This week, I am finishing out the takeaways from the Careers in FM Blog Series over the past four months, which highlighted 15 fulfilled family physicians with diverse career paths. A couple of weeks ago, I highlighted two major themes that ran through the series – Career Trajectory and Mentorship and then the themes of Finding/Creating Fulfillment and Joy. Last week, I reviewed their recommendations for First Job and Job Pivot Career Decisions. This week, I'm capturing the wealth of advice they...

I’m continuing to highlight the takeaways from the Careers in FM Blog Series over the past four months, which highlighted 15 fulfilled family physicians with diverse career paths. A couple of weeks ago, I highlighted two major themes that ran through the series – Career Trajectory and Mentorship. Last week, I highlighted the takeaway themes of Finding/Creating Fulfillment and Joy and other significant themes. This week, I'm capturing the wealth of advice from the 15 physicians for choosing your ...

I’m continuing to highlight the takeaways from the Careers in FM Blog Series over the past four months. Last week, I highlighted two major themes – Career Trajectory and Mentorship. Under the heading of finding/creating fulfillment and joy, we find the following themes throughout the 15 fulfilled family physicians’ foundations:

Connection with Patients. Most family physicians (and physicians in general) find a real richness in connecting with their patients. Here are a few quotes from the se...

I hope you enjoyed hearing from a variety of family physicians, their individual career paths, and pearls in the Careers in Family Medicine blog series. We have a few others that are still pending. I’ll publish those when they’re available. For this week, I wanted to recap some themes that I felt were common throughout the very diverse practices of family medicine highlighted these last 4 months. 

#1 The Career Squiggle. Credit to Dr. Jennifer Sullivan for the terminology - I listened to he...

We are continuing our blog series Careers in Family Medicine. Each week, I will highlight a family physician and their career path. Each one will share their pearls. So far, we have highlighted examples of Rural Practice, Value Based Care, Academic Medicine, US Department of State, Multi-specialty group and Leadership, Direct Primary Care, FQHC practices, Hospital Medicine, Tribal Health, Military Medicine, Concierge Practice in an Academic Setting, Traditional Private Practice, and Academic Lea...

We are continuing our blog series Careers in Family Medicine. Each week, I will highlight a family physician and their career path. Each one will share their pearls. So far, we have highlighted examples of Rural Practice, Value Based Care, Academic Medicine, US Department of State, Multi-specialty group and Leadership, Direct Primary Care, FQHC practices, Hospital Medicine, Tribal Health, Military Medicine, Concierge Practice in an Academic Setting, and Traditional Private Practice. Today we pee...

We are continuing our blog series Careers in Family Medicine. Each week, I will highlight a family physician and their career path. Each one will share their pearls. So far, we have highlighted examples of Rural Practice, Value Based Care, Academic Medicine, US Department of State, Multi-specialty group and Leadership, Direct Primary Care, FQHC practices, Hospital Medicine, Tribal Health, Military Medicine, Concierge Practice in an Academic Setting. This week, we take a look at Traditional Priva...

We are continuing our blog series Careers in Family Medicine. Each week, I will highlight a family physician and their career path. Each one will share their pearls. So far, we have highlighted examples of Rural Practice, Value Based Care, Academic Medicine, US Department of State, Multi-specialty group and Leadership, Direct Primary Care, FQHC practices, Hospital Medicine, Tribal Health, and Concierge Practice in an Academic Setting. This week we take a look at Military Medicine, highlighted by...

We are continuing our blog series Careers in Family Medicine. Each week, I will highlight a family physician and their career path. Each one will share their pearls. So far, we have highlighted examples of Rural Practice, Value Based Care, Academic Medicine, US Department of State, Multi-specialty group and Leadership, Direct Primary Care, FQHC practices, Hospital Medicine, and Tribal Health. This week, we take a look at a unique setting of concierge medicine based within an academic setting wit...

We are continuing our blog series, Careers in Family Medicine. Each week, I will highlight a family physician and their career path. Each one will share their pearls. So far, we have highlighted examples of Rural Practice, Value Based Care, Academic Medicine, US Department of State, Multi-specialty group and Leadership, Direct Primary Care, FQHC practices, and Hospital Medicine. This week, we take a look at working in Tribal Health highlighted by Dr. Shanda Lohse. 

Shanda, give the readers a...