Docs Outside The Box - Ordinary Doctors Doing Extraordinary Things

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!How many of you just want to stick your head in the sand when it comes to understanding personal finance and investing? I get it!  The majority of us had no exposure to finances in college and medical school which either makes us feel like we don’t know what we’re doing or makes us feel obligated to pay someone else to manage our hard-earned money!Well, what if I told you that understanding investing is a lot simpler than the concepts we all learn in medical school? Don’t take my word for it.  My next guest, Dr. Jim Dahle (a.k.a The White Coat Investor), reinforces that point on this podcast. Like many of you listening, he had a bad experience with a financial advisor and unknowingly bought financial products he would later regret. Sound familiar? Dr. Dahle didn’t get discouraged by that, he sought empowerment through self-education, acquiring enough knowledge to start his website, The White Coat Investor. This is not just

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!Docs, I hope you’ve got your bus passes ready for this next episode! We’re taking a ride with the co-founders of Tour for Diversity in Medicine – Drs. Kameron Matthews and Alden Landry. As we all know, there’s a physician shortage in the United States and it’s only going to get worse. The physician shortage disproportionately affects those from minority communities, specifically African – Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics. National initiatives from the Association of American Medical Colleges and the US government exist to help decrease this shortage, but what about bottom-up grass roots efforts to tackle this problem? Well, that’s exactly what the Tour for Diversity is doing – putting physicians, medical students, and pre-med advisors on a bus and driving hundreds of miles to target students from under-represented backgrounds and teach the basics of the medical school admissions process. Follow and support this am

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!Class is in session! That’s right.. we’re getting an education on personal finance and financial independence from Katie Brewer, CFP. She’s a fee-only certified financial planner and owner of the financial advising firm – Your Richest Life.  With a focus on both Gen X and Y’ers, you’ll find her advice in various media sources including Forbes, The New York Times, and podcasts like Stacking Benjamins and  His & Her Money.In this episode you’ll learn:What you should look for in a financial advisorUnderstand the different pay structures for financial advisorsTop three doctor financial mistakesHow to break the cycle of living paycheck to paycheckWhat does it mean to be financially independentGet the basics of investing – like what is a stock? A bond? What is passive vs active investing SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes |  GooglePlayMusic | StitcherThe post 004 – Financial Ed. for Docs 101 – with Katie Brewer, CFP appeared first on DOCS OU

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!We’ve all heard of Sanjay Gupta, Dr. Oz, Travis Stork…..now meet Dr. Drai – “America’s OB/GYN.” Dr. Draion Burch is a board certified OB/GYN and media personality. He’s fun, charismatic, off-the-cuff, and is arguably the leading media voice for women and transgender issues. After learning to be honest with himself about loving not just his patients, but also a great lifestyle  – Dr. Drai has created a medical career that most can only dream of! From CNN, NBC, to HuffPost Live – it’s not hard to find Dr. Drai’s sought after medical opinions in print and electronic media. In this episode, Dr. Drai drops knowledge on how physicians can position and brand themselves to get the lifestyle of their dreams!Follow him on his website: www.drdrai.comIn this episode you’ll learn:How being honest with yourself about career and lifestyle can lead you to successHow falling asleep on the highway after a grueling 36 hour shift was his break

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!In this episode, I get to interview Dr. Melanie Watkins. She is a board-certified psychiatrist practicing in California. Practicing as an independent contractor only scratches the surface of Dr. Watkins. She’s an author, social medial expert, podcaster, and motivational speaker. Check out her website: www.yourmentalhealthfirst.comIn this episode you’ll learn:One of the biggest contract traps physicians fall intoWhat physicians should be doing to maintain our mental healthHow she developed a knack for social mediaWhat’s it like to be a self-published authorWhy she’s not just a doc!SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes |  GooglePlayMusic | StitcherThe post 002 – Dr. Melanie Watkins on how she has found success and fulfillment living outside the box appeared first on DOCS OUTSIDE THE BOX.

SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE!!! Let Drs. Nii & Renee know what you think about the show!Dr. Nii DarkoI’m Dr. Nii Darko and welcome to the first ever episode of Docs Outside the Box podcast! I have finally launched and I’m not looking back! Are you a doctor who feels trapped by the notion that having a traditional clinical practice is the only end point to your career? Not sure you can have the bomb lifestyle and medical career of your dreams? Think again! Docs Outside the Box will feature guests and topics covering career advice, entrepreneurship, personal finance, technology, and more!My first guest is Dr. Carmen Brown, an obstetrician-gynecologist who practices all the way down under in New Zealand. She is a southwest Atlanta native who started her medical career in Athens, Georgia. After being fed up with all the typical frustrations doctors have, she and her husband literally closed up shop, packed their bags, and took a world tour. If you’ve ever been to New Zealand, you’ll know why they decided to call i