The Journal of medical practice management : MPM
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Medical school debt load of graduate anesthesiologists at a single medical school campus, 1982-2007.
Medical school debt continues to grow at an ever increasing rate. We questioned whether the debt incurred by the residents finishing their training at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita (UKSM-W) was overly burdensome. We surveyed all graduate anesthesiologists from UKSM-W. ⋯ The percentage of gross income required to repay the debt was the same for both cohorts. Both cohorts reported under-funding retirement plans and children's education to service debt. Few of either cohort chose practice location because of debt load.
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Ethics is a critical part of medical employee education and is a subject that requires frequent and regular consideration and attention. This article defines ethics particularly as it applies to an individual who works in a medical practice and explores five core ethical values for all medical practice personnel. ⋯ This article also offers ethical guidelines specifically for medical practice employees regarding the use of their time at work and their workplace communications. Finally, this article offers a set of questions a medical practice employee can use when working through an ethical dilemma and dispels six common myths about medical practice ethics.