How I Paid Down My Student Loan Debt
I have made almost every financial mistake that new physicians should avoid, including going into forbearance and deferment, buying the doctor house and car, not living on a budget, and not prioritizing paying down student loan debt. To be clear, I had significant debt—similar to that of the average graduating medical school student in the read more…
10 Ways to Prevent or Reduce the Effects of Physician Burnout
Talk of physician burnout is everywhere these days: in medical blogs, in peer-reviewed journal articles, in CME courses, in online courses, and in the news. We can’t avoid hearing about the high rates of burnout, depression, and suicide among physicians. I have experienced burnout twice in my career in medicine. The first time was in read more…
How an Internist Learned to Read ECGs Better Than a Cardiologist
At my medical school, everyone recommended taking the Clinical Electrocardiography elective in the fourth year. A kind man who had been interpreting ECGs for over 25 years taught the elective. We all had to read Rapid Interpretation of EKGs by Dale Dubin, and each day we spent hours going through real ECGs and trying to read more…
How I Successfully Made a Career Transition in Medicine
Life transitions always take some adjustment, even when they’re exciting changes. Moving, expanding your family, getting a new job—you’ll go through many revisions throughout your lifetime. Sometimes they’re planned and expected, sometimes they’re not, but each transition requires you to get out of your comfort zone. One of my big life changes was a decision read more…
How to Boost Your ABIM Internal Medicine Certification Exam Score by 100 Points
There are so many tactics you can use when preparing to take a standardized exam such as an In-Training Exam (ITE) or Certification Exam. But there is one I found to be the most useful.