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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...