NonClinical Careers for Physicians™ Podcast

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For as long as I've been in this business, and the title of my very first podcast five years ago, the question I'm most asked by physicians is, what's out there. As I explain in person as well as in my podcasts, what's out there is the wrong question. Listen to learn why it is the wrong question, and learn what are the right questions.

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Failure is not a word you want to hear when planning to leave clinical practice, but physician career transitions to fail. The reasons are simple, and you actually know each one. After all, career transitions fail for the same reasons patients fail in their recovery, fail to avoid avoidable disease, fail to thrive. Listen to this podcast and you'll understand. Listen and you may be better able to answer your own question, "Will my career transition be successful?"

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In a hurry? Want your new job yesterday? You've come to the right place - NOT. Nonclinical career change or transition is not the same as securing a "next" clinical post. It's a different process, requiring different skills and a significantly different timeline. But, once you understand the process - much like a patient realizing that recovery from any disease or procedure does take time, you'll be able to shape your expectations appropriately.

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From working with the Big 4 to Boutique firms, you do have choice, and a choice may be to be your on consultancy. What format is best for you is a decision you can make and one you can also modify. Regardless, whether in an organization or on your own, you will need to define your brand as a foundation for your demand. But, once your your way, managing your business will be come more important as you determine your growth, your change, and your future.

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Being a consultant requires a range of skills. Some are very task oriented, some derive from emotional intelligence and some are just about, as in medicine, following proven principles and processes. Let's jump start your consulting career with this advice. 

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From defining consulting and consultants to understanding a successful consulting business structure to taking the right steps to be able to state your preferred consulting focus, this is the first of a series of podcasts predicated on transition from medical practice to the world of consulting. 

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This is the sequel I Just Lost My License. In this podcast I speak to the next steps in establishing a nonclinical career.

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If you've lost your license you need to take definitive action to understand your situation, the actions and work required to determine the status of the actions taken against your license and, the big question, what's next. You need expert advice most likely from a seasoned attorney with intense experience in addressing licensure issues with physicians. This podcast addresses those needs and presents possible ramifications of not taking appropriate actions to help yourself. 

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Over half of all physicians report some degree of burnout with up to 80% being affected in some studies.  Burnout is associated with twice the number of medical errors and associated increases in malpractice litigation.  It leads to staff turnover; it can cost up to a million dollars to replace one physician.  In 2021 over 230,000 MDs, RNs, NPs, PAs quit their jobs.  And one physician takes their own life every single day of every single year.  

Listen to hear Dr. Hinnebusch's personal story and about  resources to address physician burnout. 

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“Committees are, by nature, timid. They are based on the premise of safety in numbers, content to survive inconspicuously rather than take risks and move independently ahead.” 

Have you perhaps made similarly derisive comments about committees at your hospital or in your practice? If you have, you’re in good company. That particular quote is from Ferdinand Porsche. An  early to mid-20th century automobile pioneer 

 But, as you likely agree, Dr. Porsche’s quote is no less accurate today, and particularly as it applies to today’s job market. Why is this important to you?