Your biggest expense as a physician will be paying taxes. Financially, you should try to minimize your taxes paid. I often think about physician finances…
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The number one financial mistake that doctors, and almost everyone, can make is getting a divorce. If you’re not married or in a common-law relationship,…
2 CommentsTeaching and mentoring residents is one of the most enjoyable parts of being an attending. I get to meet bright and motivated young doctors, and…
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Learning during residency is very different from medical school. Medical school is where you are taught the basics of medicine – anatomy, pathology, terminology,…
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Last week, I was listening to the cases that were admitted by the overnight resident. By the time he presented the third case, I became…
2 CommentsI have been teaching a lot of medical students and residents lately as the “attending / staff” physician. It’s hard to remember what it was…
2 CommentsLife as an attending physician has been everything I had hoped it would be. I’ve been out of residency a year so far and I…
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One of the contentious topics you don’t learn much about in your transition to staff physician is income and medical billings. At the end of…
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I started medaholic eight years ago to document my transition into a doctor. It’s been a crazy adventure, but I made it. I’m now a…
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Not much time to update these days, but found this excellent blog post that needed to be shared. http://dharmarajkarthikesan.com/2015/05/09/dear-doctors-be-kind-to-each-other/ Too many times I’ve seen patients…
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