Posts by Suzanne Brunner
Healthcare Recruiting: 5 Key Reasons to Consider Being a Physician Assistant
For many people, pursuing a career in medicine and healthcare stems from a desire to help people. Of course with the vast array of concentrations, specialties and levels in the healthcare sector, the extent of the help and care you provide can vacillate greatly, and is often proportional to your education and compensation. One of…
Read MoreTop 6 Digital Transformation Trends In Healthcare For 2019
Remember the days where you would schedule a doctor’s appointment only to get there and wait for a couple of hours? If you had any tests done, it would take days to get results back and often you’d have to go back to the office and wait all over again? Thankfully, that’s a bygone era…
Read MoreBackflips to Reducing Physician Turnover
One of the least-discussed aspects and pain points of the healthcare industry is the cost associated with high physician turnover. Like all professionals and human beings, doctors are not a monolith, and there is no such thing as a “one-size-fits-all” practitioner. A candidate may look great “on paper” so to speak, and they may even…
Read MoreA Firestorm That Started on Social Media: A Glimpse of Sexism Toward NPs?
If there’s a profession where highly skilled and educated female professionals would command respect and appreciation for their abilities it would probably be the field of nursing, where women still make up roughly 90 percent of the industry. But the reality is even in fields where women overwhelmingly make up the majority of the professional…
Read MoreStart the Conversation: Mental Health Wellness in the Workplace for Physicians
Once considered among the ultimate taboos, open discussions about mental health – particularly in the workplace – were typically likened to the professional equivalent of discussing religion or politics at the dinner table. However, with greater awareness and shifts in cultural attitudes about the nature and scope of mental illness, discussions around mental health and…
Read More10 Questions Physicians Must Ask When Considering A Counter Offer
You’re coming down the home stretch. You’ve received an excellent offer for a new job opportunity, and it’s time to tender your resignation. Assuredly, you walk into your current administrator’s office to give notice, expecting a moment of panic and perhaps a brief handshake wishing you well. What you didn’t expect was an implausible counter-offer.…
Read MoreTurning the Tables – Best Questions Physicians and Nurse Practitioners Should Ask An Interviewer
You swore it wouldn’t, couldn’t happen again. You asked all the questions that clearly explained the compensation package, the on-call schedule and the day to day responsibilities. This was the job you were excited to be in for the long haul. Despite your best efforts and initial optimism, here you are again, disillusioned with your…
Read MoreInterview-Winning Medical CV Best Practices
To understand the weight a compelling Curriculum Vitae has, one must put themselves in the shoes of a prospective employer. Let’s follow the mindset of Laura, hiring authority for a large med-surge hospital. Laura has a medical team woefully understaffed and overtasked, yet she is having trouble getting consent to hire a full-time clinician. She fights for months…
Read MoreChoosing the Right Medical Specialty Based on Salary (Infographic)
No matter where you fall in your medical career, money never stops being a concern. Perhaps you’re a recent graduate with almost $200,000 in student debt. Maybe you’re in the “50 percent of doctors surveyed [who] either have or would consider purchasing, buying into, merging or selling their practice” just to make ends meet. Maybe you’re considering…
Read MoreImmigration Ban Has No Clear Impact on Match Outcome
What does it mean to match? For some, it means “swiping right” could match you with your future life partner. For others, it means you’ve been accepted into a U.S. residency or fellowship program. This past Friday marked another iteration of the National Resident Matching Program, aptly nicknamed “the Match.” The Match is a complex…
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