Brand New Dr.

If you feel like your career has become a long to-do list decided by someone else, this episode will give you tools to grow your potential for yourself.

I spoke with Sue Moseley a Senior Careers Consultant at King's college in London behind the strategy of Careers Education for the Health sciences. She has helped many healthcare professionals on the path to flourishing in their careers.

Her advice will take you from checking off someone else’s list to deciding your next best steps for yourself.

Listen to this episode to hear Sue's valuable advice on:
- Asking yourself the right questions when you're thinking of a career change
- Getting ahead in your career on your own schedule
- Navigating uncertainty and freeing ourselves from the expectations of others

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7 Questions to consider if you're thinking about career change (adapted from King's Careers and Employability - 7 factors of success):

1. How can I use my current knowledge and experience? E.g. qualifications, degrees, working experience etc.

2. How can I continue to thrive and move forward as I shift identity? E.g. developing on good habits

3. How can I explore new career options? E.g. online research, talk to people working in my area of interest etc.

4. How can I deepen my knowledge and understanding of myself? Journalling, asking family and friends what they've observed about me etc.

5. What are my goals in the short, medium and long term, and which actions do I need to take?

6. How can I tell my career change story in a compelling way when looking for new opportunities?

7. What practical things I need to consider? E.g. money and location etc.

Mckinsey Article to inspire how you think about your personal growth- Growing faster than the market: Three questions the C-suite should ask

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Dr. Veena Babu is a GP, bollywood dancer, youtuber and influencer. She also sadly experienced the loss of her mother last year due to late stage complications of type 2 diabetes.

In 2022, Veena began SADAH, the south asian diabetes association in memory of Helen, her mother. The mission is to educate and empower members of the South Asian community with diabetes to live healthier lives by teaching practical ways to manage lifestyle factors, medication and monitoring.

Grieving someone you care about or dealing with difficulties in life may look different for you but this conversation gives hope that we can find our own individual ways to cope and even make something beautiful in the process.

Listen to the episode to hear what Veena has to say about:

• Finding creative outlets to develop resilience as a doctor
• Dealing with the pressure to appear strong in difficult times
• Finding purpose and inspiration in our pain

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Art in Site is a studio of artists, designers, and strategists. Their work goes far beyond aesthetics - they create caring spaces which help people to heal, thrive and connect. They're responsible for art and interior design of projects at Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, King’s College Hospital and Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital to name a few.

What the directors Louisa Williams and Martin Jones had to say about creativity, delight and reward will inspire and empower you as a human being and a clinician.

Listen to hear their thoughts on how:

• Art and design can help to create a brighter future for healthcare
• Creativity can be cultivated through action
• Doctors can help to make better healthcare spaces

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This episode is all about career change.

I’m sharing the story of how I went from doctor to brand strategist and graphic designer and what I learned on the way that can help you in your career change journey.

In this episode I talk about:

• Mindsets to develop to help you to switch from following a traditional career path to carving your own
• Dealing with uncertainty and how to gain clarity on your journey
• How to stop overthinking and take action to move closer to where you want to be in your career
• Developing the confidence to take a chance on yourself

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What do people say about you when you’re not around?

Far from just a point of curiosity, the answer to this question is your personal brand. Your reputation is everything - when you start consciously shaping perceptions of you, you open up a world of opportunity.

I spoke with Dr Gillian Brooks PhD, Assistant Professor in Strategic Marketing at King’s Business School in King’s College London. Gillian has shared her expertise giving talks around the world, and as well as academic journals, her research has been published in Forbes, The Guardian and The times to name a few.

Gillian’s research on personal branding is not only fascinating, it’s relevant to every professional and student in healthcare. She has practical tips you can use to improve your personal brand right now, regardless of how developed it is - whether you’re an aspiring influencer or you’ve long forgotten your facebook login.

In this episode we talked about building a personal brand to:

• Consciously shape perceptions of you before you even walk in the room
• Build connections to take you further in your career than qualifications alone
• To nurture trusting relationships with patients and improve the healthcare experience
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How can you define success for yourself while you’re in training?

Whether you’re in university or on the job, training can feel like a series of hoops that you have to jump through. For a time, we live in a microcosm where grades and qualifications are the main measure of success.

