Bøger af Peter Moskowitz

Today's medical graduates are superbly trained to practice state-of-the art clinical medicine. However, only in rare instances are they trained to self-manage their careers and medical practices. This book fills that gap in training and knowledge. To assist students, interns, residents, fellows, and practicing physicians manage the many challenges of their career, the authors have divided physicians careers into three stages: Early-Career, Mid-Career, and Late-Career.The goal of this book is to provide a go-to resource on strategic career and practice management, highlighting the unique issues, concerns and challenges doctors face during these three, very different stages of their career from medical school through post-retirement. This book, featuring insights from physician career and practice management experts, is an invaluable treasure trove of practical, hands-on advice from an author team gathering their expertise in one place. Jam-packed with easy-to-implement suggestions, you'll hear sage advice from a career coach for physicians, two certified financial planners, a healthcare attorney, a medical school dean for student advising, two experts who launch, merge, and sell physician practices, and a surgeon who literally wrote the book, on the business aspects of running a medical practice.All are recognized authorities in their field, and the authors are joined by a distinguished group of contributors including, Randy Bauman, Keith Borglum, Thomas Shapira, and Dr. Neil Gesundheit. The contributors have decades of experience writing about the career and/or practice issues of physicians, and advising physicians and physicians-in-training.The Early-Career section provides in-depth descriptions of career theory, choosing a medical field, renewing and balancing yourself, managing career transitions, and practical guidelines to navigate the many other challenges of early careers in medicine.The Mid-Career section offers the broadest and most detailed information available regarding practice organization and management, building assets and retirement planning, estate planning, common legal issues, and how to manage the challenges of malpractice and/or impairment.The Late-Career section covers deciding what to do after practice, closing the doors or selling a practice, and evolving estate and practice priorities so there is joy in a well-planned retirement filled with fun, meaning, and contribution.This book will become your go to resource for critical topics such as these: Modern Career Theory as it pertains to medical careers Defining & managing the 3 types of medical career transitions.How to transition to a non-clinical careerHow to choose your area of medical specializationSelf-Renewal, work-life balance, and the unique balance challenges of students and traineesThe essentials of landing your first jobHow to dissect and interpret employment agreementsHow to select a financial advisor and professional support teamLearn the essentials to master: Insurance policies, profit sharing plans, 401K and 403b, debt reductionUnderstanding retirement plans and creating an investment planRelief from fear of the unknown when experiencing or surviving a malpractice lawsuitRecognizing and knowing how to deal with impairment in a colleague or yourselfPractical advice on marketing and practice promotionPROTIREMENT: the proper approach to retirement planningKnowing how to wind down or sell a practice or partnershipWhat comes next: creating joy and meaning after practiceFrom the day you enter medical school until you take off the white coat, this book will guide you to be career-resilient, sustain practice success, and enter an exciting and fulfilling retirement without financial worries.

A journey to the front lines of the battle for the future of American cities, uncovering the massive, systemic forces behind gentrification--and the lives that are altered in the process. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px ''Times New Roman''} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px ''Times New Roman''; min-height: 15.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px ''Times New Roman''; min-height: 15.0px} The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don''t realize just how threatening it is. It means more than the arrival of trendy shops, much-maligned hipsters, and expensive lattes. The very future of American cities as vibrant, equitable spaces hangs in the balance.Peter Moskowitz''s How to Kill a City takes readers from the kitchen tables of hurting families who can no longer afford their homes to the corporate boardrooms and political backrooms where destructive housing policies are devised. Along the way, Moskowitz uncovers the massive, systemic forces behind gentrification in New Orleans, Detroit, San Francisco, and New York. The deceptively simple question of who can and cannot afford to pay the rent goes to the heart of America''s crises of race and inequality. In the fight for economic opportunity and racial justice, nothing could be more important than housing.A vigorous, hard-hitting expose, How to Kill a City reveals who holds power in our cities-and how we can get it back