Getting Down to Business

You will have partners when you practice medicine but now you have a partner to help you negotiate for that job and enhance your career! This unique book will help new physicians put those years of medical education and training to work and discover.

Keys to selecting a job
How to evaluate a job offer
How to read a contract and what to expect in one
Credentialing, licensing and applications tips
Negotiating skills
Avoiding hidden traps, risks, and agendas that could cost thousands of dollars and affect your career
Avoiding and dealing with lawsuits and disciplinary actions


If you start your medical practice without paying attention to the business aspects it might cost you tens of thousands of dollars, take years off your career, and jeopardize your marketability and reputation. Avoid those pitfalls with this superb resource. Written by a former chief of Radiology with 17 years of experience in 6 states, there are dozens of invaluable tips in here for optimizing your practice decisions.

Getting Down to Business: The New Doctor's Guide is arguably the most valuable book you'll buy during your medical training. Destined to become a classic along with Harrison's, The Washington Manual, and The House of God, Getting Down to Business: The New Doctor's Guide finally fills a critical vacancy in the medical training literature. This easy to read and lighthearted compendium of tips will pay for itself hundreds of times over throughout the new physician's career.