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		<title>A Lady Athlete Running Towards a Calling in Medicine </title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This small town saw the arrival of this young girl back in 1984, and she brimmed with great dreams of becoming a runner that will compete in the Olympics one day. In just the span of four years, her amazing greenish brown eyes have already seen a lot. She was able to attain sixth place [...]]]></description>
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</div><p>This small town saw the arrival of this young girl back in 1984, and she brimmed with great dreams of becoming a runner that will compete in the Olympics one day. In just the span of four years, her amazing greenish brown eyes have already seen a lot. She was able to attain sixth place in the Seoul Korea Olympics held in 1988 for the women&#8217;s 3,000 meter run. And last December, this world class runner finally graduated from school. Since she was already considered the next queen of American middle distance running at a young age of 23, she easily bagged a three year contract to endorse a famous company that manufactures shoes. Go to this site for further information on <span class="removed_link" title="http://www.medacs.com.au/">medical recruitment</span>. </p>
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<p>This young girl from Delaware chose to stay where she is for the moment. She uses her regular workouts to see the environs of her school. Flying to her own finish line at 5 foot 6 and 110 pounds, this superstar makes sure that her feet barely touch the ground she runs on. People seek her autograph wherever she goes, but fame makes her fidgety. This humble athlete shares that she wants no special treatment for she states that she is just a normal girl. </p>
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<p>As normal as she is, she is certainly not average. She was the first lady to ever become an Olympian in their town. She&#8217;s an important part of seven world record relay groups as well as a proud holder of four prestigious American collegiate awards. At school, she led her team, capturing eight individual NCAA championship titles and 14 Big East championship titles. She has also bagged tons of major honors. </p>
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<p>She and her track mentor from school are carefully planning out her running career now that she is out of collegiate competition. It&#8217;s a big change with a lot of mental adjustments to make. People will only understand if they&#8217;ve been through such depths. She really struggles through a sea of pressure to be a successful runner, but it is her own self that exerts that pressure on her. One qualm she has is sustaining any injuries while being bound by the three year contract she has with the famous shoe manufacturing firm. She&#8217;s become more apprehensive now than during the competitions she&#8217;s been in the past for there are greater expectations from her. This site teaches you about <span class="removed_link" title="http://www.medacs.com.au/">medical recruitment agency</span>. </p>
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<p>They keep asking if the local women&#8217;s track team still run without her. She guarantees that they can for their one great team. The notoriety, the pressures, and responsibilities make her value her privacy. Her family, from her parents and siblings had to adjust to being known as her parents, brother and sister. Though her parents were supportive, they were never pushy for they were also laid back. </p>
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<p>You would be surprised and envious of the company she keeps, thanks to her stardom. She is close to a group of athletes known to be the cream of the crop and whom we all idolize and follow on the TV screen. While she does name drop, this is without any hints of pretention since she has nothing but true affection and concern for these great people that share with her a common link. As an example, when she arrived from Hawaii last June to be on tour with another runner, she blurts that it was the last Olympic Games when she saw him last. It was great to spend three days with him, talk about old times, and have fun. </p>
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<p>While she admits that she&#8217;s got more time than she wants to have, she still hasn&#8217;t run out of stuff to do. More than just practicing daily to become better as a runner, she is also a public figure and this calls for her to make sure that she is on top of her busy schedule which involves gracing various banquets, track meets, interviews or photo sessions. She is also one generous lady who would like to give back by offering her precious talent and time to become a volunteer assistant track coach at their town&#8217;s local school. </p>
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<p>She hopes to volunteer in an area hospital, in keeping with the medical career she put on hold. Certainly, this will help this former premed and psychology major determine if she should still get into a medical career when she is done with her professional running career. How does she perceive her life in the near future? While she reveals that she would love to become a mother and wife that will only be after her successful career as a runner is established. She shares that her priorities are her goals and dreams first. </p>

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		<title>Private Practice Woes See Doctors Taking Corporate Jobs </title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Once, a physician unexpectedly exchanged the shingle from his prosperous medical clinic in California for a corporate door name plate. Being a doctor became boring, in his recollection. They are tired of simply listening to a list of patient complaints and writing referrals to specialists.` With the ever increasing cost of malpractice insurance, many [...]]]></description>
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<p>Once, a physician unexpectedly exchanged the shingle from his prosperous medical clinic in California for a corporate door name plate. Being a doctor became boring, in his recollection. They are tired of simply listening to a list of patient complaints and writing referrals to specialists.` With the ever increasing cost of malpractice insurance, many physicians have given up the traditional aspects of medicine such as obstetrics, surgery and general and family practice. Now he found himself just a stop, a way station, as his patient continued on to a specialist. You will gain a deeper understanding about <span class="removed_link" title="http://www.medacs.com.au/">medical jobs</span> by checking out that resource. </p>
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<p>As of today, the doctor serves as a New Jersey pharmaceutical manufacturer&#8217;s assistant medical development director. He isn&#8217;t alone either; there are many doctors who have decided to make the transition into the corporate world. The race for research grants, academic politics, the intrusion by insurance companies and government into the field of medicine, and the stresses of private practice are all reasons cited by physicians for why they left private practice. There was one city that was thrilled to hire them as they&#8217;re want to make improvements to product safety and employee health. These physicians will usually stay in the medical niche, finding jobs in research or occupational health that are more hands on that what they were previously doing. </p>
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<p>The financial rewards for those working for the city can equal what a doctor made in private practice. Salary and benefit packages similar to what a private practitioner enjoys, time off for teaching and study, malpractice insurance covered by the company, and regular, eight hour work days are the perks enjoyed by these corporate doctors. </p>
