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Pillars of Wealth in the Media.
Aug 15, 2024 06:00
Yuval Bar-Or quoted in a CBS News article on August 15, 2024
Will a high-yield savings account still be worth it after the Fed cuts rates? What experts say
By Tim Maxwell
Jan 20, 2024 11:02
Our latest publication on physician personal financial literacy was posted a few days ago in the journal: Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.
Here is the citation:
Shahriari M, Hesami M, Bar-Or YD, Davoudmanesh Z, Franck B, Yousem DM. Radiology trainee retirement programs: Options and participation. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2024. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2024.01.020.
Feb 08, 2023 10:36
There are many studies about divorce, burnout, suicide, and substance abuse among medical providers. Now, Professor Yuval Bar-Or is part of the first literature review aimed at understanding the relationship between doctor stress and personal financial literacy.
Jan 04, 2023 08:31
Many physicians complete medical school and graduate medical education (GME) burdened by high debt and financial illiteracy. This places them at increased risk for ill-informed financial decisions, which can result in increased stress and anxiety and a lower quality of life. Furthermore, financial concerns impact physicians’ specialty selections and may partly explain the scarcity of primary care practitioners. In response, medical wellness programmes have increasingly sought to offer personal finance education, but there is little guidance on optimal curricula. Our objective in this article is to systematically review the existing literature examining physician financial literacy curricula and to recommend a standardised personal finance curriculum.
Article: Systematic review of personal finance training for physicians and a proposed curriculum
Free to access link: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmjopen-2022-064733?ijkey=LRxnkM190KOYCjD&keytype=ref
Jun 03, 2022 08:00
We are very pleased to present the second free eBook "Habits and Hacks from Hopkins (H3)" that culminated from year 3 of the Faculty Factory podcast series. The Faculty Factory podcast (“A faculty development community sharing tools to build academic leaders”) was created at Johns Hopkins University in our School of Medicine Office of Faculty in 2019 and has gained an international following with more than 45,000 total downloads and YouTube views from listeners in 70 countries.
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Aug 14, 2020 09:47
Yuval Bar-Or interviewed for The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Expert series: COVID-19: Business and Economic Impact, "Stay the Course with Personal Finances during Pandemic, Carey Expert Advises."
Aug 14, 2020 08:45
Yuval Bar-Or quoted in David Lazarus' LA Times Column: "It’s National Financial Awareness Day. How’s your money game?"
Jul 27, 2020 02:35
Dr. Yuval Bar-Or interviewed by Casey Callanan on the American Urological Association's Inside Tract Podcast (Episode 133): Personal Finance Advice for Healthcare Providers.
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Recent and upcoming events, workshops, and webinars
Sep 12, 2024 | 07:30 am - Sep 12, 2024 | 08:30 am
Koch Cancer Research Building, 1550 Orleans St., Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds lecture on “Assets & Accumulation”
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Aug 28, 2024 | 06:00 pm - Aug 28, 2024 | 07:00 pm
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Transition from fellowship to attending, and common financial mistakes physicians make
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Apr 15, 2024 | 05:15 pm - Apr 15, 2024 | 06:15 pm
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Investing Basics
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Mar 18, 2024 | 01:00 pm - Mar 18, 2024 | 02:15 pm
AMEB 150 West
Baltimore
Prescription for Financial Wellness 2024
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Dec 06, 2023 | 06:00 pm - Dec 06, 2023 | 07:00 pm
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"Financial mistakes physicians make" was offered to physicians at Community Health Network (Indianapolis)
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Oct 27, 2023 | 12:15 pm - Oct 27, 2023 | 01:15 pm
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Los Angeles, CA.
Financial Wellness: Investing & Retirement Basics for Doctors
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Jun 08, 2023 | 12:00 pm - Jun 08, 2023 | 01:00 pm
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Pivot from Residency to First Job
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May 05, 2023 | 08:00 am - May 06, 2023 | 04:00 pm
Community Health Network's Wellness Retreat for Advanced Practice Professionals was held in French Lick, Indiana
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