Medicine is my passion. I love my job, but I am human.

--------------------------------------------------------------- Here are classic practice management stories you missed on KevinMD. Thank you for your continuing readership. --------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored job listings from Careers by KevinMD.com [Family medicine physicians](. Physician-led and collegial environment. Schedule flexibility and sabbaticals for work-life balance, One of the [largest multi-specialty medical groups in the country](. [Internal medicine physicians](. Full-time is 35 patient contact hours in a 4 day work week. Leadership opportunities available. Operational support provided allowing the focus to [deliver exceptional patient care](. --------------------------------------------------------------- KevinMD Plus: Jan 18, 2020 [Medicine is my passion. I love my job, but I am human.]( I am a small-town family physician, and I am blessed enough to be living my dream. You see, I have always wanted to be a doctor. I cannot think of one other occupation choice that has ever entered my brain. I have wanted this since I was four-years-old, and I can remember in vivid detail […] [Medical board tests are worse than airport security]( A lot has been written about board recertification requirements. Physicians have grumbled and moaned for years. The objections have caused changes. Some specialty boards have abandoned the tests. And yet — for most specialties, we still find ourselves turning over our credit card numbers, blocking off a day of our incredibly busy lives and heading […] [The pros and cons of being a part-time physician]( “Burnout” has been a buzzword circulating in the medical community quite a bit lately. The World Health Organization has just recognized the term as an official medical diagnosis as part of ICD-11. One moment you’re graduating medical school, full of hope and excitement for residency. The next moment, you’re overly stressed and working insane hours […] [These are the best investments physicians can make]( Much of the personal finance blogosphere directed at physicians spend time discussing spending money. And for good reason. Physicians have a spending problem. While I am all about educating people about their personal finance shortcomings, it is also important to find balance in life. Some things in life are worth the money because they provide happiness […] [Fads in medicine and in personal finance]( If my medical training taught me one thing, it was how to recognize the destructive nature of fads. They pervade our health care system. Most center around medicine, vitamins, and herbals. Though there also is no shortage of treatments and procedures that become popular very quickly and flame out over decades. Although one would think […] [Physicians, do you suffer from “Someday Syndrome”?]( “Someday Syndrome” is prevalent in many walks of life, but it is particularly bad in medicine. You know what I am talking about. “Someday, when I have graduated medical school …” or perhaps the more common phrase is, “Someday, when I am an attending …” Phrases that start with this sort of expression imply that today is […] [Considering locum tenens? Think about these factors first.]( Locum tenens is a great way to make a living or earn some extra income. But frankly, there are some groups of physicians who should not even consider doing locums work. When you pair the right person with the right job, you can get employment bliss. But when the wrong person takes a job, both […] [Be Bowser, not Mario in your medical practice]( Anyone familiar with Nintendo's Mario franchise is probably very confused by the title of this blog but stay with me here. My kids have recently become obsessed with Mario. It's brought back great memories from my childhood of playing Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System way back in the day and "Super […] [Rest is not enough for a busy physician]( After years of being busy taking care of critically ill and recovering neonates in the neonatal ICU, then coming home to take care of my children, I’m making new decisions. One of them is to learn how to relax and be still. It’s a new experience for me. It’s taken years and many shifts to […] --------------------------------------------------------------- If a friend sent you this email and you want to subscribe, go to [KevinMD](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 345 Hudson Street New York NY 10014 USA [Unsubscribe]( | [Change Subscriber Options](