My guest Dr Daniel Olaiya saw medical school differently. For him, it was a training ground ripe with opportunities to learn, and not only for exams. He has cultivated an entrepreneurial mindset which has led him to start and grow businesses, build his personal brand, and share his perspective on television.

In this episode we talk about;

• Developing a strategy for your training and career grounded in self awareness
• Making the most of the opportunities available to us while in education
• Going beyond book-smart to develop an entrepreneurial mindset

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This episode is all about transformation - our careers, our lives, our habits - you name it.

I sat down with the person who inspired me to get started with this podcast to talk about making a change and making that change stick.

My guest, Chike Eduputa, is a Digital Strategy and Transformation Consultant. To put this simply, this means he helps businesses to use technology to improve the way they work for the better.

We talked about how the tried and tested methods Chike has used in many projects for healthcare and major global companies can be applied in our lives and careers including

• How to overcome the most common challenges to reaching goals
• Where to find not just good ideas but great ones
• How to future proof your career and become a decision maker in healthcare with the introduction of new disruptive technology.

Mentioned in the show:

• Kotter’s model of change 
• Chike’s work on the Dark Matter AI project

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Have you ever felt trapped in your job as doctor or dentist, or even daunted at the prospect as a student?

I sat down with Dr. Nirja Joshi to talk about how to break free of this feeling and explore the many options open to us. We often believe that our ambition and our wellbeing are at odds with each other, but we discussed how our wellbeing can actually make us better at what we do.

Dr. Nirja is living proof of this as a GP and dance teacher who shares her passion for dance to promote wellbeing at work. She is also a fellow at Health Education England, and co-creator of The WorkWell doctors, an organisation helping to improve wellbeing in healthcare teams.

Sure, she may sound superhuman but she has a really relatable story of feeling trapped in her job, and rediscovering the things that truly bring joy to her life. In this episode she shares valuable tips on how to prioritise our time and energy so that we can improve our well being and bring enjoyment back into our work.

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For mental health and wellbeing support for healthcare professionals visit the Duty to Care website where you can also learn how you can support their work.

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Does healthcare have anything to do with design? And what could you possibly learn from it as a healthcare professional or student?

I had a fun chat with Jack Trotman a seasoned graphic designer, head of the UK branch of Shillington College of Graphic Design, and my teacher from my time there. Having worked in publishing, architecture, film and art to name a few industries, he knows a thing or two about the wide applications of graphic design. 

We connect the dots with design and talk about the many ways it can improve the healthcare experience. From communicating better with patients and creating a brand that stands out, to improving safety and accessibility, there are endless possibilities when good design and healthcare meet. 

So are you ready to talk about healthcare with a graphic designer?

Resources:

1. Follow me,  Rolake Ojo on instagram @rolake.so - message me, I would love to hear from you!

2. Read Against Creativity by Oli Mould - breaking down our preconceptions about creativity and redefining it as something that everyone can truly enjoy and benefit from.

3. If you want to learn more about design

- Find out more about Shillington at shillingtoneducation.com and learn more about the world of design on their blog

- Join a community -  get to know and learn from other creatives at The Arena

- Get inspired at Nicer Tuesdays the last Tuesday of every month with fun, candid talks from creatives of all kinds 

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If you wanted to make to make a change in the world, what's the first thing you would ask yourself? The question 'how do I begin?' is obvious, but the answer is less so. And then of course there's the challenge of following through.  My guests Dr Remi Mogekwu and Dr Jennifer Owusu Adjei share how they face these frustrations in their work to improve the healthcare outcomes for black women. Chat Her Box, the platform they created is using social media to give black women a safe space to ask questions about their health. It’s wonderfully simple, but this can make all the difference by helping patients to feel empowered to get the right treatment for them.Simple does not mean easy - Remi and Jennifer are also specialist registrars in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at busy hospitals in London. You may also be in full time training, busy studying or juggling other commitments in your life and want to solve big problems like health care inequalities, perhaps even at the same time as you’re figuring out how to navigate the professional world as a minority. If you don’t know how to start, where to start and how to keep going in spite of the obstacles, start here, listen to this conversation.Follow Remi and Jen @chat.her.boxFollow me,  Rolake Ojo on instagram @rolake.so - message me, I would love to hear from you!

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