Landing Your Dream Job: How to Select a Practice Setting and Assess Job Benefits
Transitioning from residency to your first dermatology position is one of the most exciting and intimidating steps in your career. The job you choose (and the contract you sign) will shape not only your salary but also your professional development, work-life balance, and long-term satisfaction. It is crucial to learn how to evaluate job benefits before you sit down at the negotiating table to avo …
Transitioning from residency to your first dermatology position is one of the most exciting and intimidating steps in your career. The job you choose (and the contract you sign) will shape not only your salary but also your professional development, work-life balance, and long-term satisfaction. It is crucial to learn how to evaluate job benefits before you sit down at the negotiating table to avo … Continue reading "Landing Your Dream Job: How to Select a Practice Setting and Assess Job Benefits"
My dermatology training has prepared me well clinically, surgically, and academically. Yet, as I started thinking about what comes next, I felt confused and anxious. There wasn’t a decision tree or a Bolognia chart to help me through the uncertainty of how to actually find my first job; instead, this transition from residency to attendinghood felt like a complete unknown. Many people from my p … 
The need for new ways to establish mentorship connections and encourage disadvantaged groups in dermatology led to the creation of the National Mentorship Match Algorithm or NMMA, a unique program started by dermatology resident Dr. Surya Veerabagu while she was in medical school. NMMA uses a proprietary algorithm to match medical students with dermatologists and dermatology residents based on sha … 
Mentorships are necessary for medical students with a career interest in dermatology, yet landing and maintaining mentorships can be a challenge. Mentors aren’t required to give their time and energy to the next generation, and the sheer effort it takes to mentor and mentor well can leave mentors feeling drained. Mentorship at its best should be a two-way street with benefits for both mentees an … 
Dr. Robyn Siperstein, a dermatologist in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach, Fla., credits a culture of service for the growth of her dermatology practice to more than 100 staff members at two locations. Next Steps in Derm, in partnership with the ODAC Dermatology Conference, interviewed Dr. Siperstein, who shared some of her early leadership lessons. Want to find more enjoyment in your work? Find out h …