ACP American College of Physicians - Internal Medicine - Doctors for Adults

Training, Certification, and Licensing

• Information about Subspecialty Careers and Certificates of Added Qualifications
• Fellowship Training Requirements
• Board Review Strategies
• Annotated Board Review Guide
• Determining the Pass-Fail Standards for the Boards and Disclosing Examination Results
• State Educational Requirements for Medical Licensing

Practice and Career Options

• Owning a Practice
• Partner Buy-Ins
• Buying a Practice
• Types of Private Practices
• What Is a Hospitalist?
• Hospital Sponsored Practices
• Managed Care Practice and its Variations
• Part-time Employment
• Locum Tenens
• A Look at Five Career Options in Internal Medicine
• Government Employment Opportunities
• Clinician-Teacher Careers

Searching for the Right Career Opportunity

• Planning a Career Strategy
• Practice Data on Working Hours, Patient Visits, Income
• Resources to Find the Right Job Opportunity
• Community Demographic Analysis
• Physician Search Firms
• ACP Career Connection job bank

Marketing Yourself

• Make Yourself More Marketable
• How to Write a Resume, Curriculum Vitae, and Cover Letter
• Sample Resume
• Sample Curriculum Vitae
• Soliciting Letters of Recommendation
• Interview Tips

The Contract, Compensation, and Malpractice Insurance

• Physician Employment Contracts
• Physician Compensation Methods
• Worksheet to Help You Assess Your Compensation and Benefits
• Assessing the Contract
• Restrictive Covenants
• Malpractice Insurance
• Understanding Capitation
• Assessing Managed Care Reimbursement Adequacy
• Assessing the Financial Solvency of a Managed Care Organization
• Pay-for-performance programs
• Medicare Benefits
• Medicare Financing and Payments
• Medicare Claims Processing
• A Last Look at the Contract

Personal Finances

• Moving
• Debt Management
• Buying a Home
• Retirement Planning
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Disability Calculator

Setting Up the Practice

• Choosing a Medical Liability Insurance Carrier from The Doctors Company
• Forms: Patient Care & Office Forms
• Marketing: Growing a Practice
• Managing Your Practice
• Promoting Your Practice
• Mobile Computing
• New Practice Checklist
• Practice Paperwork
• Choosing a Consultant
• Deciding on Office Staff Size
• Basic Shopping List for Opening Up a Medical Practice
• Medical Informatics

Real Lives of Practicing Internists

Read biographies of practicing ACP members that first appeared in IMPact, the ACP monthly newsletter for medical students. These inspiring physicians share what motivated them to become physicians as well as why they chose their particular type of practice.

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