I’m Dr. Jimmy Turner, MD- anesthesiologist, personal finance blogger/podcaster, and life coach for physicians.
…I help doctors recover from burnout and find the work-life balance they deserve.
Selected Posts from The Physician Philosopher
Most Recent Posts
Budgeting: Four False Assumptions
What is Compassion Fatigue? An absence of Hesed?
The Physician Philosopher Portfolio
Should I go to medical school?
Should I Invest Pre-Tax or Roth for my 401k?
Should I do research? Five commonly asked questions
Hi! I’m Dr. Jimmy Turner, MD
I am a practicing anesthesiologist, personal finance blogger/podcaster, and Physician Coach.
…I help doctors recover from burnout and find the work-life balance they deserve
Latest Blog Posts
Budgeting: Four False Assumptions
Budgeting has earned quite the bad wrap. It is often viewed negatively whereas “tracking spending” is viewed as the positive term. Today we will look into the top four false assumptions regarding budgeting, and discuss why it may be a necessary and beneficial endeavor.
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What is Compassion Fatigue? An absence of Hesed?
Hesed is often translated as loving-kindness, but it also encapsulates mercy, loyalty, and even compassion. Hesed seems to be the ideal way that we should think and care about others, particularly our patients. In a world that is more jaded by the day, Hesed seems to be less and less common. What is more common now is something called Compassion Fatigue. Today we will discuss exactly what Compassion Fatigue is and ways that we may be able to combat it’s evil forces.
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The Physician Philosopher Portfolio
As part of this website I plan to follow my success in increasing my net worth and gaining ground towards becoming financially independent. I want to be as transparent as I can to allow people to see how this can be done via a real person who is making real decisions (good and bad). The following is a look into my portfolio. First, here are the results of my portfolio (up 19.71%) compared to the
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Should I go to medical school?
It is a common question asked by those thinking about going into the field of medicine, “Would you go into medicine again if you did it all over?” Sometimes they ask, “Would you tell your son or daughter to go into medicine?” Today we are going to look strictly at the financial aspect of this decision.
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Should I Invest Pre-Tax or Roth for my 401k?
If you are reading this site, then you have likely come across other websites geared towards high income earners. The vast majority of them will tell you to invest your 401k/403b money in a traditional (pre-tax) manner. The reasons for this are many, but let me lay out the opponents argument before I tell you why I prefer a ROTH contribution to my 403B:
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Should I do research? Five commonly asked questions
Given that I had the experience of thinking research was pretty worthless and then transitioned to “seeing the light,” I wanted to spend some time answering five questions that medical students often ask me regarding research:
