Tag: not a resident anymore
Continuous Learning
December 1st, 2014by: Dr. Braden Fichter
When we decided to become emergency medicine physicians, what we really did was commit ourselves to a life of learning. Most of us wouldn’t have gotten to where we are now without maintaining the childlike curiosity that made us wonder how cells work, how the heart pumps and whatever other curiosities that led us to […]
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Imagine If Your Favorite Restaurant Ran Like an Emergency Department
November 10th, 2014by: Dr. Patsy McNeil
Imagine you walk into a restaurant named Luigi’s. From the décor and the smell of pasta sauce coming from the kitchen, you assume that this restaurant serves Italian food. You walk forward, your name is taken and you are then told to sit off to the side and wait until your name is called so […]
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The Traveling ED Physician Lifestyle
November 1st, 2014by: Dr. Braden Fichter
It is cliché, but I really am living the dream. By being a firefighter traveling physician with US Acute Care Solutions (USACS), I have been able to make my own schedule and pursue some big dreams. For me, there are few things better than having the ability to get away. The problem many EM colleagues […]
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Emergency Medicine Residents: What Will Your Story Be?
October 28th, 2014by: Dr. Jesse Irwin
It’s Day 2 of ACEP 2014, and, as I have in past years, I’m scrolling through the emergency medicine resident resumes of the young doctors who have visited our booth. And that’s when I decided I just had to look up the etymology of the term, CV. The impulse came as I was looking at […]
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The Future of Independent ED Groups
October 1st, 2014by: Dr. Braden Fichter
We are charting new waters in the world of emergency medicine. New residency graduates have to deal with issues that our predecessors didn’t. Issues such as new legislation, the ACA, shifting pay structures, contract turnovers and the iPhone culture (with its inherent good and bad baggage) are just a few examples of the sea change […]
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Residents: Here’s Why Your Email Inbox Is Clogged With Job Offers
September 9th, 2014by: Dr. Jesse Irwin
If you’re a 3rd or 4th year resident, chances are you’re no stranger to unsolicited job offers showing up in your email inbox. Maybe it’s a few a week, or maybe it’s a few a day, but they are always there. The emails find you. I’ve been out of residency for years and I’m still […]
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Culture: What It’s Like to Work for USACS
September 1st, 2014by: Dr. Braden Fichter
The field of emergency medicine is a constantly shifting environment. We are arguably the freshest specialty in the medical house. Collectively, our adaptability is challenged throughout the years from our inception as a niche specialty in the early years, all the way to the recent sweeping legislative changes. Our field encompasses an ever-broadening spectrum of […]
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Why Big Data in Healthcare is Failing, and What Can Be Done About It
August 19th, 2014by: Dr. Jason Giffi
A few days ago a colleague of mine was inching south through the mother of all traffic jams: 60 straight miles of construction work on I-95 just south Washington DC. The three-lane highway was jammed. Route 1, which runs parallel to I-95 was also jammed. Cars were stalled in the middle of the highway having […]
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My First Month as a Traveling Physician
August 1st, 2014by: Dr. Braden Fichter
Telling my patients where I’m from has proven to be one of the most enjoyable aspects of my day-to-day interactions at work as a traveling ED physician. It usually generates a lot more questions than answers for them. Opening this conversation leads to a generally mixed response. It’s always the same emotions, surprise and excitement […]
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The Death of the Independent Physician Practice, or the Birth of the Interdependent Physician Practice?
August 1st, 2014by: Dr. Angelo Falcone
We hear a lot about the death of the independent physician practice. But perhaps the more important discussion is about the death of practicing medicine independently. That is, the days when individual physician groups could operate their businesses and treat patients independently and without regard to the surrounding network of other physicians, nursing facilities, health […]
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