who make their way into satisfying practice careers in a specialty they enjoy — and especially those who also end up in leadership roles — are usually quick to point out to their younger colleagues that they received some help, perhaps even a whole lot of assistance, along the way.

  • Physician Shortage Spikes Demand in Several Specialties

    • Nov 30, 2017

    Residents in affected specialties see ample practice opportunities, yet physician leaders worry about future supply...

  • Targeting Physician Burnout

    • Aug 7, 2017

    With the problem now at epidemic levels, the medicine and graduate medical education communities are undertaking major mitigation initiatives...

  • Seeking Work-Life Balance in Physician Practice Opportunities

    • Nov 15, 2016

    Young physicians can — and increasingly do — ask for preferred schedules or other accommodations, but there’s a time and place and way to broach the subject

  • Navigating the Transition from Residency to Physician Practice

    • Sep 14, 2016

    Strategic approach, extensive networking, and grounding in health care changes can smooth the passage.

  • Family Medicine: Physicians Find Abundant Career Options, Rewards in an Evolving Specialty

    • Dec 11, 2015

    Both the age-old joys of an inherently varied practice and new types of practice opportunities are drawing physicians to the specialty.

  • How to Find Your Second Physician Practice Position

    • Jul 20, 2015

    When physicians start looking for their second practice opportunity, most expect the process to be easier than the first time because they're older, more experienced and, presumably, a bit wiser than they were when they left residency.

  • On the Horizon: New Jobs for Physicians

    • May 15, 2015

    The evolution of health care services delivery, in concert with market factors, is producing new roles for physicians

  • A Special Q&A with LTC Laurel Neff, DO: Work-Life Balance in Army Medicine

    • Mar 30, 2015

    Dr. Neff is a family physician currently serving in a leadership position at Bassett Army Community Hospital in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, she completed a Family Medicine residency at the Fort Bragg Army Medical Center in 2004. She wants people interested in military medicine to know it’s possible to have both a successful career and an active family life.

  • NEJM CareerCenter Conversations

    • Mar 17, 2015

    In conjunction with Medstro, we’ve curated physicians with special career expertise and experience for the NEJM CareerCenter Conversations series.

  • A Good Night’s Sleep for Soldiers: One U.S. Army Doctor’s Career

    • Dec 2, 2014

    U.S. Army sleep medicine specialist discusses his path in medicine and how his clinical research may have helped detect a new sleep disorder, allowing soldiers and civilians to sleep better at night.

  • Managing Medical Education Debt Strategically

    • Dec 2, 2014

    Residents and early-career physicians should explore repayment and forgiveness options thoroughly, and make informed choices

  • Meet Our Fascinating Physicians!

    • Nov 21, 2014

    As part of our collaboration with Medstro, a physician social networking site, we've invited four physicians to share their career experiences with professionals just starting out.