By Dr. James M. Dahle, WCI Founder
Everybody needs an initial financial education, which begins as you start to learn about finance and ends at the point when you have a written financial plan. You can get that education in many different ways, from reading books to taking our online Fire Your Financial Advisor course to actually hiring a financial planner. However, once you have basic financial literacy and at least a rudimentary financial plan, your financial education is not over. There is always something new to learn, and it is important to keep up to date.
One of the best options for staying updated is to take our annual Continuing Financial Education online course. You can take this course on your own timetable and from the comfort of your own home or anywhere you can carry your phone or laptop. If you have an iPhone, you can even listen to it podcast-style using the Teachable app.
CFE2023 Is Out!
The 2023 version of this course has dropped, and it will be on sale for $100 off from April 4-17. The course is eligible for up to 22 hours of AMA Category 1 CME or AGD PACE Dental CE, so you can use your dedicated CME funds to buy it or write it off as a business expense. This year's course includes all of the material delivered in person and virtually as part of WCICON23, our best conference yet. There is a whopping total of approximately 57 hours of material in the course!
What's in the Course?
Here's what you get in the course:
Basic Finance
- Financial Baby Steps for Physicians — Disha Spath, MD
- Converting Doctor Income to Passive Income — Peter Kim, MD
- Beyond Budgeting: Maintain Your Finances, Personal Sanity, and Marriage — Dawn Baker, MD, MS
- How to Succeed in Negotiations: Tips and Tricks — Nisha Mehta, MD
- DIY Investing: Cut Costs and Save Toward Financial Independence — Stephen Pamatmat, MD
- Creating Your Financial Plan — Chad Chubb, CFP, CSLP and Daniel Wrenne, CFP
- Financial M&M: 11 Biggest Financial Mistakes That Most Doctors Make — Jordan Frey, MD
- Disability Insurance: Everything Physicians Need to Know — Stephanie Pearson, MD, FACOG
- Capital Gains, Ordinary Income, Estate Taxes Optional to Pay — William MacDonald
- Raising Kids with Common Cents — Julia Myers, PharmD, MBA, AAHIVP
- Balancing Family and Medicine — Dawn Baker, MD, MS; Kate Louise Mangona, MD; and Disha Spath, MD
- Creating a Financial Talk That Doctors Want to Attend — Samuel Mathis, MD
- The Ancient Financial Wisdom of King Solomon — Brennan Boyd, MD
- Why Physicians Should Pursue Public Service Loan Forgiveness — Andrew Paulson, MAcc, CSLP®
Advanced Finance
- Sustainable Withdrawal Rates: A Deep Dive — Christine Benz
- Building Your Lifetime Investment Plan — Paul Merriman
- Determining How You Should Invest in Real Estate — James M. Dahle, MD, FACEP
- Do You NEED a Side Gig? — Nisha Mehta, MD
- How to Spend Your Money in Retirement — James M. Dahle, MD, FACEP
- Retirement Planning Strategies: Having Enough and Making It Last — Leif Dahleen, MD & James Lange JD, CPA
- How to Make Six Figures in Real Estate Investing in One Year — Letizia Alto, MD, MA
- Retirement-Specific Risks: Which Are Worth Mitigation? — David Graham, MD
- Asset Protection and Risk Management for Affluent Physicians — Ike Devji, JD
- Advanced Tax Strategies for High-Income Earners — Alexis Gallati, EA, MBA, MS Tax, CTP
- Crucial Estate Planning Concepts for Physicians: Can You Trust Online Trusts? — J. RobRoy Platt, JD
- Beyond Stocks and Bonds: Alternative Asset Classes — Yuval Bar-Or, PhD
- Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship — Brennan Boyd, MD
- Private Equity Investment in Your Practice: What Does Iit Mean? Pros, Cons, & Food for Thought — Ezra Simons
- Retirement: Money Is Just One of Many Considerations — Christine Benz; David Graham, MD; Leif Dahleen, MD; and James Lange, JD, CPA
- How to Teach Personal Finance to Students and House Officers — Erik Hofmeister, DVM, MA, MS
- How to Vet and Invest in Your First Real Estate Syndication — Dewan Farhana, DO, MS
- Office Efficiencies to Optimize Small Private Practice — Orrin Franko, MD
- So You Want 1099 Income? How to Start Your Own Private Medical Practice — Audrey Roberts, MD, IBCLC, FABM
- The Pros and Cons of Selling Your Medical Practice — Andrew Roberts, MD
Wellness
- Choose to Thrive — Stacy Taniguchi, Ph.D.
- Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life — Ashley Whillans, MA, Ph.D.
- Addressing Anxiety in Achievers: A New Approach to a Rising Problem — Dimitrios Tsatiris, MD
- Conversational Intelligence for Physicians: How to Improve Yours — Kate Louise Mangona, MD
- Food, Nutrition, Controversy, and Confusion: An Evidence-Based Approach to Your Best Investment — Kevin Forey, MD, MBA
- Getting Stuff Done: A Mindful Approach to Personal Productivity in the Digital Age — Matthew Morgan, MD, MS
- Living a (Medical) Life Less Ordinary — Dawn Baker, MD, MS
- Mental Models: Combat Cognitive Bias and Build a Better Life — Ben White, MD
- Setting Boundaries for Physicians — Bonnie Koo, MD
- Sleepy MD: The Pervasiveness of Insomnia Amongst Clinicians and One Doctor's Journey to Better Sleep — Marisa Chavez, MD
- Transforming from Burning Out to Burning Brightly — Elizabeth Chiang, MD, Ph.D.
- Burnout Proof: Navigating the Practice Whirlwind — Dike Drummond, MD
- Beyond Compassion Fatigue: Healing from the Trauma of Being a Healer — Elaine Goldhammer, MD
- Burnout: Novel Theories and Practical Coping Strategies — B.C. Krygowski, MD
- Making Molehills Out of Mountains — Scott Moore, DO
- Proactive Investment Strategy for Health and Wellness — Timothy Stark, MD
- (Re)claiming Your Identity — Erin Garvey, MD
Whew! That's A LOT of value right there from the top names in the physician finance and wellness space. Whether you are interested in boosting wellness, fine-tuning your financial plan, investigating alternative investments, improving your practice, or getting out of medicine altogether, this course has something for everyone.
Be inspired by Stacy Taniguchi as you consider who or what you would “cross the ladder” for. Get tough with Nisha Mehta as you learn to negotiate and with Bonnie Koo as you set boundaries. Learn to manage your time with Ashley Whillans and Matt Morgan. Plan your retirement with the experts like Christine Benz, Paul Merriman, James Lange, and Leif Dahleen. Figure out what to do with real estate with James Dahle, Peter Kim, and Leti Alto. Beat burnout with Dike Drummond and B.C. Krygowski. Attorneys Ike Devji and RobRoy Platt will help you protect what's yours. You can even learn how to eat right with Kevin Forey and how to have difficult conversations with Kate Mangona.
You Are Guaranteed to Enjoy This Course
We are so confident you are going to enjoy this course, we're going to guarantee it. We offer a no-questions-asked, 100% money-back guarantee for seven days after purchase as long as you have watched less than 20% of the course. There is no risk to you. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Testimonials
Attendees of the conference had this to say about it:
“This is a chance to focus on wellness and finance. Tying these two together is key.”
“I felt like this had more impact than the more pure medical type conference. Presenters were outstanding and often included humor and were interactive. Stacy's Choose to Thrive talk was amazing and inspirational, and we need more talks like this!”
“I have been following WCI for a long time and have built my portfolio with the assistance of the information I have received. This cemented that knowledge and expanded upon the idea of prioritizing self. The wellness component was very beneficial, and I plan to implement several of the techniques.”
“This changed my life. As a new attending physician, I had so many conflicting opinions about student loan debt, retirement contributions and what I should and shouldn’t do with my money and time. After only a few years of practice, I felt overwhelmed with which steps I should take in creating my financial plan, and this has provided me with the resources and confidence to move forward and take action.”
