title: So doctor, you want to be an executive? Persistence pays off in physician's hunt for first management post.
abstract: Like a budding novelist hoping to sell that first manuscript, physicians trying to break into medical management may face many rejections. Read one physician's personal tale of perseverance that finally propelled him to the business side of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Littleton Regional Hospital, Littleton, N.H., USA. rperaino@ncia.net
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Peraino
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D002322:Career Mobility; D004465:Economic Competition; D006040:Goals; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007586:Job Application; D009513:New Hampshire; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010560:Personnel Selection; D008486:Physician Executives