Description
Written by practicing emergency physician and founder of The White Coat Investor, Guide for Students is specifically targeted at medical and dental students and addresses their specific financial concerns.
Many professional students feel guilty about living on student loans while simultaneously worrying that they may never be able to pay them off. This book will lift the burden of guilt while providing insight into the financial consequences of the major decisions you will face during school and residency training. Assuming no prior knowledge of personal finance and investing, the book is filled with straight talk and clear explanations. Let Dr. Dahle be the financial mentor you didn’t even know you needed.
This book will teach you how to:
- Understand all of the options for paying for medical or dental school
- Minimize the size of your student loan burden
- Make an informed specialty decision
- Ensure you match into your chosen specialty
- Understand the advantages of traditional and non-traditional students
- Avoid financial catastrophes
- Prevent and combat burnout
- Choose whether to rent or buy during residency
- Manage your student loans properly during and after training
- Begin investing
- Purchase the insurance you need to protect yourself and your family
- Understand financial history and terminology
- Become financially literate and successful
Medical and dental school are filled with enough pressure. Use this guide to remove the financial worries so you can move forward into your career with the confidence you need.
Praise for Guide for Students
I wish I had this information when I was a student. This book should be required reading as part of the dental and medical school curriculum. –Alexandra E. Forest, DDS, MD
An invaluable resource for pre-med students, medical students, and those in residency. –Rick Ferri, CFA
Succinct summary of financial gems! –Col. Gregory Morgan, Ret. USAF, CPA
This book provides solid financial advice for anyone in medical school or anyone considering medical school. More importantly, it provides a foundational framework for making sound and prudent financial decisions throughout one’s life. It is worth its weight in gold. –Ryan Kelly, CFP
Packed full of straightforward practical recommendations and is a must-read for medical students! –Mitchell D. Belkin, Medical Student
This should be the required textbook for a Financial Literacy 101 course in every medical and dental school curriculum. This book will teach you how to become financially independent by making smart moves with your money as a student, a resident, and as a practicing doctor or dentist.–Angela Chiara, Dental Student
The one book to read the summer before starting medical school. –Jake Babel, Medical Student
How I wish I had this amazing book when I started school. I would be in a very different place now financially. –Jonathan Polak, MD
Great advice from an author that is easy to understand and relatable. Imagine “First Aid for the USMLE” but for your financial freedom. A very important read for health professions in the midst of medical training. –Austin C. Snyder, Medical Student
The breadth of financial topics covered in concise, easy-to-read chapters makes this book a “go-to” for students and residents who want to understand the basics of personal finance quickly and learn how to practically apply economic concepts to every step of their medical journey. –Chelsea G. Swanson, JD
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