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Lack of professional and personal financial literacy is a primary driver of burnout
Physicians are, without a doubt, some of the most educated professionals around. You spend endless hours studying, taking tests, and jumping through academic hoops in the name of good grades and patient care. But is the education you are receiving trul…
Medicine is hard work but there are ways to do the job more effectively and efficiently
The first step on any journey is having a direction to follow. When you decided to become a physician, you no doubt sought out advice from trusted mentors: advisors, other physicians, even peers who had traveled that road before you. Becoming a physici…
How to embrace the art of networking
Physicians are, by nature, excellent taskmasters. When given a defined set of goals to complete, whether it be a list of patients to round on, a target GPA for admission to medical school, or procedures to complete by graduation, we face it head-on wit…
Cultivating your personal partnerships as a physician
The center of a physician’s job is the doctor-patient relationship. Without a healthy one, the physician is unable to help the patient make meaningful changes in their life to maintain a state of wellness. Too often, in the process of medical t…
