Job Search Books + Guides

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition: DSM-5

This new edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), used by clinicians and researchers to diagnose and classify mental disorders, is the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts in all aspects of mental health. Their dedication and hard work have yielded an authoritative volume that defines and classifies mental disorders in order to improve diagnoses, treatment, and research.

The criteria are concise and explicit, intended to facilitate an objective assessment of symptom presentations in a variety of clinical settings—inpatient, outpatient, partial hospital, consultation-liaison, clinical, private practice, and primary care. New features and enhancements make DSM-5 easier to use across all settings: 

• The chapter organization reflects a lifespan approach, with disorders typically diagnosed in childhood (such as neurodevelopmental disorders) at the beginning of the manual, and those more typical of older adults (such as neurocognitive disorders) placed at the end. Also included are age-related factors specific to diagnosis.
• The latest findings in neuroimaging and genetics have been integrated into each disorder along with gender and cultural considerations.
• The revised organizational structure recognizes symptoms that span multiple diagnostic categories, providing new clinical insight in diagnosis.
• Specific criteria have been streamlined, consolidated, or clarified to be consistent with clinical practice (including the consolidation of autism disorder, Asperger’s syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorder into autism spectrum disorder, the streamlined classification of bipolar and depressive disorders, the restructuring of substance use disorders for consistency and clarity, and the enhanced specificity for major and mild neurocognitive disorders).
• Dimensional assessments for research and validation of clinical results have been provided.
• Both ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM codes are included for each disorder, and the organizational structure is consistent with the new ICD-11 in development.

 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive, current, and critical resource for clinical practice available to today's mental health clinicians and researchers of all orientations. The information contained in the manual is also valuable to other physicians and health professionals, including psychologists, counselors, nurses, and occupational and rehabilitation therapists, as well as social workers and forensic and legal specialists

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• Picador USA

In his latest bestseller, Atul Gawande shows what the simple idea of the checklist reveals about the complexity of our lives and how we can deal with it.

The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continue to plague us in health care, government, the law, the financial industry—in almost every realm of organized activity. And the reason is simple: the volume and complexity of knowledge today has exceeded our ability as individuals to properly deliver it to people—consistently, correctly, safely. We train longer, specialize more, use ever-advancing technologies, and still we fail. Atul Gawande makes a compelling argument that we can do better, using the simplest of methods: the checklist. In riveting stories, he reveals what checklists can do, what they can’t, and how they could bring about striking improvements in a variety of fields, from medicine and disaster recovery to professions and businesses of all kinds. And the insights are making a difference. Already, a simple surgical checklist from the World Health Organization designed by following the ideas described here has been adopted in more than twenty countries as a standard for care and has been heralded as “the biggest clinical invention in thirty years” (The Independent).

• The White Coat Investor A Doctor s Guide To Personal Finance And Investing

     Written by a practicing emergency physician, The White Coat Investor is a high-yield manual that specifically deals with the financial issues facing medical students, residents, physicians, dentists, and similar high-income professionals. Doctors are highly-educated and extensively trained at making difficult diagnoses and performing life saving procedures. However, they receive little to no training in business, personal finance, investing, insurance, taxes, estate planning, and asset protection.

     This book fills in the gaps and will teach you to use your high income to escape from your student loans, provide for your family, build wealth, and stop getting ripped off by unscrupulous financial professionals. Straight talk and clear explanations allow the book to be easily digested by a novice to the subject matter yet the book also contains advanced concepts specific to physicians you won’t find in other financial books.

This book will teach you how to:

• Graduate from medical school with as little debt as possible
• Escape from student loans within two to five years of residency graduation
• Purchase the right types and amounts of insurance
• Decide when to buy a house and how much to spend on it
• Learn to invest in a sensible, low-cost and effective manner with or without the assistance of an advisor
• Avoid investments which are designed to be sold, not bought
• Select advisors who give great service and advice at a fair price
• Become a millionaire within five to ten years of residency graduation
• Use a “Backdoor Roth IRA” and “Stealth IRA” to boost your retirement funds and decrease your taxes
• Protect your hard-won assets from professional and personal lawsuits
• Avoid estate taxes, avoid probate, and ensure your children and your money go where you want when you die
• Minimize your tax burden, keeping more of your hard-earned money
• Decide between an employee job and an independent contractor job
• Choose between sole proprietorship, Limited Liability Company, S Corporation, and C Corporation

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Praise For The White Coat Investor

“Much of my financial planning practice is helping doctors to correct mistakes that reading this book would have avoided in the first place.” – Allan S. Roth, MBA, CPA, CFP®, Author of How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street

“Jim Dahle has done a lot of thinking about the peculiar financial problems facing physicians, and you, lucky reader, are about to reap the bounty of both his experience and his research.” – William J. Bernstein, MD, Author of The Investor’s Manifesto and seven other investing books

“This book should be in every career counselor’s office and delivered with every medical degree.” – Rick Van Ness, Author of Common Sense Investing

“The White Coat Investor provides an expert consult for your finances. I now feel confident I can be a millionaire at 40 without feeling like a jerk.” – Joe Jones, DO

“Jim Dahle has done for physician financial illiteracy what penicillin did for neurosyphilis." – Dennis Bethel, MD

"An excellent practical personal finance guide for physicians in training and in practice from a non biased source we can actually trust." – Greg E Wilde, M.D

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Describes a wealth of diverse career opportunities in gerontology and how to prepare for them

How do you know if a career in gerontology is right for you? What opportunities exist in the field? Completely updated to reflect significant changes to policy and management of resources, the second edition of 101 Careers in Gerontology provides a wealth of helpful and timely guidance in this rapidly growing field. Written for all levels of job seekers ranging from community college students to credential-seeking professionals, the book outlines a multitude of opportunities that dovetail with careers ranging from sociologist and home care agency administrator to architect and documentary filmmaker. Interviews with practitioners provide insight into job particulars and the experience of starting out with a degree versus on-the-job learning.

