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Contract Education for Physicians

We teach physicians what hospitals don't want you to know about contracts.

Book Your Physician Contract Education Session

For trainees

Residents & Fellows

Preparing for your first attending contract? Learn negotiation essentials before you sign. We'll teach your trainees how to protect their license and livelihood in their first attending role.

For organizations

Medical Societies & Physician Associations

Your members are signing contracts blindly. Give them tools. We deliver education on contract essentials, red flags, and negotiation strategy.

For everyone else

Other Physician Groups

Whether you're a hospital's physician leadership, a CME provider, or another group wanting physician contract education, we customize sessions for your audience.

Free Physician Contract Guides

Not ready for an education session? Start here. Straight answers on pay, schedule and contract terms from someone who spent 10+ years on the hospital side of the table.

Click Download, tell us where to send it, and the link is in your inbox in about two minutes.

For first-time attending physicians

Residents and fellows heading into a first attending contract.

Physician Contract Checklist

What to check before you sign: schedule, pay and benefits, career growth, practice support, malpractice and exit terms.

Checklist, 8 pages
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How Dr. Liz Negotiated a $50K Raise

A first-year plastic surgeon countered three offers and added nearly $50,000 to two of them. Here's how.

Visual guide, 17 slides
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Preparing for Success in Your First Attending Contract

Why residents and fellows get no contract training, what it costs, and the three things a first contract should deliver.

One-pager, 4 pages
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Contract Education for Residents & Fellows

The full session deck: the knowledge gap, what hospital executives know that you don't, and how to prepare.

Slide deck, 25 slides
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For experienced physicians

Renewing, renegotiating, or wondering whether your pay has kept up.

5 Steps to a Salary Raise

Get salary data, pull your practice stats, secure a competing offer, maximize contract value, then ask for the raise.

Visual guide, 7 slides
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Contract Education for Physician Associations

The medical-society session deck: why physicians deserve fair pay, the knowledge gap, and Ethan's published articles.

Slide deck, 26 slides
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The Gender Pay Gap for Women Physicians

The specialties with the widest and narrowest gender pay gaps, and three steps women physicians can take next.

Visual guide, 18 slides
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Black Doctors Are the Lowest Paid

Physician pay by race from Medscape's 2018 report, plus three steps: get the data, set goals, renegotiate.

Visual guide, 10 slides
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What to Expect When You Work With Us

How a contract review works, from the first conversation to final fixes, and the contract myths doctors believe most.

Slide deck, 10 slides
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Physician Testimonials

Physicians in nine specialties, including a six-doctor OB/GYN group, describe what working with Ethan was like.

Slide deck, 18 slides
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For financial advisors and referral partners

For advisors and planners whose clients are physicians.

The Advisor's Guide to Physician Contracts

Why your physician clients' contracts set their income, when to make an introduction, and what happens after you do.

Guide, 8 pages
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What to Expect When You Refer a Physician

How a physician review works, when to make an introduction, and a sample intro email you can adapt.

Slide deck, 9 slides
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Case Studies: Physician Success Stories

Before-and-after pay from TPA negotiations: first-time attendings, experienced physicians, surgeons and two OB/GYN groups.

Case studies, 31 slides
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Residency & Fellowship Programs We've Educated

Medical Societies & Physician Associations We've Educated