Whatever Wednesdays Favorites Buying a House The House-Buying Itch – Medical Student Edition Buying a House Closing Costs Non-medical stuff, but related to medicine Would you do it again? Caribbean Medical Schools Insurance (that you need but may not have considered) Why do I need insurance? Life insurance Disability insurance Umbrella insurance The “Doctor Life” “The Struggle” Mr. Smith and Dr. Jones Random Musings Cars Adulting 101 Child Care […]
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Medicine Mondays Favorites General: Good Doctor, Bad Doctor, Bad for Doctor Being Human Time of Death The Track 4th year medical student: Choosing a Specialty “The File” Preparation for Internship: “Survival Mode” How to be a Good _______ How to be a Good Intern How to be a Good Resident How to be a Good Attending – Academic Addition Certification Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Maintenance of Certification – AMA Update […]
Medicine Mondays Favorites
Hi guys, I’m out of town with limited access to a computer most of next week (6/23-6/30). So rather than rush a bunch of mediocre posts out and not giving it my 100%, I felt it was a better use of the blog to post links to my favorite posts for the three separate categories: Medicine Mondays – 6/27 Whatever Wednesday – 6/29 Finance Fridays – 7/1 Check back on Monday for my favorite Medicine Mondays […]
Out of Town
So in my last post, I talked about Buying a House. At the end of the post, I alluded to the costs of buying a house that most people may not really think about or consider as a 1st time home buyer. I was vaguely aware of the “closing costs” when buying my first house since I had seen those shows in HGTV like Property Virgins and the like. However, after actually getting my offer accepted, […]
Closing Costs
So in my last post, I touched upon Maintenance of Certification (MOC). Now, in the recent news, information came out that the American Medical Association (AMA) has called for an immediate end to the MOC from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). Their official stance, as it currently stands, is here on their site. However, you may notice the language utilized in their official stance is more focused on partnership and improvement of MOC, rather than its […]
Maintenance of Certification – AMA Update
I briefly touched on asset allocation in my last post about 529s. So I felt it was a good segue into this post: Asset Allocation is an all-encompassing term for where and why you put your money in certain places for retirement. At its most basic, the two most general categories are Stocks and Bonds. For simplicity’s sake, consider Stocks as “More Aggressive” and Bonds as “More Conservative” in a general sense. What this really […]