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%
American Medical Informatics Association 10×10 Training Course Opportunities
Application Details:
We are seeking passionate individuals who are already experts in the primary clinical profession and possess a keen interest in informatics. If you are driven to innovate, collaborate, and lead in a dynamic environment, we invite you to apply for the AMIA 10×10 course to become a leader in Navy Medicine.
AMIA 10×10 Course: Offered for free by the VA
- Limited slots for select DoD participants, including all Corps.
· Spring 2024 application deadline: 12 Feb 2024
- Fall 2024 course dates: 8 April – 25 Oct 2024
- Contact dha.ncr.dir-support.mbx.hi-eco@health.mil for instructions.
- Website: VA AMIA 10×10, https://vatraining.remote-learner.net/mod/page/view.php?id=5093
Other opportunities include:
Carnegie Mellon University Open & Free Health Information Technology Foundations, at https://oli.cmu.edu/courses/health-information-technology-foundations-open-free/
VA Health Informatics 101 course, at https://vatraining.remote-learner.net/mod/data/view.php?id=5094
AMIA education catalog, at https://amia.org/education-events/education-catalog?search_query=&page=0. AMIA has some free webinars.
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