The other day I was speeding (20 km/h) down a narrow back road through a quaint Okinawan village on my usual commute back home. I like the back roads. Less traffic lights, more mountains and real towns with locals working hard on their own land. Today was different though… Instead of my usual mundane (yet …
Seems like this day and age there is always something to complain about…military or not. As Physicians we all get beat down by the daily grind and NOBODY is immune to burnout. It may have taken you 12 years to finally achieve this “dream job”, so how does it feel?! Unfortunately, too often it …
If you are considering joining the military for your medical career path then you are signing up during a time where financial compensation and available benefits are at an all time high. PLUS the government will begin matching service member retirement account contributions (up to 5% of your base pay) starting 01JAN2018. Before I get …
Have you read the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017? I hope not. It is long, wordy and really boring. Unfortunately in medicine we are accustom to boring text that doesn’t seem important at the time but then shows up on the final exam. The text from Congress might seem mundane, but it has …
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