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Six Ways to Keep That “New Grad” Enthusiasm in Healthcare

Working in healthcare is a rewarding career. But it also can be stressful and exhausting. It’s easy for the excitement you once felt to fade. But with awareness and by making a few small adjustments, you can keep your enthusiasm for your healthcare career long after you graduate. 

9 Essential Skills Medical Schools Don’t Teach and How to Overcome the Knowledge Deficit

Medical schools teach medical content well, but they miss the mark when it comes to teaching the practical side of medicine. Questions like How should I manage my income? What should I look for in a contract? or What happens when I’m sued? are left unanswered. Physicians generally learn these lessons on the job and make avoidable mistakes along the way.

The following are nine skills I wish I would have learned before leaving medical school.

Tips For A Great Shadowing Experience

Shadowing plays an important role in both the decision to become a physician and the application process. This is why optimizing the experience is so important. The following is a list of “do’s and dont’s” of shadowing.

Turning Your Current Job Into Your Dream Job

Medicine is both a calling and a career. Physicians deserve to be supported while providing critical care to our patients. By finding ways to maximize satisfaction in our current jobs, we cultivate the energy to move our careers—and medicine— forward. Take stock of your own career to find what resources are already available to you to draw you closer to your dream job! 

Five Ways to Retain Top Talent – Onboarding & Beyond

Provider retention is about the tangible and intangible experiences you provide, so be creative and always seek feedback from the experts on retention – your newly hired healthcare professionals.

Why This Physician Isn’t Burned Out

I am an emergency physician.

I provide care to abusive patients via a clunky EMR. I work nights, weekends and holidays. Because of unnecessary bureaucratic tasks, simple aspects of my job are cumbersome and take longer than they should. 

And I am not burned out…

Talents You Can Exploit – How Health Care Professionals Can Capitalize on Soft Skills

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?

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.

When Nursing Feels Like Too Much

Nursing is a challenging field and will likely remain so for many years to come. If you’re planning on staying in the field long-term, it’s imperative that you perform self-care on a regular basis. Read this article for tips on recognizing and preventing work-related stress, burnout, anxiety, and depression.

How Resident Physicians Can Incorporate Wellness Into Their Everyday Work Routine

Read this article for some practical (anecdotally trialed) tips for incorporating wellness into everyday work for a new resident.