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Medical Questions in Your Private Life
Banishing the Aura (html)
Separating your professional and private life can be as easy as a stock response
to requests. Making your friends and family heed that, however, presents a whole new wrinkle.
Working in the Media
By JON VAN ZILE
It’s not the glamour job you may think, and you probably won’t get rich, but physicians who work in the media agree that if you have the
passion, it’s a great career.
Community Health Centers
Community health centers exist for one reason–to care for patients regardless of ability to pay, resident status, or cultural
differences. The growing number of uninsured and constant threats to funding
are but two of the challenges faced by providers who say the rewards of caring
for this population outstrip the hassles.
Making a Move
By KAREN CHILDRESS
A new position is exciting, but moving can be stressful for your spouse and even
frightening or depressing for your children. Tips to ensure a smooth and happy
transition for everyone.
Should You Get Your MBA?
By IVO DRURY, MD, MBA
Careful review of your rationale and the range of program options and demands
are key considerations before you enter the classroom.
Religious Faith in Practice
Can Religion and Medicine Get Along? Physicians have the right to live their
beliefs, while at the same time, patients should be able to access services.
Whose rights trump when they collide?
Hiring the Best Staff
Use these strategies to attract and retain top talent for your practice.
Rent or Own?
By MARK TERRY
Although it may not have the drama of Shakespeare, whether to rent or own your
practice's facility depends-at least in part-on the philosophical question of
how you see yourself.
Renovating Your Space
Remodeling an existing structure for a medical practice can have both
significant advantages and challenges. Choose the right experts and plan
carefully, however, and you can have a unique, charming, and accessible
facility.
Finance Your Project
By Christine A. Hinz
Whether you remodel or build your practice's facilities, it's not cheap, and
unless you're rolling in dough, you'll need to finance at least part of the
project. A how-to guide for landing the best deal and avoiding common pitfalls.
Preventing Physician Turnover
Physician turnover costs hospitals and practice groups millions in lost
revenues, and recruiting and training expenses. Why your practice can’t afford not to be involved in physician retention.
Bully Busting
Workplace aggression destroys morale, leads to staff turnover, threatens patient
care, and wreaks financial havoc. Learning to recognize intimidating behaviors
and how to stop them makes sense legally and financially.
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
The Family and Medical Leave Act–designed to simplify when to give employees a leave of absence while still
guaranteeing their jobs–has instead created confusion and chaos.
Résumés and CV’s
By KAREN EDWARDS
Shine up your life–in 500 words or less.
2006
Upcoming Changes in Medicine
Aging, consumerism, and technology are about to change fundamentally the way
medicine is practiced. Hang on to your stethoscope.
Practicing with Family Members
By Barbara Alden-Wilson
Doctors and their grown children who practice together find more rewards than
challenges, and that medicine practiced all-in-the-family style has a lot to
offer both generations.
Toxic Employer
Attentive listening and trusting your gut can prevent working for a toxic
employer. Clues to recognize before you interview.
Malpractice Arbitration
Arbitration as a method of settling malpractice claims is picking up steam. The
increased efficiency—as well as the confidentiality of the proceedings—make this up-and-coming trend attractive to both physicians and insurance
companies.
Finding a Better Balance
Whether it’s to pursue an avocation or to spend more time with family, physicians are
finding ways to better balance their profession with their lives.
Wheel of Fortune
By John Zicconi
Physician shortages across the country are giving today’s young doctors an advantage when it comes to negotiating salaries. New
physicians are landing great deals, and high-demand specialists are practically
winning the lottery.
Communication—The Key to Effective Teaching
By Christine A. Hinz
The quality of patient instruction vastly improves compliance and outcomes, and
mastering a few communication concepts can help you master the teaching moment.
Federal Medicine
By Cynthia Myers
Physicians who work for the federal government have a variety of job
descriptions and enjoy the chance to shape public policy, conduct research and
improve the health of patients on a much larger scale than in the private
sector. Acknowledging they are lower paid than those in private practice, these
doctors say the positives outweigh the negatives for them.
Retirement Communities
Geriatricians practicing in retirement communities say caring for patients as
their needs progress is satisfying and rewarding, Whether contracted,
independent, or employed, these physicians are in the right place at the right
time to care for an aging population.
Humor in the Workplace
If giggles, grins and guffaws aren’t bouncing off your walls, your practice could be in serious trouble.
Time Management
It may be the biggest challenge for doctors, but the cost of chronically running
behind can be enormous—in patient satisfaction, employee morale, and to the bottom line. Best-practice
tips for keeping on task and on time.
Medicine as a Second Career
It’s not a trend, but physicians who entered medicine after having a previous
career aren’t a rarity, either. These nontraditional students say the rewards have been
worth the sacrifice and the obstacles are not insurmountable.
A New Era of Leaders
Value systems, work ethics, and expectations can clash when younger physicians
join a practice headed up by “mature” doctors. Learn what makes each group tick, and how physicians—regardless of generation—can work more effectively together.
On-Line Networking
Use on-line networking Web sites to expand career opportunities and open doors.
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