MedEd-Stat | Ray A. Blackwell, MD | Activity https://meded-stat.com/medchi/members/cardiacsurgeonrab/activity/ Activity feed for Ray A. Blackwell, MD. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:15:22 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 d7ca18d6b0582214f6d19f7a6b7d27fc Ray A. Blackwell, MD replied to the topic in the forum Members http://www.es4p.com/msd/forums/topic/add-a-comment-about-negotiation-experience/#post-8214 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 04:19:07 -0500 This information would have been helpful for past contract negotiations. It may be difficult to negotiate higher salaries with organizations which base salaries on the mean market value for the region.

The mentoring information will be extremely helpful when our next colleague joins the practice. Although the on boarding has been discussed…[Read more]

]]> 0e817d0e477fb701c88cc7e53f10bd5a Ray A. Blackwell, MD replied to the topic in the forum Members http://www.es4p.com/msd/forums/topic/welcome-to-the-discussion-forum-13/#post-8042 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 03:42:13 -0500 How does one incorporate new partners in a practice to avoid variation? Is there an acceptable percentage of incorporating their practice pattern into the group practice time pattern or should they have to adopt to the overwhelming majority of the group practice pattern? Incorporating too much from the new partner will certainly add to variation…[Read more]

]]> 5e54b60122348b99a87b46d2d60fcd2e Ray A. Blackwell, MD replied to the topic in the forum Members http://www.es4p.com/msd/forums/topic/welcome-to-the-discussion-forum-18/#post-7867 Sun, 03 Sep 2017 18:23:41 -0400 The fellowship training in thoracic surgery was a form of Theory X that I will term “individually authoritarian”. Each surgeon had a specific routine- which vessel was grafted first, where proximal anastomoses were placed on the aorta, where and how the suture was started and where it ended, how many knots were required, etc.. It was incumbent…[Read more]

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