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<p>Based on statistics provided by trade and professional advocates, thousands of corporate-employed physicians work in America, a number which represents a mere 2 percent of the population of doctors. Thousands of occupational medicine physicians are in charge of not only employee health but also industrial and product safety. In similar roles, over 10,000 more doctors serve in part-time positions. More and more physicians are taking the positions as medical underwriters or claims consultants for insurance companies, and also working in the pharmaceutical field. To get a closer look on <span class="removed_link" title="http://www.medacs.com.au/">medical jobs</span> visit this site. </p>
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<p>The position of chief medical director with one of the many major insurance companies is a common career track for a many of the corporate doctors. Once established in private practice, it is not uncommon for doctors to take other positions to bring in more money.  One doctor opted for a position working part time for a restaurant chain. What he didn&#8217;t realize is how hard he would work during this part time job, performing exams on food handlers at a rate of up to 60 patients in an hour! He reluctantly gave up his medical practice when he accepted the position of medical director for two movie studios. He found with the medical director job, he could do much more with the patient care because they weren&#8217;t worried about making the payment. </p>
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<p>In the past a doctor working in the corporate realm was seen as somebody who failed at private practice. The company doctor was viewed as someone who treated already healthy people, doing no more than applying bandages and dispensing aspirin. However, shifting views and regulations regarding product and occupational safety have provided the corporate doctor with a new sense of respect, admiration and power. One director of medicine for a major telecommunications company in New York once commented that it was refreshing to be considered &#8220;Legitimate&#8221;. </p>
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<p>Young medical school graduates, faced with staggering student loans, often opt for company positions. Benefits packages make the positions appealing to older physicians as well. It is certainly true that some corporate doctors believe that when it comes to lifetime income standard of living, they are the ones coming out way ahead. Many of my fellow doctors in private practice some years ago found it very foolhardy to go into occupational medicine. It&#8217;s the opinion of one doctor that many doctors now look upon these positions with envy. </p>
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<p>Most of the corporate doctors who are pulling in the largest incomes are those who chose to give up their stethoscopes. One example of this is of a doctor who never once practiced medicine, and is a multimillionaire at the age of 78. He earned his first million by revamping his father&#8217;s pharmaceutical company while he was still in medical school. After he graduated from medical school he bought and set up a surplus army field hospital in the famine stricken Ural Mountain region of the Soviet Union. This doctor was able to help those who needed it the most with food and social services that rebuilt the area and served as a launching point for his career in business. </p>
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		<title>The Effort of the Community Involved in Physician Recruitment </title>
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</div><p>For a while, the residents of a well-known US city community have recognized their need for doctors, yet it is only very recently that they&#8217;ve become aware of how the doctors also need them. It is very important that the community is packaged and promoted as desirable and attractive to ensure success of any recruitment effort. Would-be physicians would like to ensure that good schools for their children, a safe neighborhood, good housing and other social opportunities for themselves and their families will be available to them. Visit this site for further information on <span class="removed_link" title="http://www.medacs.com.au/">doctor jobs</span>. </p>
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<p>Board of trustees, administration down to the medical staff prioritize recruitment of physicians for their hospital. Successful recruitment requires community effort, and this is something that recruiting hospitals have learned through years of experience. Several areas of improvement in health care delivery has been revealed through thorough study and research, but it will not hampen the recruitment process and it will continue until such matters are resolved. </p>
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<p>Rural areas in America had long been suffering from a shortage of healthcare practitioners. These rural areas have been touted as medically marginalized communities, according to a recent federal document. It assigns a set of criteria to each community consisting of a series of designated point ratings in each of the following categories such as the percentage of the population below poverty level, percentage of the population over 65, infant mortality rate, and the number of primary care physicians per every thousand of the population. </p>
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<p>Only the physicians who practice pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine and obstetrics gynecology are the ones known as primary care professionals. The need for certain kinds of services must be established via a consensus between the board of trustees and the medical staff after this has been established. Most hospitals has recently made the recruitment of more obstetrician gynecologists their main priority. Specialists in emergency room and family medicine are also needed. As a person looking for <span class="removed_link" title="http://www.medacs.com.au/">doctors jobs in</span> you should visit that site. </p>
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<p>The rigorous way of hiring new doctors involves displaying what both the hospital and community can guarantee the physicians can use to their full advantage. Placing advertisements in renowned medical journals that has a wide range of professional audiences throughout the country is the first step in recruitment. Letters are written to the medical schools in the area in the hope of luring interested medical school graduates or residents. The network of local young doctors in the community are contacted while residents who have undertaken further studies in medicine are tasked to stay in touch. </p>
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<p>Upon expressing interest, the potential new physician is asked to come over and see the local community. The interested physician is treated to a hearty lunch and is sometimes required to stay overnight to allow introduction to the hospital and its staff. Special parties take place in the staff homes for the potential doctors while there are times these introductions only occur within the hospital. </p>
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<p>He will be shown the existing support amenities like the radiology and pathology labs, and informed that the hospital is encouraging new specialties and is willing to purchase the needed apparatuses. He is also informed that a continuing education program is available and that the hospital will help him find office space and appropriate insurance coverage. </p>
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<p>The physician recruiters recognize that their efforts must be more than just the medical benefits. The physician and the spouse must be put in contact with the principal of the school their children will be going to and arrangements made for the children to spend some time there. </p>
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<p>The doctor will also be introduced to the local bankers who can give advice on loan and mortgage opportunities as well as home brokers who will assist them on their housing concerns. The hospital board and their recruitment team&#8217;s effort might still not be enough. Apart from the support of the hospital recruitment team, it also entails the community members to continue with the recruitment effort by offering answers to any queries the new recruits might ask. </p>
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