MD's Life Cycle Flashcards
An internship takes how long?
One year
A physician’s personal development is ___________ with his professional development.
Inter-related
A doctor who works hard and diligently builds a strong practice and reaps the rewards is a basic attitude under:
Independent practice
It is when valuable experience and battle stories stem from:
Internship
What are the characteristics of a medical student?
Give unsolicited advice to anyone who’ll listen
Familiar w/ popular consultants
Choose line of practice accdg to role models
He’s primary interest is money. He provides good service but his interests are in making a living from medicine.
Business man in medicine
Puts Px first and who’s primary interest is service. Usually does not charge for certificates & has a koyal following.
Medicine man in business
T or F: in setting up practice, traditionally, young physicians would join an established practitioner.
TRUE
It gives satisfying independence & disquieting isolation.
Solo practice
Sources of conflict for challenges of group practice:
Financial arrangements & distribution of profits
Disparity between partners’ earnings
It offers the advantages of professional association such as access to diagnostic equipment or ancillary service, benefits of an office staff and more structured on-call arrangements:
Group practice
What is the best arrangement for the challenges faced in group practice?
Share expenses rather than profits
T or F: medical practice of <10 years are already earning substantial incomes.
TRUE
You will stand at the peak of your earning capacity by:
10-20 years after graduating
They tend to focus on acute illness and emergency room work:
Newly qualified MD
Refers to the psychology of the 40s:
Midlife crisis
Professional maturity is obtained approx:
10 years after qualifying in specialty boards
They treat the routine problem effortlessly and often avoid emergencies.
Mature MD
It is a common undiagnosed problem among physicians in general:
Psychiatric illness
At least __% of physicians will suffer impairment due to misuse of alcohol and/or drugs.
10%
4 possible causes of job dissatisfaction:
Being trapped in an uncongenial location or type of practice
The psychology of the 40s
Dissatisfaction w/ one’s qualifications
Feeling of being less of a doctor than ideals & personal goals would dictate
This must be a lifelong professional objective:
Self education
Suicide ratio:
3:1 than general population
T or F: it is not necessary for physician’s personal development to go hand in hand with his professional development.
FALSE
Ideas for the afterlife (after establishing practice)
Study, publish and teach
Serve communities
Industrial medicine
Administration
Common writings:
Case discussion
Publication
Ranking among specialties: (under suicide)
Psychiatrists
ENT surgeons
Ophthalmologists
Family physician
It is an effective prophylaxis against professional boredom.
Practice-based research
The requirements for practice-based research:
Inquiring mind
Persistence
Not necessary to own sophisticated equipment
The essentials for medical career to be successfully navigated:
Interest in medicine
Belief in intrinsic value of one’s life & work
The logical progression along a path which begins with self-improvement. Economic sacrifice.
Teaching
Patterns to study in one’s practice:
Demographic profile
Epidemiology of illness
Best treatment practices
