Career Options in Private Practice

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Career Options in Private Practice

• Elizabeth Haskins, MD
• November 18th, 2009

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One Year Ago

• Internal Medicine resident at NYU
• Finally (!!) figured it out- I wanted to do
  primary care in an outpatient setting
• What do I do next?

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No Worries!!

• Positions are out there, and you will find them
• Its early start your active job search 5
  months prior to when you want to work

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Step 1 Decide what type of practice to work in

• Size of practice
• Location
• Patient population
• Degree of academia
• Pay

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Size
Small
Medium
Large
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Location
Hard to find
Easy to find
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Patient Population
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How academic?
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Pay

• Salary
• Incentive pay quantity vs quality incentive

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Step 2 the job search

• Network!!
• Waiting for the, actually

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The job search

• Your strongest ally
• the program director

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The job search

• Job postings
• ACP acponline.org/jobs/index.html
• NEJM nejmjobs.org
• JAMA jamacareernet.ama-assn.org
• New York Times jobmarket.nytimes.com/pages/jobs/
  
• Craigslist
• New York Society of, New York Academy of

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The job search

• Reaching out to major practices/clinics in the
  area
• Contact medical directors, office managers,
  specific doctors
• Private practice
• Hospital affiliated- Cornell, BI, Montefiore
• Murray Hill
• Manhattan Physician Group
• Community clinics
• Institute of Urban Health
• HHC
• NYU Downtown
• Betances
• Ryan Nena Clinic
• Chelsea Clinic
• Callen Lorde- gay/transgender

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The job search

• Google search
• Location
• Specialty
• Community clinic
• Private practice
• Yelp, Citysearch, ZocDoc

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Job search

• Career fairs

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Job search

• Headhunter

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Step 3 Interview
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Step 4 Pick a job!!
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Work time

• Work hours
• Call
• Vacation

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Number of patients
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EMR
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Questions?