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Husband and Wife Physician Teams – Practice Search Tips
12 October 2011Finding the right medical practice opportunity as a physician is challenging enough, and when your spouse is a physician too, the challenges double! With 50% of all medical school graduates being women, the prevalence of husband and wife physician teams seems to be growing significantly.
A physician’s spouse is always an important part, often the most [...]
5 Tips For Deciding To Sign Or Not To Sign
23 September 2011Should You Accept The Offer?
You just had a great interview with a hospital or practice. You’ve got an offer in hand, and the opportunity seems to be a fit. However, you’re still not 100% certain; you’ve been on a number of interviews, and/or talked to so many people on the phone about several different practice [...]
How To Negotiate a Physician Contract
30 August 2011You’ve aced the interview, and received an offer and contract. You know you’ve found a great practice opportunity. So what is the next step in the process in finalizing the contract? How do you protect your interests without sending the wrong message to your potential employer? Once an offer is extended, emotions run high, and the [...]
What is Career Motivation?
8 April 2011Dreading Mondays? Living for Fridays?
Do you consider yourself “motivated” at work? Or, do you live for days like today (Fridays), counting down each minute until the weekend, or until your next day off? Does your career – your practice, your hospital job, or recruiting role motivate you on a daily basis?
How many people leap out of [...]
Doctors Face Challenges When Returning to the Physician Workforce
1 March 2011Physicians who attempt to return to the workforce after a prolonged absence often face many challenges. As a recent article outlines in the American Medical News, there is no standardized process for physicians to follow. Each state has different regulations and requirements for physicians to reinstate their licenses before returning to work.
Physicians may leave for [...]
Bracing for the Other Storm of the Century – The ‘Silver Tsunami’
1 February 2011As parts of the midwest, mid-south, and northeast regions battle one of the worst winter weather systems in recent history, another storm of a different nature threatens to affect much of the entire country.
The “Silver Tsunami” is rapidly gaining strength, and it remains to be seen how the physician workforce and patient population will survive [...]
Can Doctors and Hospitals Live “Happily Ever After”?
16 November 2010Hospitals and doctors are entering into unions at a rapidly increasing rate. Health reform and shifts in the healthcare financial environment are fueling the trend. However, many physicians and hospital executives are proceeding into these relationships exercising extreme caution to avoid the pitfalls of the 1990s unions, many of which ended in bitter “divorce.”
As hospitals [...]
Today’s Vote Could Determine the Future of Healthcare Reform
2 November 2010For anyone who wishes that, as citizens, we could be allowed to cast a vote on major federal laws such as health reform, today may be the next best thing. By many accounts, today’s elections could determine the future of health reform. While a repeal is not likely, and may even be impossible, opponents of [...]
Former ABC News Medical Editor Releases Exclusive eBook About US Healthcare System
27 October 2010The Medicus Firm’s 2010 Physician Compensation Survey is Cited Regarding Physician Incomes in Primary Care vs. Specialty Care
Dr. Tim Johnson, former Medical Editor for ABC News and current medical correspondent for Good Morning America has released an exclusive eBook about the state of the healthcare system in America. The book, “THE TRUTH ABOUT GETTING SICK [...]
Win or Lose, Expectations Shape Perspectives of Results, Success, Failure
26 October 2010Expectations are a funny thing. When expectations are high and they are not met, bitter disappointment is soon to follow. Conversely, when expectations are modest and they are exceeded, there is a tremendous sense of excitement and joy.
Although I live in Austin, I grew up in Dallas and “my teams” are the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas [...]
