Author: Joel Schofer, MD, MBA, CPE
Finance Friday Articles
- Can Anyone Challenge the Economic Dominance of the United States?
- Diversification Always Matters (My Syndicated Investment Goes to Zero)
- How Much is That $70,000 Truck Costing You?
- How To Afford a House These Days
- How to recover the lost art of disciplined investing
- No Need to Dwell
- Should You Self Insure Your Home?
- The Most Overrated Things in Personal Finance
- The Pentamillionaire Physician: Your Roadmap to Achieving $5 Million Net Worth
- Where is Housing Still Affordable?
- Which Investments to Keep Out of Your Taxable Account
- YOU HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. PERHAPS YOU CAN INVEST IN FANCY INVESTMENTS, BUT YOU NEEDN’T.
CME Reporting for American Board of Surgery Diplomats
As of 01 JUL 2023, Diplomats of the American Board of Surgery can no longer self-report participation in continuing education activities. If you attended, or plan to attend, any of the below courses, and you want your data submitted to ABS, please see below.
Requests for reporting participation in FY23 courses must be completed NLT 01 MAR 2024. Moving forward, requests for participation reporting must be submitted within 75 days of the last day of the course.
List of Approved Courses
Combat Casualty Care (C4)
Emergency War Surgery Course-Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Expeditionary Medical Facility Phase II Bravo
Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guidelines Series (RSS)
Navy Trauma Training Course USC-LAC NTTC
Neon Defender Subject Matter Expert Exchange
Quarterly Joint Trauma Systems Combat Casualty Care Curriculum Conference (RSS)
Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)
Questions concerning participant reporting should be directed to NMLPDC via email at: usn.bethesda.navmedleadprodevcmd.list.nmpdc-ce@health.mil
FY25 O6 Promotion Opportunities
Now that the FY25 O6 promotion board has started, they released the Convening Order, inserted below. The promotion opportunities are (always found on page 2):
- Dental Corps – 92%
- Medical Corps – 90%
- Medical Service Corps – 70%
- Nurse Corps – 71%
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