Financial Planning 101: What Every New Resident Should Know About Loans, Budgeting, and Investing
Most residents finish training with $200K+ in debt and zero financial education to show for it. The decisions you make in your first year—loan repayment strategy, disability insurance, retirement contributions—will compound for decades. Here’s what actually matters and what you can safely ignore until you’re an attending.
Rural Systems Deploy Capital-Intensive Physician Recruitment Tactics
Health systems are deploying capital-intensive, multi-year recruitment strategies that treat physician acquisition as infrastructure investment rather than transactional hiring. From municipal funding partnerships to specialized lending programs and four-year recruitment timelines, organizations competing for scarce physician talent must now commit substantial upfront resources to remain competitive in underserved markets.