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Written by Brent Lacey on July 30, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Practice Management.

How to Get the Most out of Attending a Conference Part 1 – Planning for the Conference

The very first medical conference I attended was the American College of Physicians meeting in Toronto in 2010. Attending...

Written by Brent Lacey on July 30, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Practice Management.

How to Get the Most out of Attending a Conference Part 2 – During and After the Conference

You’re attending a conference. You’ve arrived at the conference, and it’s time to learn and have fun! You still...

Written by Brent Lacey on July 25, 2019. Posted in Personal Finance.

Generosity is the Cornerstone of Any Good Financial Plan

When my wife and I were in medical school, we were a year apart in training. I went away to internship in San Diego,...

Written by Brent Lacey on July 20, 2019. Posted in Personal Finance.

What to Do if You Want to Retire with Enough Money

I have family members who are missionaries in Mexico. They once told me about a concerning problem about standard financial...

Written by Brent Lacey on July 2, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Practice Management.

How to Maximize Your Patients’ Experience in Your Practice

I often meet a patient for the first time when I’m meeting them on the day of their endoscopic procedure. My nurse practitioner...

Written by Brent Lacey on June 25, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Practice Management.

How to Find the Right Team Members to Make Your Business Boom

When I was a medical student, one of my attending physicians told me a story from when he was a resident working night...

Written by Brent Lacey on June 20, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Practice Management.

Coding and Billing Basics

You could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars every year if don’t know proper coding and billing procedures! Did that...

Written by Brent Lacey on June 15, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Personal Finance, Practice Management.

Top 10 Mistakes Physicians Make When Negotiating Their Contract

Have you ever bought something off of Craigslist or eBay based on the description of the item, only to find out after...

Written by Brent Lacey on June 10, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Practice Management.

The Three People Who Can Make or Break Your Clinical Practice

Every hospital, every clinical practice, and every surgery center has at least one physician who is “that doc.” As you...

Written by Brent Lacey on June 6, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Practice Management.

5 Tips for Crushing Your Next Interview

When I was applying to medical school, I mostly had great interview experiences, but an unusual stands out to me. At Texas...

Written by Brent Lacey on June 4, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals.

Writing Your Professional Résumé

Be sure to download my free résumé/CV template to start building your CV. Click to download for free! During one of my...

Written by Brent Lacey on June 1, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Personal Finance.

You Can Be a Millionaire, and You Should!

Yes, you can become a millionaire! Maybe you don’t believe it’s possible that you can be a millionaire. I’m here to tell...

Written by Brent Lacey on May 20, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Practice Management.

Nurses Are Entitled to Respect from Physicians

I think nurses are entitled to respect from physicians. That’s probably not a particularly controversial position,...

Written by Brent Lacey on May 15, 2019. Posted in Personal Finance.

View from the Trenches: Lessons Learned from Years of Financial Coaching

I’ve been doing financial coaching for a few years, and the lack of financial education in America continues to...

Written by Brent Lacey on May 13, 2019. Posted in Early Career and Young Professionals, Practice Management.

7 Concrete Steps You Can Take to Avoid Burnout

80% of physicians report experiencing burnout and nearly half report plans to change career paths. That’s a staggering...

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