So after this first round of finance Friday posts we’ve gone through the basic definitions and established general priorities. Now I want to step back and remind everyone of the philosophy. Most, if not all of you, are young physicians or other highly educated young professionals. My investment philosophy is mostly tailored toward you because well, I am a young physician who went through the opportunity cost of 4 years of medical school and 6 […]
Attending
Ok, so the last post of “Why do I need insurance?” might have seemed a bit backward since I told you all what to buy, and not why to buy it. That was intentional. As physicians we are so busy making big decisions day in and day out about things we know about… that when it comes to things we don’t know about, we tend to just throw money at it to make it go away. Trust […]
Life Insurance
Why do I need insurance? This is a common question among young physicians. It should be a question you ask yourself during residency or internship, but unfortunately, like many things it is of low priority during that time period. It is brushed off into the “I’ll get to it later” pile of things to do. I hope this article reaches more residents so that they will be aware of just how important insurance is for […]
Why do I need insurance?
As a doctor, you have now firmly ingrained yourself in an honorable profession… with a ton of red tape. Somewhere in the mess that is your life during and after residency you will hear the term “credentialing”. This is the bane of all physicians everywhere, which becomes exponentially harder the more jobs you have, and more places you have been or are currently credentialed at. Now, what exactly is “credentialing”? At its core, it’s a doctor […]
“The File”
Doctors are usually viewed as infallible beings… which is patently false. Having gone through the majority of our lives striving to be the best and continually trying to be correct and trying our hardest to make no mistakes… it hits us even harder when we are incorrect or make a mistake. We are only human. However, we forget this many more times than we remember. During the course of your residency and your career you will make mistakes. For many, […]
Being Human
The struggle is real. Oh so real. The realest. Ok, so here’s the deal. As a doctor you have firmly established yourself as middle class, with possible candidacy for upper-middle class. The likelihood of ever being upper class is pretty low. However, as soon as you get an MD behind your name, everyone you know thinks you are ballin’ out of control and makin’ it rain in the club… and well, that is patently false. […]