Employed Practice

This article collection features popular FPM content specifically related to employed practice -- from negotiating employment agreements to developing your leadership skills. Note that FPM content published within the past 12 months is accessible to AAFP members and paid subscribers only.

Job Hunting Leadership Opportunities Negotiating and Contracting

Productivity Other

Job Hunting

• Finding the Perfect Job [Feature] (08/01/2006)
• Five Signs You May Have Joined the Wrong Practice [The Last Word] (08/01/2011)
• How to Find the Job That's Right for You [Feature] (12/01/2000)
• What to Do When You've Lost Your Job [Salaried FP] (10/01/1999)

Leadership Opportunities

• Do You Belong on the Board of Directors? [Salaried FP] (09/01/1998)
• How to Exercise Power When You Have Limited Authority [Salaried FP] (01/01/1998)
• How to Manage Your Staff When You're Not the Manager [Staff Management] (08/01/1998)
• Overcoming Roadblocks on the Path to the Boardroom [Salaried FP] (04/01/1999)
• Salaried Physicians: Managers in Disguise [Salaried FP] (03/01/1998)

Negotiating and Contracting

• Assessing Benefits Packages [Salaried FP] (05/01/2000)
• Benefits Programs: Look Before You Leap [Salaried FP] (04/01/1998)
• Bonuses and Incentives: Three Key Questions [Salaried FP] (08/01/1999)
• Dealing With a Health System That Fails to Honor Your Employment Agreement [Feature] (05/01/2003)
• Demystifying Common Terms in Employment Agreements [Feature] (06/01/2003)
• Evaluating Bonuses and Incentives: The Basics [Salaried FP] (06/01/1999)
• Evaluating Employment Agreements [Feature] (08/01/2012)
• Evaluating Restrictive Covenants: Four Key Areas [Salaried FP] (12/01/2000)
• Limiting Restrictive Covenants [Salaried FP] (04/01/2001)
• Negotiation Gambits [Salaried FP] (01/01/2000)
• A Primer on Employment Contracts [Salaried FP] (12/01/2002)
• Sharpen Your Salary Negotiation Skills With Leverage [Salaried FP] (04/01/2000)
• Understanding Confidentiality and Nonsolicitation Clauses [Salaried FP] (08/01/2000)

Productivity

• A Productivity Primer [Salaried FP] (05/01/2002)
• Why Did Your Productivity Decrease When We Hired You? [Feature] (08/01/2011)
• Why the Medicare Fee Schedule and RVUs Matter to Employed Family Physicians [Opinion] (06/01/2010)

Other

• Developing "Groupthink" in a Multispecialty Group [Feature] (05/01/1999)
• How an Employed Group Redesigned Itself to Achieve Financial Viability [Feature] (04/01/2000)
• Practical Institutional Politics for Doctors [Feature] (02/01/2012)
• Six Characteristics of Effective Practice Teams [Feature] (06/01/2012)
• A Team Approach to Reducing a Financial Deficit [Salaried FP] (12/01/1999)