Tag: physician
Study: Is Less Experience Better for the Patient?
You walk into the room, your patient looks at you and says “How old are you anyway?” So much for confidence and credibility when trying to treat t [...]
Physician-Patient Relationship: It’s About the Patient
The physician-patient relationship lies at the heart of all medicine. It is the epicenter of care; the place where all information and data is gat [...]
Women Physicians Day: Recognizing BoardVitals’ Female Medical Editors
On February 3rd this year, we celebrate the third annual National Women Physicians Day, which is the birthday of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first wo [...]
Leadership Skills Prepare Med Students for the World
Medical students are trained in the intricacies of patient care, chronic disease, infections, diagnosis skills, and much, much more. Leadership sk [...]
How to Switch Specialties Throughout Your Career
Have you ever considered switching specialties? Do you find yourself bored, tired, disenchanted with the specialty you chose and are you dragging [...]
Survey: Are Physicians Happy with Their Jobs?
For the eighth year, the results of the annual Great American Physician Survey have been released. Physicians Practice surveyed 826 physicians acr [...]
Feeling Overworked? Check Out Some Tips to Combat Physician Burnout
You are burned out and seriously considering whether you should leave medicine. You feel distracted and worry that your patient care is beginning [...]
Is Physician Burnout Really A Problem?
Feeling powerless, unimportant and useless? Angry and hopeless? Crippled with cynicism and detachment? Full of pessimism and isolation? These are [...]
The Doctor’s Essential Guide to Insurance
It’s safe to say that physicians don’t like risk. Evidence-based medicine strives to eliminate it. Physician practices are built to anticipate and [...]
So, You Graduated Med School. Now You Need a Career.
You have studied and trained in your specialty and now you are ready to define your career path. The question is where, how, and with whom? These [...]
5 Ways for Doctors to Reduce Their Taxes This Year
Nearly every physician I know thinks he pays too much in taxes. Most of them are right. This largely stems from not understanding how the tax code [...]