The book describes five emerging gerontology-related fields, updates already existing job profiles including salary scales, and includes many new careers and their education requirements. New interviews are replete with advice and job search tips. Surprising additions to the list of career profiles include financial planner for elders, custom clothier, health coach, social or cultural historian, travel/tourism specialist, senior theater director, and many others. This second edition encompasses career changes and opportunities resulting from the newly created Administration for Community Living, and those influenced by policy changes in Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Also new to the second edition are lists of gerontology professional organizations that can be helpful career search resources and links to professional organizations and other websites specific to each career profile.

Changes to the Second Edition Include:

• Many new careers and their education requirements
• Updated job profiles including salary scales
• A description of three types of gerontology career pathsand how to prepare for them
• Coverage of such emerging fields as entrepreneurial gerontology, global aging, journalism and aging, and urban gerontology
• Career changes resulting from policy changes in relevant government agencies
• Lists of professional organizations and websites specific to each career profile
• 13 new interviews and 12 interviews updated from first edition
• Information about national, international, and local gerontology organizations including student and new professional member sections
• Updated and expanded glossary of acronyms

• 10 Happier How I Tamed the Voice in My Head Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge and Found Self Help That Actually Works A Tr

#1 New York Times Bestseller

REVISED WITH NEW MATERIAL

Winner of the 2014 Living Now Book Award for Inspirational Memoir

"An enormously smart, clear-eyed, brave-hearted, and quite personal look at the benefits of meditation."

—Elizabeth Gilbert

Nightline anchor Dan Harrisembarks on an unexpected, hilarious, and deeply skeptical odyssey through the strange worlds of spirituality and self-help, and discovers a way to get happier that is truly achievable.

After having a nationally televised panic attack, Dan Harris knew he had to make some changes. A lifelong nonbeliever, he found himself on a bizarre adventure involving a disgraced pastor, a mysterious self-help guru, and a gaggle of brain scientists. Eventually, Harris realized that the source of his problems was the very thing he always thought was his greatest asset: the incessant, insatiable voice in his head, which had propelled him through the ranks of a hypercompetitive business, but had also led him to make the profoundly stupid decisions that provoked his on-air freak-out.

Finally, Harris stumbled upon an effective way to rein in that voice, something he always assumed to be either impossible or useless: meditation, a tool that research suggests can do everything from lower your blood pressure to essentially rewire your brain. 10% Happier takes readers on a ride from the outer reaches of neuroscience to the inner sanctum of network news to the bizarre fringes of America’s spiritual scene, and leaves them with a takeaway that could actually change their lives.

• Elsevier Science Health Science

Make sense of the complex world of health care with Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 10^th Edition! This one-stop reference includes detailed entries that help you communicate more effectively with colleagues in various disciplines. With over 56,000 definitions, 2,450 photographs and line drawings, and supporting reference appendixes and atlases, it is an indispensable reference for students and professionals alike.

• Over 56,000 entries offer detailed definitions, as well as the latest information on pathophysiology, treatment and interventions, and nursing care.
• More than 2,450 color photographs and line drawings demonstrate and explain complex conditions and abstract concepts.
• Strict, common-sense alphabetical organization makes it easy to find key terms and definitions.
• Detailed appendixes provide you with useful information on lab values, symbols and abbreviations, pharmacology, infection control standards, and more that can be used throughout your health career.

• NEW! Approximately 5,000 new and revised definitions reflect the latest developments in health care, drugs, and nursing terminology.
• NEW! Completely updated illustrations visually clarify key definitions to reflect current healthcare practice and equipment.

If you are seeking a job in the healthcare industry and need targeted interview preparation, this book is for you.  It is jammed packed with articles, tips, and exercises to help better prepare you for healthcare job interviews.  Whether you are an experienced professional or new to the field, this concise guide will give you the confidence that you need to ace the medical job interview and prevent a code blue by already knowing what to do!

The author provides insider, healthcare career and interview preparation advice on:

• How to research healthcare companies
• Utilizing emotional intelligence 
• Common types of healthcare job interviews
• Types of healthcare interview questions and how to answer them
• How to organize your medical resume to beat the applicant tracking system (ATS)
• Dress and professional appearance
• Assessing your nonverbal cues
• Maintaining a positive attitude 
• Wrapping up the job interview and finishing strong
• Considerations for hiring a niche career coach & professional resume writer

Author:

Dr. Kristy Taylor is a Certified Career and Wellness Coach, who provides medical resume writing, career coaching, and burnout prevention training for healthcare professionals.  She is the founder of Heka Healthcare Consulting, LLC and has worked with clients in the U.S. and globally, providing resume writing, interview preparation, & career coaching services.  Her clients range from recent graduates, military veterans in transition, to experienced healthcare professionals who are applying for a range of entry-level and leadership positions.  As a military veteran, health educator, and industry professional, Dr. Taylor teaches clients to pursue their passion, while maintaining proper work-life balance to prevent burnout.