Your Career In Healthcare

Guest: Heidi Cordi, MD Host: Shane Jackson Volunteer medical professionals can be on the ground, where they're greatly needed, within 72 hours of a crisis or disaster. Dr. Heidi Cordi, medical director of NYC Medics in New York City, joins host Shane Jackson to discuss what you need to know to become among the professionals on the ground as a volunteer. They also talk about the skills requirements for becoming a volunteer and the specialists that are most in need.

Guest: Arnold Widen, MD Host: Shane Jackson Over 2 million uninsured patients visit free clinics across the country each year. As the number of patients grows, so does the need for volunteer doctors to treat the underserved. Dr. Arnold Widen, past president of Community Health, the largest free clinic in Illinois, joins host Shane Jackson to discuss the freedom that practicing medicine in a free clinic offers compared to private practice, where the greatest needs are, and how to get involved.

Guest: Michelle Lee Host: Tim Rush How do you best assess the match between you as an employer and a potential employee? What are the most challenging aspects of hiring a perfect fit for your place of employment? Michelle Lee, president and CEO of the Georgia-based staffing firm Medical Staffing Resources, joins host Tim Rush to review best practices and tools to use when hiring new talent.

Guest: Tom Hallee, MD Host: Shane Jackson Dr. Thomas Hallee's career as a locum tenens psychiatrist, throughout the US has allowed him to build the professional and personal life he wanted. Tune in as he tells host Shane Jackson about his decision to embark on a locum tenens career, and how that decision facilitated his personal goal to run the marathon in all 50 of the United States.

Guest: Stewart Roberts Host: Shane Jackson US-trained physicians are in demand worldwide. Where are the international career opportunities available to physicians from the United States? Find out where US physicians are in greatest demand, and what the steps are to moving your career abroad, as Stewart Roberts, international recruitment manager (North America) for the recruiting firm PULSE Healthcare Ltd., tells host Shane Jackson.

Guest: Jeffrey Segal, MD, JD Host: Shane Jackson Every year, 8-10% of doctors will be sued for malpractice. Many physicians who have been sued or watched a colleague go through litigation respond with defensive medicine, which some recent studies estimate costs the healthcare system as much as $350 billion dollars a year. Most solutions to this problem would involve changes at the federal legislative level. But host Shane Jackson's guest, board certified neurosurgeon and JD, Dr. Jeffrey Segal, talks about the experience of being sued, and his expertise in the areas of defensive medicine, frivolous lawsuits, frivolous testimony, and non-legislative solutions to these problems.

Guest: Jay Chamberlain, PA-C, MHP Host: Tim Rush What does the clinician, especially the NP or PA, considering changing specialties need to know in order to make such a transition? How can continuing education add to a clinician’s skills and marketability? Jay Chamberlain, a physician assistant with a background in vascular surgery and emergency medicine, and the founder of a recruitment and continuing education company, talks with host Tim Rush about how clinician's can more easily make a specialty change into a reality.

Guest: Joseph Kim, MD, MPH Host: Tim Rush ReachMD commentator Dr. Joseph Kim, founder and editor of the blog Non-Clinical Jobs, joins host Tim Rush as a guest to discuss the landscape of career options for physicians. Why do MD's seek non-clinical jobs, and what opportunities can they expect to find?

Guest: Susan Tout, MD Host: Tim Rush As the Obama administration pledges to cut the growth rate for national health care spending by more than $2 trillion over the next 10 years, facilities such as hospitals and rehabilitation centers are under continued pressure to find ways to get more for less.  Dr. Susan Tout, Medical Director, Southwest General Health Center ED and Clinical Director of Physician Recruitment and Allocation at TeamHealth Midwest joins host Tim Rush to discuss the current trend of clinical outsourcing and facilities management and how these trends affect you, the helathcare professional.

Guest: William F. Galtney, Jr. Host: Shane Jackson Nobody likes to think about liability insurance, but it's a topic that every medical professional needs to understand. Whether you're just starting your career in medicine, or are a seasoned professional, the topic of malpractice insurance can be confusing. Will Galtney, chairman of Galtney Enterprises, Cedar Equities, Oxford Insurance Services, and Gessner Holdings, LLC, joins host Shane Jackson to explain the continually changing medical malpractice landscape.

Guest: Ken Hekman Host: Shane Jackson Whether a physician practices independently or as a part of a group, most will reach various stages of their career when they consider selling their practice. This can be an intimidating prospect for a doctor, as they are faced with discussions of valuations, multiples and other financial concepts and issues that they don't normally encounter. Joining host Shane Jackson to to help us better understand the process of selling a practice and what physicians need to know about the process is Ken Hekman, president of the Hekman Group Medical Management Consultants.

Guest: Phil Miller Host: Tim Rush We all know that healthcare reform may change the way healthcare professionals practice medicine, but how might reform also change the way in which we either find employment or staff our facilities? Joining host Tim Rush to discuss the short and long term effects that healthcare reform might have on the the healthcare employment market is Phill Miller, vice president of communications for the country's largest temporary healthcare staffing business, AMN Healthcare.

Guest: David Baldridge Host: Tim Rush We all need to feel that what we do makes a difference. True career satisfaction is more than liking the work you do; it's also a combination of the people you work with, where you work, and whether the work feels meaningful. Because an increasing number of physicians, PAs, and NPs are working locum assignments, host Tim Rush invited David Baldridge, president of the CompHealth locum tenens division, to discuss locum tenens and address issues related to this career alternative.

Guest: Tony Gregoire Host: Shane Jackson We all know that the way medicine is practiced changes everyday, but how do the changes affect the overall trends in healthcare staffing? Joining host Shane Jackson to talk about these trends and help us better understand the healthcare staffing industry, including how healthcare professionals hold up in times of recessions and healthcare reform, is Tony Gregoire, senior research analyst at the firm Staffing Industry Analysts.

Guest: Charlie Evans Host: Shane Jackson In the world of employment, physicians are a unique group because such a high percentage are self-employed. Traditionally, many or most doctors had their own practice or worked in a partnership with a small group of doctors. But the percentage of physician-owned practices is beginning to shrink, while hospital-owned practices are increasing. Will the independent small medical practice become a thing of the past? Joining host Shane Jackson is Charlie Evans, president of the International Health Services Group, to help define the current trends.