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A podcast discussing important career planning issues for Navy physicians and Medical Corps officers.
A podcast discussing important career planning issues for Navy physicians and Medical Corps officers.
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Here are the slides I used to record this episode of the podcast: Debt, College, and Discretionary Spending   Here’s the screenca...
Here are the slides I used for this episode of the podcast: Tips on Building Your Career During Residency
Navy Medicine has been undergoing a lot of change. We have a new Surgeon General, a new Corps Chief, and a renewed focus on readiness. With...
What better to do during a global pandemic than listen to a screencast about managing your career! Here are the PPT slides I used for it: Pl...
Here are the slides I used for this podcast, in both PDF and PPT format: Personal Finance for the Military Physician – A 2020 Update &...
Here is a screencast/podcast of this updated lecture as well as the PDF of the slides I used: FY 21 Promotion Boards Slide Deck
I updated my Personal Finance for the Military Physician talk for 2019 and have this week’s articles listed below:   Here are thi...
I gave this talk to the medical staff at NMC Portsmouth a few weeks ago, and I finally got around to recording it for all to enjoy… He...
Recently I advertised the USUHS Commandant position. A reader asked: Any thoughts on whether you think this is a position that would make an...
If you are particularly interested in this post, I’m sorry. You or someone you care about probably failed to promote. In reality, nowadays i...
Whenever a promotion board starts, the members are provided two items to guide them as they decide who to promote, the board precept and the...
O5 fitreps are due soon, so it is time for me to write my fitrep. How do I do it? Here are the steps I go through: I get the Surgeon General...
The standard advice has always gone something like this: “If you are above zone, you need to send a letter to the promotion board so t...
During the last Specialty Leader Business Meeting, the Detailing Update mentioned that there were about 10 cases of officers who lost their...
A reader recently asked me for help preparing for a big interview that I had done in the past (the interview to become a Specialty Leader)....
While you need to go to the promo prep for a full record review, here is a video podcast that should give you an idea of how much work you n...
If you are particularly interested in this post, I’m sorry. You or someone you care about probably failed to promote. In reality, nowadays i...
1. You can’t control the investment markets, so focus on the two things you can control – investment costs and your asset allocation. No one...
(Here is a pdf of this article, one of my personal finance columns I write for a national Emergency Medicine newsletter. Find more of them h...
Here are the slides for a lecture on “Outside the Box Opportunities” that I gave at the 2017 Transition to Practice Symposium at...
Here is the Powerpoint and screencast of a lecture I gave on Fitreps a few weeks ago at the NMCSD Transition to Practice Symposium for all t...
Here are the slides and a screencast of a lecture I recently gave at a national conference on tricks for long-term asset protection: Tricks...
BLUF – If you are hoping to retire but are not willing to serve 3 years as a Commander or Captain, you should decline the promotion. (...
Here is an audio podcast of a 30 minute lecture I gave at Naval Medical Center San Diego’s Transition to Practice Symposium that they...
This video podcast/screencast is a recording of a talk I gave at a national Emergency Medicine conference two months ago. Bottom line up fro...
Recently Navy Personnel Command (PERS) has started enforcing some policies that had largely been ignored, and I’ve heard a few horror...
Thousands of times a year Navy physicians struggle to do something that no one really ever teaches them how to do…write their fitrep....
The Graduate Medical Education Selection Board (GMESB) results were released last month with a 30 DEC deadline to accept or decline any spot...
This post will help you learn all that you can about deployments. Personally, I’ve done three deployments, one as a GMO during the initial i...
There has been a lot of recent activity surrounding the new Blended Retirement System (BRS), and I don’t intend to reinvent the wheel...
One of the most important markers of a good fitrep is that your trait average is above your reporting senior’s trait average. Since mo...
LCDRs all over Navy Medicine are busily writing their fitreps, so I wanted to offer some assistance. Keep in mind that when you write your b...
We are all required to get continuing medical education or CME. Just as important, however, is continuing financial education (CFE). I’m as...
Here is a PDF of the FY17 Medical Corps LCDR promotion board statistics, summarized here: Above Zone – 3 of 7 eligible officers select...
Yesterday an officer e-mailed me and asked for tips on improving his concurrent FITREP, which I thought would make a nice blog post. A concu...
The classic advice has always been to purchase your home if you can afford it, but in the military the decision is much more complex. You ca...
I receive questions all the time about what happens when you are passed over for promotion and are now “above-zone”. If you find yourself in...
If you are one of the lucky people who made CDR, I have some things for you to consider: The next 2-3 years of fitreps may mean very little...
Here are the promotion board statistics from the FY17 O5 board released yesterday: Below Zone – 0 officers selected/382 eligible ̵...
I recently attended a brief where we were given an update on the upcoming change in how we receive our special pays. This new plan is called...
One of the most important documents viewed during promotion boards is your Performance Summary Report or PSR. It is the document that summar...
There are a lot of people you can turn to when you need career advice. There’s your Specialty Leader, your Detailer, and other senior mentor...
Additional Qualification Designation Codes or AQDs are 3 letter codes that: Identify special skills required by a billet. Identify a qualifi...
Two recent events led to this post. First, this article about becoming a multimillionaire in the military appeared on military.com. Second,...
Recently there have been some high level discussions in the Senate Armed Services Committee, including our top Navy admirals, about reformin...
Investing in stock and bond mutual funds (not individual stocks and bonds) is the simple way to get higher investment returns than more cons...
The FY17 Staff Corps O6 Board Convening Order was released after conclusion of the board. The best news was that the promotion opportunity f...