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Hi Everyone! It’s Medicine Mondays again and this post is… late… again. My apologies. Twitter let me know that today is the day for the AOA Match, and congratulations to everyone who matched. I must again apologize that I didn’t know it was the AOA Match Day today. However, I have made note of it and will research it and try to talk about it more next year. For those in the NRMP Match, it’s February, […]

Match Day Anxiety #illumedati

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I know, I know, I know… it’s Medicine Mondays, not Finance Fridays. However, like I alluded to on my prior posts: Spousal IRA and Talking to Med Student Me, this is at least circumferentially related to Medicine Mondays, since it is a very small window of opportunity for which utilizing a Roth carries significant advantages. Stock Photo from: Pexels So what is a Roth 401k/403b? I’ve talked a little about the differences between regular 401k/403bs […]

Roth 401k/403b in Residency #illumedati

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Hi guys, it’s Finance Fridays and I’m going to talk about what a Spousal IRA is. For those who were keeping track, this is kind of out of order. I was supposed to talk about Backdoor Roth IRAs today. However, I felt it was more important to talk about Spousal IRAs for those who don’t know about them. Stock Photo from: Pixabay One of the major benefits of having both partners in a marriage work […]

Spousal IRA #illumedati

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Hi guys, it’s Medicine Mondays again and I’m going to be Talking to Med Student Me. Basically, a lot of this web site is me reflecting back on medical school and residency. However, I wanted to take this time to reflect on some choices I made as a medical student/resident that I thought were good and would repeat, and others which I would change. Stock Photo From: Pexels Choosing a Specialty As a medical student, […]

Talking to Med Student Me #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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