The Ultimate Guide to "Home Run" Interview Preparation

How do you prepare for your interviews with emergency medicine groups you are considering? One option is to head into a meeting with a potential employer relying on fast thinking, however we think giving potential interview questions some thought before you are face-to-face would be a less stressful approach.

The job interview is a strategic conversation with a purpose. Each party has a goal, and yours is to demonstrate to the interviewer that you have the necessary skills, background, and ability to do the job and that you can successfully fit into the group/its culture.

After your Curriculum Vitae (CV), the interview is your best opportunity to impress the group/organization. This is your first and best opportunity to make a lasting impression, so we suggest the following strategy:

3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Beginning Your Physician Job Search

9 Ways to Ease Transition & Increase Productivity After a Night Shift

As a healthcare provider, you have probably experienced the toll that the night shift can have on your quality of life.

Working the night shift forces the body to operate counter to its circadian rhythm, the internal clock that tells us when we should be sleeping and when we should be awake. Few people adapt easily or completely to such schedules, and it's not uncommon for such people to suffer from shift work sleep disorder (SWSD) or experience burnout in their career.

People who work the night shift can experience a variety of sleep-related issues, including insomnia, excessive sleepiness, irritability, and lack of concentration. Long-term effects also include depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other mood disorders.

As a healthcare provider working in the field of emergency medicine, your schedule doesn't lock you in with what's natural for your body. Working nights, whether exclusively or sporaticly, is a part of the job and there will be times you are faced with working them.

How can you ease the transition and increase your productivity after working a night shift? Here are 9 hacks for optimizing that valuable time as the sun rises and you head to bed.

Top 10 Qualities To Be An Awesome Well-Rounded Nurse via Nurse Mendoza

Are you currently in nursing school and wondering what qualities will help you standout from the crowd? Below is advice from Nurse Mendoza, a registered nurse, Scrubs Magazine Nurseonality, and contributor on TheDoctors.

He uses his following on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube to educate and help future nursing students and/or present nurses by sharing his experiences ranging from telemetry/medsurge/recovery to critical care.

We think the qualities he offers below, in his personal Top 10 Qualities to be an Awesome Well-Rounded Nurse, are great qualities that all providers should focus on and remember.

The Patient Care Experience: Insight from a Practicing EM Physician

The patient care experience. Why is it so important? Why do physicians hate it so much? And, what can be done to improve it?

Justin Bright, MD, a senior staff physician at Henry Ford Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, in Detroit, Michigan, recently tackled these questions in an informative piece posted on emdocs.net. He defines the patient care experience as:

A more inclusive term that describes our technical expertise while also including everything else, such as communication, department ambiance, throughput, and the behavior of everyone a patient comes into contact with while in the department.