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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

Is it Time for a Non-Clinical Career?

2017-08-23T04:57:42-05:00

Those of us that elect to pursue a non-clinical career usually do so because we are pulled by the of excitement of doing something new AND pushed towards it by the pain of our current situation. The push often comes from the frustration with practicing clinical medicine: Endless paperwork Fear of litigation EMRs that add more expense and more waiting with little to show for it Non-compliant, entitled patients that blame us for the results of their self-destructive behaviors Unreliable employees Declining pay “Burnout” [...]

Is it Time for a Non-Clinical Career?2017-08-23T04:57:42-05:00
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