Comments on: What to look for in a primary care job http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/what-to-look-for-in-primary-care-job.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/11/what-to-look-for-in-primary-care-job.html#comment-88115 Anonymous Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/11/what-to-look-for-in-a-primary-care-job.html#comment-88115 First thing to negotiate out is a noncompete. Take away their ability to screw you over by forcing you out of the area. The administration feels their bailiwick is more important than your ability to practice your profession, and even worse, more important than the public's right to access doctors.<br/><br/>Second thing to negotiate in, is control of your medical practice. So you don't become the neighborhood candyman. Especially with these community access clinics, some administrative martinet that would be flipping burgers anywhere else, thinks they own you.<br/><br/>For all the crap that PCP's have to deal with these days, remember there are a dozen other places more than happy to have you. Take advantage of that. First thing to negotiate out is a noncompete. Take away their ability to screw you over by forcing you out of the area. The administration feels their bailiwick is more important than your ability to practice your profession, and even worse, more important than the public’s right to access doctors.

Second thing to negotiate in, is control of your medical practice. So you don’t become the neighborhood candyman. Especially with these community access clinics, some administrative martinet that would be flipping burgers anywhere else, thinks they own you.

For all the crap that PCP’s have to deal with these days, remember there are a dozen other places more than happy to have you. Take advantage of that.

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