Pulse

Briefs

New medical licenses by the numbers, the heavy burden of student debt.

Hanging Out a Shingle

Only a few young physicians still start out in solo or small practices.

Taking One (Course) for the Team

The University of Minnesota is teaching future health professionals how to work together so they can better keep patients out of harm’s way.

In Their Own Words

The Physician Scholar gives medical students a chance to speak their mind and get published.

Perspective

Dream Job

Medical students share their hopes and fears about starting practice.

End Notes

An Average Guy

By Harrison H. Farley, M.D.

A father’s admonition about the importance of hard work seems tedious at first, then rings true.


August 2008 | Table of Contents

Cover Story

A Field Guide to Starting a Medical Practice

Answers to your questions about finding a job, getting licensed and credentialed, billing and coding, and quality.

By Kim Kiser, Carmen Peota, and Scott D. Smith

Finding and Starting A Job
The Business of Practice
Quality and Patient Safety Basics

Personal Finance

Financial Planning for New Physicians

By Steve Finkelstein, C.F.P., and Joel Greenwald, M.D., C.F.P.

A few key steps early in one’s career can generate benefits over a lifetime.

Clinical and Health Affairs

The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Summer Research Internship Program: The Benefits of Preprofessional Experience for Prospective Physicians

By Benjamin D. Willenbring, Katherine C. McKee, Betsy V. Wilson, R.N., M.L.S., and Timothy D. Henry, M.D.

 

Mexican Patient Satisfaction in a Rural Minnesota Primary Care Clinic

By Katelyn Rogers, M.S.

 

Editor's Note

Entering the World of Practice

 

MMA Viewpoint

How Can We Attract the Best and Brightest?

 

Letters


MMA News

Physicians Briefed on Health Care Reform
MMA Board Rules on Resolutions, Re-elects Chair
House, Senate Override Bush Medicare Veto
Nominees Announced
Streamlined Credentialing Is on the Way
Physicians Join TriCare Network


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