Life After Residency: A Career Planning Guide
Life After Residency: A Career Planning Guideis 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 toLife After Residency—a book which continues the seminar discussions in greater depth and magnitude, while maintaining a conversational writing style.Other key topics covered include:Preparing for a job interviewEvaluating job offers and negotiating contractsObtaining and maintaining the proper State licenseHow to apply for membership onto Medical StaffsObtaining malpractice insuranceBuying a house and investing for eventual retirementAdvice for non-medical career optionsLoaded with sage advice and practical wisdom,Life After Residencyis an invaluable asset to every resident during the transition from residency to life thereafter.