Neurology Nuts and Bolts: Constructing Your Career

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Learn about all the things that you wish you were taught about the practice of neurology. The podcast will cover types of careers (academics, private practice, locums, concierge neurology, etc.), contracts and worth, promotional development and CV building, continuing medical education and maintenance of certification, visas, billing, challenges on the job, work/life balance, and more. Creator and Executive Producer: Sara Schaefer; Associate editors: Katherine Fu, Sana Aslam, Sagari Bette, Parneet Grewal, Proleta Datta, Thu Vu, Kim Robeson, Aparna Prabhu Sandeep, Katie Moore; Music: Audrey Nath; Artwork: Shivani Ghoshal

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About Face: Switching Subspecialties Part II

Apr 09 2024 28 mins  
In Part II of switching subspecialties, Kathryn Moore discusses going from vascular neurology to general neurology practice with Dr. Ana Felix. They discuss the reasons, challenges, and fears of making a switch, and the advice to find what fills your bucket and pursue that throughout your career.

About Face: Switching Subspecialties Part I

Apr 01 2024 23 mins  
In Part I of switching subspecialties, Kathryn Moore discusses going from more general practice to subspecialty practice, and going from inpatient to outpatient medicine with Dr. Deborah Syna, whose 30 year career has spanned hospitalist neurology, general outpatient, neurophysiology, and movement disorders, in addition to consulting, industry, and expert witness work. They discuss

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Sagari Betté discusses practicing neurology in a rural location with guest Dr. Jill Breen Cramer, owner of Blue Ridge Associates in Neurology and Director of the Roanoke Area MS Center in Christiansburg, VA. They discuss how to seek out careers in rural areas and/or with medically underserved populations, the differences in professional and personal life outside of big cities, and

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Jan 18 2024 30 mins  
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Dec 19 2023 40 mins  
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Nov 21 2023 31 mins  
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Nov 02 2023 24 mins  
Sara Schaefer discusses conflicts of interest and the Sunshine Act with attorneys John Hutchins, General Counsel of the American Academy of Neurology, and Mimi Riley, Professor of Law, Public Health Sciences, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. Learn all about the levels of oversight, what kinds of things need to be disclosed, who discloses them and to whom, how they c

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