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Education Modules

Foundational financial literacy for physicians at every career stage — the concepts everything else in the curriculum builds on, from the first paycheck.

9 articles in education modules

Education

The Independent Physician Path: A 1099 Physician Financial Guide in Five Modules

The reading order for moonlighters, locums physicians, and new contractors — sequenced so the tax penalties stop before the optimizing starts.

9 min read·July 2026
Education

The Household CFO Path: Physician Family Financial Planning in Six Modules

A reading order for the stage where the problem is no longer income — it is that nobody in the household formally runs the money.

9 min read·July 2026
Education

The Established Attending Money Path: Eight Modules for Mid-Career Structure

A sequenced reading path for the stage where unfilled accounts, accidental portfolios, and un-re-priced advisor fees multiply against real balances.

9 min read·July 2026
Education

The Fellowship Money Path: Seven Modules for the Training-to-Attending Seam

A sequenced reading path for the stage where PSLF momentum, the first contract, and the last direct Roth years all converge.

8 min read·July 2026
Education

The Medical Student Money Path: Six Modules in the Right Order

A sequenced reading path for the years when you have loans, no income, and more compounding time than you will ever have again.

9 min read·July 2026
Education

The Exit Path: A Physician Guide to the Last Working Decade

The ordered module sequence for defining the number, setting the drawdown order, timing Social Security and Medicare, and leaving the estate in writing.

9 min read·July 2026
Education

The First-Year Attending Path: Fourteen Modules, Five Moves

Income triples in sixty days and every mistake gets a bigger denominator — this is the ordered sequence for the paycheck, the contract, the accounts, the insurance, and the house.

10 min read·July 2026
Education

The Resident Path: A Field Guide to Money in Training

The eight-module sequence that turns a compressed paycheck, a six-figure loan balance, and zero slack into three durable decisions before you graduate.

9 min read·July 2026
Education

Physician financial planning across career stages: residency to retirement

Physician finances follow a predictable arc with one enormous inflection point. This map covers every stage from MS4 to pre-retirement, what to do at each, and what to ignore.

12 min read·July 2026