Docs Outside The Box
Docs Outside the Box is a fusion of money, medicine, and pop culture. After paying off $662,000 in student loan debt, quitting their jobs, and launching 3 businesses, husband and wife, Drs. Nii and Renée Darko, have a lot to say about earning, saving, and investing your way to the lifestyle you’ve always wanted. These two docs parley about personal finance, careers, and the real world. Tune in for the gems. 💎 Stay for the laughs .😂 Welcome to medicine’s new media!
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 546
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Can doctors negotiate a "standard" contract? #389
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“It’s our standard contract.” As doctors looking for jobs, we hear this all too often from hospitals and practices. …
No nanny, no regrets: Why we made this choice (Locum series pt 4) #388
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Dr. Nii recently celebrated his 45th birthday which got him thinking a lot about the life that he’s built as a locum…
Important things to negotiate in a contract #387
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We’re back with our guest Jon Appino, founder of Contract Diagnostics. We’re going through the process of contract r…
Can NOT hiring a contract reviewer ruin your career? #386
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We’re talking to Jon Appino, founder of Contract Diagnostics, about why negotiating contracts is vital for doctors t…
How we started our locums LLC, Locums series part 3 #385
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Drs. Nii and Renée are back sharing how and why they started their locum tenens company, Equal Access Health. This i…
LIVE at Rosalind Franklin University - What healthcare workers need to know about money #384
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The docs stream LIVE as invited guest speakers to the Fundamentals of Interprofessional Practice class at the Rosali…
How to get started as a locums doc: Locums series Part 2 #383
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The docs break down the process of getting your first locums gig. They share their own experiences of learning about…
Harvard Surgeon Admits Substance Abuse; Q&A: How a surgery resident should share his writing online #382
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The docs get a question from a 4th-year surgery resident about how to take journaling about his experiences as a res…
2 ER docs wanna quit to be locums - Locum Series part 1, #381
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We love audience questions! 2 ER doctors who want to quit their jobs and start working locums wrote in to find out t…
Phillipines nursing school hack, boundary-setting millennials, and dating doctors #380
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In this fun episode, Dr. Nii and Dr. Renée chop it up about some IG reels that are trending.
Things to expect in this…
Who wins the Doctor burnout Olympics? #379
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In this episode, Drs. Nii & Renee discuss:
- Is there a Deion Sanders-like person in medicine?
- Coco Gauff wins the US Op…
Which comes first: Career or Marriage? #378
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On this episode, Dr. Renee and Nii talk
- Origins of Docs Outside the Box Podcast
- Did you get into medicine to be broke…
Allow Nii to Reintroduce Himself #377
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In this episode, you’ll get a reintroduction to Dr. Nii Darko. We’re talking about everything from growing up in New…
REPLAY: Tax Series Part 1: Tax Benefits of LLCs - How to use a LLC to save Taxes #376
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Nii is joined by Eric McGlothen, CPA and CEO of Eric McGlothen, LLC, to kick off a special tax series for doctors lo…
REPLAY: Money Trap #3: Getting paid less than your coworkers #375
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While we’re in Ghana for the month of August, we didn’t want to leave you hanging so we will be running replay episo…
REPLAY: Top 3 loan tips for doctors from The Student Loan planner #374
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While we’re in Ghana for the month of August, we didn’t want to leave you hanging so we will be running replay episo…
REPLAY: Doctors should quit their jobs after 15 years! (Julien and Kiersten Saunders of Rich and Regular) #373
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While we’re in Ghana for the month of August, we didn’t want to leave you hanging so we will be running replay episo…
REPLAY: What Dying Can Teach you about Financial Freedom #372
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While we’re in Ghana for the month of August, we didn’t want to leave you hanging so we will be running replay episo…
How we made our vacation to Ghana a tax write-off: Step by step #371
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In today’s episode, we discuss the exact steps we took to make our vacation to Ghana a tax write off. We also dive i…
Am I too old for medical school? #370
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In today’s episode, we discuss several listener questions like “am I too old for medical school” and how to manage p…