Docs Outside The Box

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The docs stream LIVE as invited guest speakers to the Fundamentals of Interprofessional Practice class at the Rosalind Franklin School of Health Sciences. Using their usual playful banter, they share the impact of debt, the importance of money management for health professionals, and the failures and lessons they experienced along their own journeys.. 

Things to expect in this episode:

•   Why signing promissory notes doesn’t guarantee understanding of student loan debt
• Importance of knowing career options and salaries before entering school
• When the best time is to start saving for retirement
• Percent of healthcare workers living paycheck to paycheck
• Q&A from students about money management and career choices  

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The docs break down the process of getting your first locums gig. They share their own experiences of learning about locums for the first time and having to navigate through before locums was all the rave. 

Things to expect in this episode:

• The surprising person who first mentioned locums to Dr. Renée
• How many locums companies you’re allowed to work with simultaneously
• The different ways that a locums interview can take place
• DOWNLOAD - 7 considerations to make before becoming a locums docs

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The docs get a question from a 4th-year surgery resident about how to take journaling about his experiences as a resident to the next step and start sharing his content with the public. Then they dive into accomplished Harvard surgeon Dr. Carrie Cunnigham’s speech announcing that she struggles with substance abuse.

 Things to expect in this episode:

• Find out what Usher and Dr. Nii have in common
• Ways to jumpstart a career as a blogger/content creator
• Pitfalls to avoid and how to protect your intellectual property
• Impacts of doctors revealing substance abuse and mental health struggles

LINKS MENTIONED:
The Guardian article on Dr. Carrie Cunningham
Dr. Carrie Cunnigham’s address at the 2023 AAS Presidential Address
SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE

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We love audience questions! 2 ER doctors who want to quit their jobs and start working locums wrote in to find out the blueprint to starting their own locums company. There’s a lot to cover with this subject. So much so that we decided to answer this question over several episodes. For the next six weeks, every Friday we'll answer aspects of this question. Every medical professional should listen in.  

Things to expect in this episode:

• Nii and Renée discuss why many doctors are unhappy with being employed
  • Lack of financial knowledge and privilege
  • Can’t balance work and family
  • Want for autonomy
• Biggest reason why Nii & Renée love locums

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In this fun episode, Dr. Nii and Dr. Renée chop it up about some IG reels that are trending.

Things to expect in this episode:

• Philippines nursing school hack to avoid student loans
• Mother causes her children stress by taking them through a personal finance exercise
• Nurse shares her cautionary message about dating doctors and why dating a dentist is preferable.

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In this episode, Drs. Nii & Renee discuss:

• Is there a Deion Sanders-like person in medicine?
• Coco Gauff wins the US Open vs the long journey of becoming a doctor
• Dr. Qaali Hussein’s video on fitting into medicine
• Physician Burnout  & Depression Report by Medscape discussion
• Catching up with Dr. Steven Bradley, Host of The Black Doctor’s Podcast. 

Dr. Steven Bradley IG:  @stevenbradleymd

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On this episode, Dr. Renee and Nii talk 

• Origins of Docs Outside the Box Podcast
• Did you get into medicine to be broke?
• Biggest a-ha moments over the last 10 years of practice
• Dr. Renee realized how hard it was to focus on marriage vs her career aspirations.
• Dr. Nii talks about the hardest part of medicine
• Docs Outside the Box Podcast is about lifestyle

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In this episode, you’ll get a reintroduction to Dr. Nii Darko. We’re talking about everything from growing up in New York City, finding out when he wanted to be a doctor, applying to medical school twice, and his life as a locum tenens trauma surgeon.

Things to expect in this episode:

• Getting rejected from medical schools and the plan to reapply
• Doing General Surgery residency with Morehouse at Grady Memorial Hospital
• Finishing fellowship with $332,000 student loan debt
• Starting Docs Outside the Box Podcast
• Why Dr. Nii values saying “No” over a great salary

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Nii is joined by Eric McGlothen, CPA and CEO of Eric McGlothen, LLC, to kick off a special tax series for doctors looking to save on taxes and build wealth. Eric brings over 20 years of experience to a conversation focused on teaching physicians and other high-earning professionals how to give less of their money to the IRS and government. This show is for those going into side hustles, real estate, who are independent contractors or own their own private practice or business.

Things to expect in this episode:

• [00:35] Quick update from the Darkos 
• [05:58] Eric McGlothan’s resume, plus when to talk to a CPA or a tax attorney
• [07:24] Where the advantages and disadvantages are in the IRS tax code
• [11:58] Corporate structure options to maximize tax benefits and asset protection

Guest Contact Information:

• Website: https://www.emac-cpa.com/
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @emaccpa
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Eric-McGlothen-LLC-CPA/100063691114849/ 
• Phone: (404) 946-1855
• Youtube Show: Level Up with Eric McGlothen
  
  

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While we’re in Ghana for the month of August, we didn’t want to leave you hanging so we will be running replay episodes of our top listened to episodes in the past year with a few new tidbits thrown in. 

In this episode, Nii and Renée are sharing some money traps that doctors fall into with Money Trap #3: Doctors not negotiating their worth and not maximizing or diversifying their income. 

 Things to expect in this episode:

• Doctors trading time for dollars and finding that sweet spot in pay and lifestyle
• Active versus passive income
• Renée’s experience negotiating her contract vs. using an attorney
• Medscape Study shows that burnout among physicians is up 47%
• Health Affairs study shows a significant gender pay gap between female and male physicians

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This episode is sponsored by Healthy Conversations by CVS Health hosted by Dr. Daniel Craft. Check it out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts and tell them I sent you!

Links Mentioned: 

Episode 170 - Dr. X Files #2 – I became a martyr for medicine and my career

Episode 293 - Women physicians make $2 Million less than male physicians?!

Studies Talked About:
Female Physicians Earn An Estimated $2 Million Less Than Male Physicians Over A Simulated 40-Year Career

AAMC 2021: Exploring Faculty Salary Equity art U.S. Medical Schools by Gender and Race/Ethnicity

Comparison of Hospital Mortality & Readmission Rates for Medicare Patients Treated by Male vs Female Physicians

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