How to negotiate a physician sabbatical in private practice
When I tell other physicians that I negotiated a sabbatical from private practice, a full semester abroad with my family, followed by months of extended travel, the reaction is almost always the same. It starts with disbelief, moves quickly to calculation (“But who covered you? What happened to your income?”), and ends, more often than not, with a version of: “I could never do that.” I understand the reaction because …
How to negotiate a physician sabbatical in private practice
