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Effective But Unorthodox Career Advice

2017-08-16T04:47:24-05:00

When considering a career pivot, mentors and advisors often include an admonition to follow your passion as a key piece of advice. After all, following one’s passion means that you will stick with it. You won’t easily be swayed from working on something you're passionate about, so you'll see it through, even when there are big challenges. To do otherwise would seem to be unorthodox career advice. Besides, numerous surveys of, and interviews with, successful business leaders and [...]

Effective But Unorthodox Career Advice2017-08-16T04:47:24-05:00

Top Reasons to Be LinkedIn

2017-08-10T06:19:23-05:00

LinkedIn is a social networking site designed for the business community. The site allows registered members to establish networks of people they know and trust professionally. To be LinkedIn is to be part of a business and professional network. It was founded in 2002 and is now owned by Microsoft. With over 500 million users worldwide, it boasts about 130 million users in the United States. It currently posts about 10 million jobs. The primary feature that defines [...]

Top Reasons to Be LinkedIn2017-08-10T06:19:23-05:00

Monthly Leadership Favorites – July 2017 Edition

2017-07-25T19:03:17-05:00

It's time for the VITAL Physician Executive's Monthly Leadership Favorites – July 2017 Edition. In this feature I share inspiring and enlightening advice from respected leaders, generally from outside of healthcare (but not always). Leadership Favorites – July 2017 Edition This month's favorites follow… Accumulate More Wealth as an Administrator Medscape recently presented the findings from its most recent salary survey. It included a list of factors that correlate with higher levels of accumulated wealth. The authors identified ten [...]

Monthly Leadership Favorites – July 2017 Edition2017-07-25T19:03:17-05:00

Physician Leaders: Top 10 Reasons to Pursue a Business Degree

2017-07-12T10:19:05-05:00

About a year ago, I wrote about the need for a business degree. In my post, I listed Four Reasons to Seek a Business Degree. Since then, I have witnessed some of my colleagues enroll in MBA programs. All healthcare organizations benefit from owners or leaders with knowledge of business principles, including private practices. Is it time for you to pursue a business degree? I am re-posting the material from my previous article. However, I am adding 6 additional benefits completing [...]

Physician Leaders: Top 10 Reasons to Pursue a Business Degree2017-07-12T10:19:05-05:00

Monthly Leadership Favorites – June 2017 Edition

2017-06-21T04:55:42-05:00

It's time for the VITAL Physician Executive's Monthly Leadership Favorites – June 2017 Edition. In this feature I share inspiring and enlightening advice from respected leaders, generally from outside of healthcare (but not always). Leadership Favorites – June 2017 Edition This month's favorites follow… How Leaders Kill Trust In 16 Ways Leaders Kill Trust, Skip Prichard provides a guest post by his colleague Bruce Rhoades. Rhoades lists 16 things leaders commonly do that erode trust in team members, including: Micromanage [...]

Monthly Leadership Favorites – June 2017 Edition2017-06-21T04:55:42-05:00

Interview With Lawrence Earl, MD, of UrgentCareMentor

2017-05-30T13:04:08-05:00

Welcome to my second interview with a successful physician executive and leader. This time, I interview Lawrence Earl, MD. Larry made the transition early in his career from practicing clinician to medical director and then owner/CEO of his own urgent care company. He later sold his practice to Concentra, a large provider of urgent care and occupational medicine services that is very well-known in the urgent care arena. I know the company because when I was looking to [...]

Interview With Lawrence Earl, MD, of UrgentCareMentor2017-05-30T13:04:08-05:00

Physician Leaders: Four Reasons to Seek a Business Degree

2016-11-17T11:38:48-06:00

A common question arises when considering a career change to a non-clinical position. If you're seeking work as an administrator, you may be thinking: “Will I need a business degree?”. It seems that more physician leaders have an MBA, MHA, MMM or MPH (an MPH is not actually a business degree, but a significant number of physician executives seem to have one). A business or management degree is definitely not a requirement for a career as a physician executive. There are many very [...]

Physician Leaders: Four Reasons to Seek a Business Degree2016-11-17T11:38:48-06:00

Five Reasons to Become a Hospital Executive

2016-11-13T12:19:24-06:00

I was very anxious to hear the results of the election. I was nearing the end of my second year of family medicine residency. I had adjusted to the stress of changing clinical rotations every 4 to 8 weeks. I was starting to feel more confident with the clinical material. But I was drawn to leadership opportunities. At our program, the chief resident was elected by the other residents. I “ran” for the position against one of my good friends in [...]

Five Reasons to Become a Hospital Executive2016-11-13T12:19:24-06:00

Options for a Non-Clinical Career

2017-08-23T04:54:26-05:00

  You've done some soul-searching. You're thinking about a non-clinical career choice. You've tried to address overwhelm and burnout, perhaps utilizing resources such as: Dike Drummond at The Happy MD American Academy of Family Physicians Physicians Helping Physicians Starla Fitch at Starla Fitch, MD Heather Fork at Doctor's Crossing You've come to the conclusion that you want to remain in healthcare, but not in direct patient care. What are your options? There are numerous alternatives for physicians like us seeking a non-clinical career. We don't [...]

Options for a Non-Clinical Career2017-08-23T04:54:26-05:00

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