Life After Residency

Life After Residency: A Career Planning Guide is an insightful, step-by-step guide to achieving a successful and fulfilling career in medicine. As professors at Stanford University Medical Center, Drs. Melissa Berhow, William Feaster, and John Brock-Utne began running seminars to advise their residents not only on creating a curriculum vitae and landing a great job, but also on how to manage student loan payments and avoid pitfalls in the life of a physician. The immense success and ensuing demand for more seminars eventually gave rise to Life After Residency—a book which continues the seminar discussions in greater depth and magnitude, while maintaining a conversational writing style. Key topics covered include: preparing for a job interview, evaluating job offers and negotiating contracts, obtaining and maintaining the proper State license, applying for membership onto Medical Staffs, obtaining malpractice insurance, buying a house and investing for eventual retirement, and pursuing non-medical career options. Loaded with sage advice and practical wisdom, Life After Residency is an invaluable asset to every resident during the transition from residency to life thereafter.

This 2nd edition has been updated and offers residents an even more useful, step-by-step guide to achieving a successful and fulfilling career in medicine. The book's authors began running seminars at Stanford to advise their residents on various important topics not traditionally taught in medical school or residency, but all essential for establishing a successful career in medicine.  These topics include creating a curriculum vitae and landing a great job, financial advice for student loans and retirement planning, understanding malpractice insurance, applying to medical staffs, and other important topics.  Each chapter from the previous edition is expanded and updated.

New chapters have been added to address the following key topics:

·         EMRs

·         Payment for services

·         Leadership

·         Understanding hospital administration

Loaded with sage advice and practical wisdom, Life After Residency, 2^nd Edition continues to be an invaluable asset for every resident during the transition from residency to life thereafter.

Navigating the initial transition

1)            Finding the Right Fit

2)            Getting Ready for the job search

3)            Identifying Practice Opportunities

4)            The Interview

                a.            Expand to include questions from other specialties

5)            Evaluating the Offer

Setting up shop for the first time

6)            Medical Staff Credentialing and Privileges

7)            Obtaining and Maintaining your Medical License

                a.            Expand to talk about MOCA and other recertification

8)            Malpractice Insurance

9)            Reimbursement (how do I get paid)

10)          Financial Planning for the new practitioner

11)          EMR

It’s a marathon, not a sprint.  Sustainability and relevance for your career and your life

                a.            Physician leadership

                b.            Hospital administration

13)          Physician Wellness

                a.            Healthy lifestyles are hard to establish

                b.            Burnout and how to avoid it

14)          Careers outside of clinical medicine