Scams Targeting Medical Residents.
Have you been targeted by a scamster. Chances are you were and you didn’t even know. Here I am going to list some common scams, medical residents may become a target of. Many of these attempts I have personally experienced or seen someone else get into.
1) WHOLE LIFE INSURANCE: When I was a medical resident, [...]
The Future of Physician Jobs in this Economy
With all the sectors taking a hit, what is happening to physician jobs? Let us try to delve deeper to find the answer.
Healthcare is a resilient sector when it comes to an economic crisis. There are several reasons for it.
1) Healthcare is needed no matter what the economy is. (A very common argument!)
2) The government [...]
Welcome to New CareerMedicine.com !!
GOOD NEWS! CareerMedicine renovation is almost complete. You can still visit the old version from the link below. But now you have all the articles available on the new version. We are now fixing broken links.:
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We will be working all day to renovate the website. Any suggestions? Pl write it in comments. Thank you for [...]
Future of CareerMedicine.com
We have had fun time writing articles on CareerMedicine.com. Recently the AAFP approved CME activity “Starting a Medical Practice” was a great success. The seminar was held in Rock Hill, SC. CareerMedicine receives hundreds of hits everyday from physicians trying the learn the ropes of Starting a Medical Practice or the tips and tricks of [...]
How to negotiate with medical vendors.
How should we negotiate with Medical Vendors. When you have your own medical practice and you will have to buy medical equipments and or Medical Services, you will find salesmen and coming in droves to your medical office to sell you almost anything under the sun.
Any time that you have to buy an equipment or [...]
How hard will you work after Medical Residency?
Since Childhood, everybody has chased the dream of having the workload lighten up once the education part of life is over. Same goes with medicine. Once into Medical School, we realize the amount of work we have to put in it. Every day Medical Students slog through various rotations, schedules, USMLE, reports etc. This list [...]
THEORY OF MEDICAL PAGERS
LAW OF PAGING ORDERS
The more orders you write, more pages you will get. Vice versa is also true: The more pages you get, more orders you will give.
LAW OF SOCIAL PAGING
Number of pages you get are inversely proportional to your social skills.
LAW OF UNEXPECTED PAGING
The less you expect a pager to beep, more are [...]
How to crack a tough clinical case
What to do when you are stuck with a tough clinical case? What if all labs and imaging that you do is not giving you an answer. You feel like a detective but not like Sherlock Holmes. Here are the ten commandments to solve a difficult clinical case.
1) THOU SHALL LOOK FOR A SINGLE CAUSE [...]
Are you late for physician job hunt? Last Minute Strategies
It is almost July and most of the residents should have landed a physician job. If not, but you are mulling over several physician job offers — then you are still good to go. But if you have not done a single interview yet or worse if you have not started applying yet, then you [...]
Two Big Mistakes Graduating Medical Residents Make !
The two most common issues facing graduating medical residents are the ones that we will discuss in this post. As a graduating date is near, we all think about taking a break and also to postpone the medical board exams by an year or two. Why are these big mistakes? Lets find out.
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