A Surgeon's Path (eBook)

What to Expect After a General Surgery Residency

Kahyun Yoon-Flannery, Carla Fisher, Marc Neff (Herausgeber)

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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XX, 312 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-78846-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This text provides a comprehensive review of what comes after the completion of a general surgery residency, and will serve as a valuable resource for those surgeons, residents, and medical students interested in a career in general surgery. This book reviews several areas of fellowships and how to navigate through the application process, provide a guide for finding a job, negotiating through your first position, and also discusses other difficult topics such as how to deal with malpractice lawsuits. All chapters are written by experts who have gone through the various processes.

Kahyun Yoon-Flannery, DO MPH

Breast Oncology Fellow

Department of Surgery

Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery

University of Pennsylvania

 

Carla S. Fisher, MD FACS

Director, Breast Fellowship Program

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery

University of Pennsylvania

                                             

Marc A. Neff, MD FACS

Director, Center for Surgical Weight Loss

Kennedy Health System

Inhalt

Fellowship Applications.- Fellowship Interviews.- Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship.- Breast Surgical Oncology Fellowship.- Burn Fellowship.- Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship.- Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship.- Vascular Surgery Fellowship.- Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship.- Plastic Surgery Fellowship.- Transplant Fellowship.- Where to Look for a Job After Residency.- Job Applications.- Interviewing for your First Job.- Contract Negotiation.- Gender Inequality in Compensation in Medicine and Surgery.- Applying for Privileges and Licensure.- Moving.- Malpractice Pearls for the Young Surgeon.- Academic Medicine.- Hospital Employment.- Lessons Learned in Private Practice.- Partners.- Medical Economics.- Gifts.- Marketing.- Finding a Mentor.- Setting up your Office.- Building a Program.- Lawsuits.- Preparing for your First Day on the Job.- Dealing with your Clinic.- Navigating Electronic Medical Records.- First Call with your First Emergent Case as an Attending.- How to Avoid Disasters in the Operating Room.- When to Ask for Help.- Finding Balance of Letting Residents Operate While Managing Patient Safety.- Choosing the Right Staff.- How to Be Smart with Case Selection.- Building your Practice.- When your Patient Dies.- Innovation.- Future Technology in Healthcare.- Interacting with Residents.- Professionalism.- Research.- Continuing Medical Education/Maintenance of Certification.- Board Exams.- Becoming a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Osteopathic Surgeons.- Learning New Procedures.- Robotic Surgery.- Military Surgery.- Five-year and Ten-year Plans.- Changing Practices.- Leadership Development.- Work-Life Balance.- Stress Management.- Burnout.- Diet and the Surgeon.- When is it a Good Time to have a Baby?.- Social Media and your Professional Presence Online.- Mindfulness.- Divorce.- Life as a Surgeon from a Spouse's Perspective.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.7.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 312 p. 7 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie
• Schlagworte: Board Exams • CME • Interactions with Residents • Medical economics • Surgical Fellowships
• ISBN-10: 3-319-78846-9 / 3319788469
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-78846-3 / 9783319788463