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Posts Tagged "Career Advice"
View all postsIs a Hospital-Employed Practice the Right Choice for You?
By Ore Ogunyemi, MD - March 23, 2020
Choosing your next physician job takes a bit of groundwork to make sure it’s the right fit. Don’t overlook the practice type when choosing a position— it can affect all areas of your work life, from the practice culture, your ability to provide quality care, and how your work is valued.
Provider Perspective: Is Rural Practice the Right Fit for Me?
By Stacey E. Halford, MSW, LMSW - March 18, 2020
Rural health care is in the national spotlight, so there’s no better time to separate facts from fiction as health professionals start job searches and careers. Too often new health professionals have limited exposure to rural practice, so let’s set the record straight.
Talents You Can Exploit - How Health Care Professionals Can Capitalize on Soft Skills
By Mitchel Schwindt, MD - March 6, 2020
Healthcare professionals have a solid core of soft skills that go ignored, unrecognized, or minimized when contemplating a career shift. It's these very skills that can propel open-minded seekers into the spotlight of hiring managers, startup founders, and fellow entrepreneurs.
What Is A “Rock Star” Doctor?
By David Beran, DO - February 24, 2020
Many physicians possess some of these characteristics, but excellent physicians possess them all. Seamlessly integrating them into an excellent patient care experience is what makes you a rock star.
Survival Tips for the New Nurse: You Can Do This!
By Christina Proctor, RN - January 10, 2020
Well you made it through nursing school. Congrats! That is a huge accomplishment. Whether your NCLEX exam is behind you or still in progress, you are on your way! Here are some tips to help you be successful for the long haul.
Choosing a Specialty in Medical School
By James L West, MD - December 6, 2019
Deciding upon a specialty can be one of the most difficult tasks faced by medical students during their training. As if the stress of studying for cardiology was not enough, now you’re being asked to select rotations and to make some of your elective choices based on what your chosen specialty will be. For many students, this added layer of anxiety comes without a clear idea of how to choose a specialty. While we have guides that tell us how to examine patients, how to take tests, even how to grade a patient’s stool, the medical school curriculum doesn’t seem to offer much in the way of a systematic approach to selecting the specialty you will dedicate your life to. What follows are some simple first steps to aid you in this process, and to hopefully help you find your dream specialty.
5 Tips on How to Succeed as a New Nurse
By Benjamin "Caleb" Williams RN, BA, CEN - December 4, 2019
Starting your first nursing job may seem overwhelming. You have finished one of the most difficult undergraduate educations that exists, but starting to put what you have learned into practice presents a whole new set of difficulties. Thankfully, there are several things that you can do that will help you to not only survive, but to thrive in your first year as a new nurse...
Is Nursing Leadership Right for You?
By Melissa Mills, MHA, BSN, RN - November 15, 2019
No matter where you see yourself in the spectrum of nurse leadership, it’s critical that you understand a few of the qualities that successful nurse leaders possess. Here are a few characteristics of successful nurse leaders that will help you decide if nursing leadership may be a good fit.
Dealing with Bad Patient Outcomes
By David Beran, DO - July 16, 2019
Working in a high-liability specialty for the past nine years, I have received the news of bad outcomes several times. It never gets easier—and frankly I think that if it does, it's a good sign that I should probably quit clinical medicine. Below is the process I go through and a few tips I wish I knew earlier on...
The Benefits of the Locums Life: An Option at Any Stage in Your Career
By Ore Ogunyemi, MD - July 2, 2019
Locums tenens literally means "place holder," and to many physicians, locums jobs have been just that—a temporary position until something better comes along or the only option for those unable to maintain a permanent position. But times are changing, and more physicians realize that locums tenens is far more than a desperate search for sub-par opportunities...
