More and more physicians are leaving clinical medicine to pursue a career as a physician coach. Dr. Helane Fronek, a physician coach, will be speaking at the SEAK Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians Conference on October 22-23, 2016 in Chicago on physician coaching. Here is a recent interview with Dr. Fronek: Q: Dr. Fronek, how did you get into coaching of physicians? In 2008, [...]
Physicians are taking a long, hard look at the benefits and rewards of taking a non-clinical position at a health insurer. Dr. Sosunmolu Shoyinka will be speaking on this topic at the SEAK Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians Conference on October 22-23, 2016 in Chicago. Here is a recent interview with Dr. Shoyinka: Q: Dr. Shoyinka, how do physicians who work for health insurers [...]
Many physicians are now supplementing their income by performing independent medical exams (IME’s) and disability reviews. This work has the advantage of low or no overhead and can be done on the physician’s schedule. Dr. Philip Marion will be speaking at the SEAK Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians Conference on October 22 – 23, 2016 in Chicago. Here is an interview with Dr. Marion: [...]
Many physicians are now considering a career transition. How should physicians proceed with their career transition? Physician career coach Heather Fork will be a keynote speaker at the SEAK Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians Conference October 22-23, 2016 in Chicago. She will be speaking on: How to Plan and Execute your Successful Career Transition. Here is a recent interview with Dr. [...]
I recently had an opportunity to interview Tom Murphy, MD, the author of Physician Burnout: A Guide to Reconciliation and Recovery. Tom, how did you get interested in physician burnout? I first became interested in physician burn out when I experienced it myself. It seems like just yesterday that I had at in a posh auditorium in Chicago as an enthusiastic young adult [...]
Physicians who are better negotiators and understand how to negotiate their employment agreements will do significantly better than their colleagues. Remember, you can not only negotiate about salary and benefits but also for an improved lifestyle for both you and your family. While negotiation is an art and a learned skill, the following pullet-point techniques, if studied and utilized, will help all physicians [...]
Steven Babitsky, Esq. Physicians who are moving from a clinical practice to a non-clinical position will want to be prepared to negotiate a favorable employment contract. Here are recommendations to assist you. It’s not all about the money. Before you begin to negotiate salary you should consider items of equal importance, i.e.: Duties Hours Location Fringe benefits Corporate culture Support staff Long-term job [...]
Inertia & Physicians Changing Careers: What Jack & Suzy Welch Recommend Thousands of physicians are not happy or satisfied with their current employment situation. The recent Medscape Physician compensation 2015 report indicates that less than 50% of physicians feel that they are fairly compensated and approximately 50% ( depending on specialty) feel satisfied with their current employment situation. What are physicians doing about [...]
Philippa Keneally MD, MPH was recently interviewed about the opportunities and challenges facing physicians considering a non-clinical career. Dr. Keneally will be speaking at the SEAK National Non Clinical Careers Conference to be held on October 25-26, 2014 in Chicago, IL. Q. Dr. Kennealy, How important is it for physicians searching for a career change to follow their passion? First of all, it’s [...]
Interviewer: We're here today with Dr. Jack Coughlin, an Internist and Endocrinologist who works now as a medical consultant with Unum Dr. Coughlin can you please tell us about your last clinical practice? Dr. Coughlin: Yes so prior to moving to Maine where I took a position as medical consultant for Unum, I was at Cape Cod for approximately 20 years. Initially I [...]