Monthly Archives: January 2017

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Hey guys, sorry for the late post. I was having some issues with WordPress this morning. I’m going to talk about Locums, Moonlighting and the Second Job today. What…? More Work? Orc Peon from Warcraft My close friend is leaving his job to start a new job somewhere else. Like me, he is a radiologist. His new job will be more a shift schedule where he will work consecutive days and then have some days […]

Locums, Moonlighting, and the Second Job #illumedati

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Hi guys, it’s Finance Fridays again and I’m here to talk about Traditional IRA versus Roth IRA today. I covered this before a little bit in Talking the Talk. I’d recommend you read at least that post first before you read today’s post as a primer. If these topics interest you, then I’d advise you to look at my Finance Fridays Roadmap post next to direct you where to read some more stuff. I should probably […]

Traditional IRA versus Roth IRA #illumedati

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Hi everyone, It’s Whatever Wednesdays again… and I’m here with my The 3rd Car Update. If you were hoping for my “Who IS Sensei?” post which I promised before, I’m sorry to disappoint you. That post should happen before the end of the month. Stock Photo From: Pexels So I talked about my thought process for buying a 3rd Car in my prior post: The 3rd Car Essentially, I had it pretty well narrowed down to: 2nd […]

The 3rd Car Update #illumedati

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Hi everyone, it’s Medicine Mondays again. I want to talk about a relatively simple concept, but one that is probably overlooked: Experience Matters. Stock Photo from: Pixabay Experience Matters? Well, of course it does. Well, yes, of course it does… but I’m not talking about it in the conventional sense of doing your 500th cholecystectomy or reading your 1000th head CT. However, let me try to explain what I mean. A career in medicine is […]

Experience Matters #illumedati

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It’s January, it’s Medicine Mondays, and it’s time to give some serious thought to your Rank Order List for The Match… Take a deep breath, pour some coffee and read on… Stock Photo from: Pixabay First things first, if you haven’t already, please go back and read some of my prior posts: 4th Year, ERAS and the NRMP Residency Interviews Traveling for Interviews Mid #Match2017 Evaluation How do I decide where to rank places? The […]

Rank Order List for The Match #illumedati

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Hi guys… late post I know.. but I’m going to talk about the Rule of 72 for this Finance Fridays. This should be a short post about how to estimate how long it will take for an investment to double. There will also be a short commentary on the “first $1 million is the hardest” and how saving money doesn’t feel rewarding… but it should be. I’m going to write a few more complicated Finance […]

What is the Rule of 72? #illumedati

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