Starting first attending cardiologist job soon, what advice do you all have?

[Shark7500]

Graduating fellowship and starting as a general cardiologist soon. I'll be working in the community as part of a large hospital system. About 50% inpatient, 50% outpatient. Will be reading TTE, TEE, and nuclear . What tips or words of advice do you all have about transitioning to independent practice? Thanks!

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[cards67]

Update your disability policy. Understand how you're being paid. Educate yourself on billing, coding, RVUs, etc. and stay on top of it. Hopefully you'll have solid colleague(s) who can answer questions, bounce ideas off of, etc. Otherwise a lot of it is just figuring things out yourself and learning how you want to practice. Be a team player but also learn when to say no, including to patients. 50% inpatient sure sounds like a lot though.