No matter where you are in your residency training, a dismissal (or suspension, non-renewal, non-promotion, or even probation) threatens the significant investments of time and money you have put into your medical career. Often, residency and fellowship programs make mistakes in reaching these high-stakes decisions that can be remedied through ... Read more
Greg Care
Updated August 16, 2022 by Greg Care
Are you a resident physician? A fully licensed and board-certified physician? If so, then you are already aware that this long journey is not easy nor is it linear. However, that doesn’t mean that you ... Read more
Student Doctor Network
Updated October 18, 2023 by Student Doctor Network
After years of dedication to the specialty area and with just a few months left in residency, it is a good time to start planning a transition into professional life. The first big career choice ... Read more
Gabrielle Baglino
Updated June 22, 2022 by Gabrielle Baglino
Although it sounds like something a werewolf may do, “moonlighting” is actually a way to earn extra cash outside of your primary job. Moonlighting is especially common across medicine where the demand for services outweighs ... Read more
Benjamin Shapiro
Published July 2, 2020
There’s a common misconception that nonclinical careers are suitable only for mid- to late-career physicians with ample clinical experience. In fact, there are many opportunities for physicians of all types and career stages outside of ... Read more
Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH
Updated June 22, 2022 by Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH
As physicians move throughout their training, they acquire different titles in addition to their MD. As a medical student, this can lead to confusion about who you refer to and what the hierarchy is for ... Read more
Renee Marinelli
Updated April 2, 2019 by Renee Marinelli
Several years ago, banks and mortgage lenders began targeting doctors who recently graduated from medical school or residency for special home mortgages called a “physician’s mortgage loan” or doctor’s mortgage. These loans look past the ... Read more
Justin Havre
Updated August 16, 2022 by Justin Havre
A man and a woman step into an elevator wearing the exact same hospital scrub uniforms. The man’s pager suddenly starts beeping and the stranger in the elevator says to him, “Do you doctors really ... Read more
Karen Tran-Harding
Updated June 25, 2022 by Karen Tran-Harding
Young physicians have some of the highest mortgage underwriting decline rates of any professional seeking real estate financing. This should not come as a surprise, as most residents have a negative net worth (typically loans ... Read more
Josh Mettle
Updated June 25, 2022 by Josh Mettle
Death is an unfortunately common event in the field of medicine. How do you deal with it? How do you keep from dwelling on it, letting it shape your practice, making you too calloused or ... Read more
Katie Imbrock
Updated January 8, 2019 by Katie Imbrock
Each year, thousands of residents in their final year of residency have the daunting task of surfing through thousands of job openings, determining which state they would like to practice in, and negotiating potential contracts. ... Read more
Ryan Bucci
Updated August 18, 2022 by Ryan Bucci
Whoever decided that doctors should wear white coats must not have spent much time with sick patients. Throughout your career, your white medical coat will encounter some nasty stains, from blood and coffee to C-diff. ... Read more
Katie Imbrock
Updated June 23, 2022 by Katie Imbrock
Financial advisors and wealth managers are not just for rich people or for investing in llama futures and bitcoin loan sharks. Health professionals have complicated financial lives. Huge debts, job search expenses, salary negotiations, moving ... Read more
Monya De
Updated June 26, 2022 by Monya De
Read about steps 1 and 2 in Part 1 of this series here. Read about steps 3 and 4 in Part 2 of this series here. Read about steps 5 and 6 in Part 3 ... Read more
PracticeLink
Updated June 26, 2022 by PracticeLink
Today I woke up groggy after a night of restless sleep. I tossed and turned thinking about this storm – what has happened and what is yet to come. The devastation is unfathomable and it’s ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated June 26, 2022 by Amy Rakowczyk
By Amy Rakowczyk, SDN Staff Writer One of the biggest challenges that arises during medical school is actually all of the non-medical school “stuff”: namely, household duties and chores. How much help can you expect ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated June 26, 2022 by Amy Rakowczyk
Dear medical students: I’m sorry. You had just finished two years of didactic learning and couldn’t wait to feel like a “real” doctor. You finally were starting your clerkships, that is, finally working with patients ... Read more
Karen Tran-Harding
Updated June 26, 2022 by Karen Tran-Harding
If your spouse’s medical studies have recently brought you to a new city, or to a new community within a familiar city, you will need to search for new friends and support groups. Medical school ... Read more
Amy Rakowczyk
Updated June 26, 2022 by Amy Rakowczyk
Republished with permission from here. The future of American health care remains uncertain. It was only a few weeks ago that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) narrowly evaded the congressional guillotine a mere seven years ... Read more
Matt Agritelley
Updated June 26, 2022 by Matt Agritelley