Author: Joel Schofer, MD, MBA, CPE
Finance Friday Articles
- 24 Rules for 2024
- 2023: It Was a Good Year
- 2023 reading list: From 60/40 to securities lending
- From downturn to upswing: Strong fourth-quarter returns in stocks and bonds
- Investing in Middle Age
- New military child care benefit to kick in starting January 1
- Restoring the Balance Between Savers and Borrowers
- Tax-Loss Harvesting Pairs and Partners
- The Backdoor Roth IRA When Life Is in Flux (and Why to Beware a Contribution in January)
- The Harmful Illusion of Stock Market Downturns
- What’s New With SECURE 2.0
Officer Photos No Longer Required Anywhere
They stopped displaying officer photos at promotion boards in 2020, but they were still required in your Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). Thanks to a reader, though, for pointing out that when you click on the Officer Photo portion of the BOL menu, you now get this:
Officer photos are no longer required anywhere!
Medical Corps Symposium in 2 Days – Jan 5 @ 1200 ET Bushside to Bedside: OPMED Autonomous Documentation
*Jan 5 @ 1200 ET Bushside to Bedside: OPMED Autonomous Documentation by CDR Darshan Thota
*This is an exciting look at the future of documentation. Learn how the Navy is working on different ways that physicians can skip tedious documentation and focus on the patient.
State of the Blog in 2024
Happy New Year! As we begin 2024, here is the state of the blog:
Traffic
All time, we are just short of 1.7M page views (1,679,076 hits). As you can see, traffic seems to have been steady for the last 3 years:
Here is where people viewed from in 2023 (2024 prediction…Guam activity spikes!):
Financial Statement
Although I have an MBA, I can’t seem to run a business as for the 9th year in a row I’ve lost money! The site cost me $118 to run, and I don’t make any money on it or run ads anywhere.
Top Posts and Pages in 2023
I had 693 posts in 2023, but here are the 5 most popular posts and pages in 2023:
- The Promo Prep Page
- How Much Do You Get Paid as a Navy Doctor?
- LCDR Fitreps – Language for Writing Your Block 41
- The Fitrep Prep Page
- CV, Military Bio, and Letter of Intent Templates
Thanks for a fun 2023!
2024 FEMALE PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP COURSE (14-16 MAY) NOMINATIONS – DUE NLT 02 FEB 2024
Nominations are now being solicited for the 2024 Female Physician Leadership Course. This is a 3 day in-person course focusing on physician leadership development in the MHS, and will be held at Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, VA. The target audience is MHS female physicians at the O-4-select, O-4, or junior O-5 levels (with less than 2 years’ time in grade).
Submit the Nomination Form (attached) including Commanding Officer’s attestation, Nomination Letter, and Nominee’s CV by uploading the complete packet as a single PDF to the following website: https://forms.osi.apps.mil/r/env9r6sNnk (Note: Edge is the preferred browser and this does require signing in to your DHA Office 365 account from a CAC-enabled computer. Please name your file as Service.Lname.Fname.FPLC24).
Please follow the instructions on the nomination form carefully. Although website submission is preferred, if unable to access the website nomination packages can be sent to the Navy FPLC Representative: CDR Aidith Flores-Carrera. Nominations are due no later than Friday, 02 FEB 2024.
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