Make sure you're spending some social time. When people are out at dinners, or in their homes, they put their guard down a little bit. Cotham cautions that some opportunities may not be as good as they sound. We're starting to find it can take two family doctors to replace one that is retiring. Retiring doctors often handled whatever came up, from obstetrics to surgery.
New graduates hesitate to make that commitment.
Making a commitment to any new practice can be scary. American Medical News June 14, 1999. Back to top.