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 Job Seekers

Here are some resources to assist you in your job search:

• Common Partnership Mistakes
• The Buy-In: Transitioning from Employee to Partner
• Words of Wisdom for New Graduates
• Practice Interviewing 101 – Characteristics of Successful Candidates
• Negotiating Your First Contract: What to Say, and How to Say It
• Anatomy of a Physician Employment Agreement
• Restrictive Covenants: Does Your Noncompete Clause Have Claws?

Products:

• The Profession of Ophthalmology: Practice Management, Ethics and Advocacy: Whether you are an ophthalmology resident or a practicing ophthalmologist, you will find insights to help you deliver eye care more efficiently, ethically and effectively. This book covers three areas essential to the real-world application of clinical knowledge and skills. 

Online Courses:

• Highlights from the AAOE Program of the 2009 Joint Meeting: Listen to the course audio while following along with the speaker’s slides and download handouts. All downloads are FREE to AAO and AAOE members. Have your membership number ready.
• Getting Your First Job in Ophthalmology: This online course covers how to evaluate and compare practices, interview for a job and negotiate a contract. It includes interactive quizzes to test your understanding. FREE to AAO members. Login required

Courses at the 2010 Joint Meeting:

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 Hiring Practices

• Recruiting an Associate
  
• Hiring a New Physician — Answers to Some Key Questions
• Hiring and Keeping Great Staff
• Perceptions of Bias During the Job Interview
• Helping New Employees Succeed
• The Exit Interview

Products:

• Practice Success Kit: Collection of Executive’s Resource Guides: Developed by AAOE, The Practice Success Kit: A Collection of Ophthalmic Executive's Resource Guides contains nine modules covering a variety of topics critical to the success of every practice.

Courses at the 2010 Joint Meeting:

• Course 192 - Hiring an Ophthalmologist for Your Practice
• Course 348 - Employment Law Boot Camp
• Course 592 - An Administrator's Role in Hiring an Ophthalmologist for the Small Practice
• Event code SPE03 - Improving Your HR Skills: Staff Recruitment, Motivation, Counseling, Discipline & Mentoring

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 Practice Seller/Buyer

• Selling Your Practice Interest
• Know Your Practice’s Worth:  Put a Value on Goodwill
• Acquiring Practices: Buying Strangers, Friends and Enemies
  • Part One – Purchasing a Competitor
  • Part Two – Structuring the Purchase
• Starting a Solo Practice: The Pros and Cons
  • Part One: It Takes an Entrepreneurial Spirit and Desire for Control to Go Solo
  • Part Two: A Sound Tactical Plan is Key to Financing Your New Practice
  • Part Three: Choice of Legal Entity
  • Part Four: Preparing to Open Your Solo Practice: Time-Critical Activities

Product:

• Buying, Selling, and Owning the Medical Practice
• The Profitable Practice:  Creating and Reaping Value Through Practice Ownership

Courses at the 2010 Joint Meeting: 

• Course 427 - The Seven Deadly Sins of Selling Your Solo Practice
• Course 547 - Practical Aspects of Retirement

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