Avoiding Life Malpractice will provide residents, young physicians and more experienced health care practitioners with the information they need to better navigate the complex process of finding, evaluating, and negotiating an employment contract. You've spent decades mastering the art and science of medicine, but what do you know about the business of medicine? How much are your services worth? Will you hang a shingle and start your own business? Join a group? Work for a hospital? How will your choices affect your pay, vacation, lifestyle? You owe it to yourself to have a guide along the way and to avoid mistakes that could be equated with Life Malpractice.

About the Author

Dr. Barton is a practicing General Surgeon, sole proprietor of Uinta General Surgery and owner of medical office space, surgical centers and a hospital in southeast Wyoming. He has experience working in academic medicine and has an MPH from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

Dr. Van Bibber is a practicing Urologist at a community Hospital in North Dakota. He worked previously for a multi-speciality clinic in Utah and was the sole proprietor of Bear River Urology.

Together, Drs. Barton and Van Bibber are the Contract Doctors. They met as interns at The Darmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and have been fast friends ever since. After years of informally assisting physicians in the process of evaluating and negotiating their employment contracts the two attended the Harvard Program on Negotiation and formed a company (Contract Doctors) with the goal of providing assistance to physicians as they navigated the complex process of landing a job.