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Educational debt looms over most early-career members of the osteopathic community and represents a major stressor for many residents. Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) is a frequently pursued means to alleviate some of that burden. Are you up to date on all things PSLF? PSLF is a government program in which the remaining balance of … Read More
Transitions can be scary before they happen but look a lot less frightening once you’re on the other side. To help ease these transitions, we’ve reached out to our colleagues who just experienced some of the stressful transitions of being a medical student. Here is their advice for those moving through the process. From second … Read More
The Bureau of Emerging Leaders (BEL) is a bureau within the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and housed within the Membership Department. The BEL represents osteopathic medical students, residents, fellows and new physicians in practice. The BEL has several representatives from each group of constituents. This month, we are highlighting one of our BEL members, William … Read More
As we welcome a new year with AOA President Teresa A. Hubka, DO, FACOOG (Dist.), FACOG, CS, leading the way, your Bureau of Emerging Leaders (BEL) is already hard at work representing all osteopathic medical students, residents, fellows and new physicians in practice throughout the country. We are your voice to the AOA Board of … Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) represents one of the most significant changes in health care in decades, with the potential to change the way we practice medicine forever. In particular, the advent of large language models (LLM) has super-charged the AI revolution due to their advanced natural language processing (NLP) functions, generative capabilities and ability to think … Read More
With each newsletter, we will highlight one of the members representing you on the AOA’s Bureau of Emerging Leaders! This edition: Daniel Krajcik, DO. Dr. Krajcik is one of the New Physician in Practice members of the BEL (AOA members within their first five years after completing training are eligible to serve). For the past … Read More
Most of our Medicare patients take up a significant amount of our time and medical decision-making efforts, as their complex conditions take time to manage. Rarely do we have a single concern to address during their office visits in primary care, and in fact, I would argue that the unspoken expectation is that we listen … Read More
Many physicians change jobs within three years of graduating training, so even new physicians in practice who are currently under contract can benefit from a greater understanding of contract negotiations and pitfalls. According to one medical executive, “Doctors only read their contracts twice: when they are signing, and when they are leaving; they never gain … Read More
Leaders come in many different forms. As learners and the rising future of the osteopathic profession, we are fortunate to be surrounded by leaders. We recently had the opportunity to sit down with one very special leader, our new AOA President! Teresa A. Hubka, DO, FACOOG (Dist.), FACOG, CS, is not only our newly elected … Read More