“I was pleasantly surprised by how amazing the topics and lectures were. I think in this day and age, mental health and time management is critical for a busy physician. I also think there’s a big push for side gigs, and the presentations given during this course opened up my eyes to various possibilities outside of medicine.”
“This fills the knowledge gaps that are omitted in medical training. I feel like a more well rounded person who can be a better physician, spouse, and parent because of the knowledge passed on through the WCI community and conference.”
“I learned a ton and am substantially more motivated to get my financial plan in place and have more confidence now that I can manage my finances on my own and effectively plan for retirement.”
I can't say it any better than that. If that doesn't convince you that this course is worth your time and money, I don't know what else I can do!
Purchase Continuing Financial Education 2023 for just $789 $689 through April 17 at midnight!
Any questions about the course? Post them below!
Hello,
I’ve been following your site for several years and have enjoyed the content/blogs/articles. The CE 2023 look packed with good stuff. However, I am only interested in various portions fo each category. My background is high income aviation and not the medical field, but I relate to the challenges of higher income/NW as your primary followers…Any advice to acquire various content items in lieu of the entire package…Thanks again….
Cheers!
Scott Rye
Lafayette, CO
We have no plans to break up this course and sell it off piecemeal. It just isn’t practical. But perhaps in the future we’ll be able to offer topic based courses such as estate planning, asset protection etc.
What pieces would you find most appealing?
I had the same question. I’m also not an MD. I read your answer, and it is of course your company, your call. I would like to listen to one or two presentations, and then probably stop. It is like seeing a restaurant with an unfamiliar cuisine. I am interested enough to go in and buy a dinner. But the restaurant says no, I can’t buy a dinner. The only way is to buy 50 dinners, eat one, and throw the other 49 in the garbage. Doing that feels wrong.
Let’s tweak your example a little. The restaurant offers a handful of main dishes, each of which comes with a certain salad, two sides, and protein for $34.99. You go in, sit down, and say “I just want the steak, I don’t want the potatoes, corn, or salad.” The waiter says, “That’ll be $35.99.” You’re like, but I don’t want the potatoes, I just want the steak. Since it’s only 1/4 of the items, I should only have to pay $9. After a long argument, the waiter comes back out with the owner who explains to you “I can’t stay in business selling steaks for $9. I can sell you a whole meal for $36 or I can sell you just the steak for $33. Which would you prefer?” You get up, scream “That’s outrageous,” and storm out the door yelling something about how the restaurant owner is trying to rip you off.
We’re not set up to sell lectures a la carte at this restaurant. Sorry. Maybe there’s a food truck down the street that will do that for you.
Wow.
Must have touched a nerve. Sorry.
Not really, just trying to explain why it doesn’t work to do what you would like to see.
I wonder where Amazon would be today if they had the policy: minimum order $695. Of course, they had the challenge of shipping physical objects rather than information over the internet. Plenty of unemployed IT guys right now if you need their help.
Your call.
-food truck guy
There’s a reason Amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world and WCI is not, they have a better CEO.
I’m told by our CTO that all those IT guys are finding work within a week of being laid off. They don’t come cheap either.
Seriously though, this online course is one of our premium products. 98% of the information/content we produce is totally free to you. Blog, podcast, videocast, email newsletters, social media etc. The books are practically free at $10-30. We have two premium products- the conference and our online courses. We don’t actually expect most of our audience to buy them, but given the size of the audience, don’t need very many to buy them in order for it to be worth producing them. We’re working on creating products at price points in between the books and our online courses but sometimes it’s hard to get motivated to do work when you’re already FI and when 800+ inches of snow have fallen this Winter. I spent today snowmobiling in the Uintas with the kids instead of making a $200 online course for you.
Nice! (I was skiing.)
Whenever your snowmobile runs out of gas would be fine. (Speaking for the food truck guy and many others.)
If I purchase does access to the lectures expire at a certain point or is it always available to me? Thanks!
While I won’t promise WCI will exist as a company until the end of the Earth, the intent here is for you to have indefinite access to any online course you purchase.