Advice to Third Year Medical Students

Advice to Third Year Medical Students

Given all the complaining by doctors about change, it comes as no surprise that medical students are having self-doubts and questioning their career choices. I interact with all kinds of students at various stages of their undergraduate and graduate careers and they seem to fall into three categories—those that can't wait to get into the game, those who have doubts about their choices but are too paralyzed with fear and anxiety to do anything or keep it to themselves, and those who quit to do something else. Maybe they missed my advice column when they were a premed.

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Physicians Shouldn't Have to Choose Between Clinical Practice and Entrepreneurship

Physicians Shouldn't Have to Choose Between Clinical Practice and Entrepreneurship

Physicians are becoming more entrepreneurial in response to threats to their practices and the sick-care innovation imperative. Some, particularly those without a medical background or who have never practiced medicine, ask whether doctors should be doctors or entrepreneurs and press them to commit to being “all in” if they are to be successful as a physician entrepreneur. We need to stop thinking “either/or.” Many physicians think they can be both and, in fact, that adopting an entrepreneurial mindset helps them be better doctors. I agree.

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10 Reasons We Need to Rethink How We Select Medical Students

10 Reasons We Need to Rethink How We Select Medical Students

Everyone wants to be part of a high performance team. Some experience it in the Armed Forces. Some are part of championship sports teams. Some are lucky enough to have experienced it at some part of their careers. Most won't, and, instead, will be cogs in the wheel, grinding away, day after day, part of the 87% who are disengaged. Failed recruits, burned out and angry workers, and frustrated or harmed customers/patients are the results.

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How Millennials Will Change the Healthcare Industry

How Millennials Will Change the Healthcare Industry

I recently attended an event in an area of Denver, named as #1 on a list of best cities to live, which was a former warehouse district that now has been redeveloped as an innovation district, filled with bars, co-working spaces, sports venues, creatives, hoodies, hotels with funny names and lots of startup people.

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