I am a Pediatrician, SEAK alumnus, and have been able to successfully transition to a non-clinical career in large part due to what I learned at your conference. As pediatrician I had felt there was nothing in the non-clinical world I was qualified to do. This slowed my transition down for several years. During the SEAK conference I attended in 2016 I learned about my transferrable skills, spoke with mentors, and learned all the career options available to me. I was even lucky enough to make a connection with one of your recruiters to start some non-clinical contract work almost immediately after the conference. In April 2017, I started my first full-time non-clinical role There are many Pediatricians and other specialty trained physicians who feel because they are not internal medicine, family medicine or behavioral health trained there are few opportunities available for them. I read their stories everyday in the non-clinical career Facebook groups I belong to. I have been able to prove a Pediatrician can indeed make the transition, the opportunities are out there.

I attended SEAK in 2014 and I’m pleased to report that I have become a medical device entrepreneur. I invented something and am now running a start-up.  As a matter of fact, in Jan 2019, I will go full-time into running the start-up (I’ve been doing it half-time this year) and only have a very small clinical practice – just enough to keep my license active. My attending the conference in 2014 was really a good catalyst to get me started exploring the alternatives.

HI Jim, I attended the SEAK conference in 2017 and it was life changing. Six months after the conference I started my new dream career as a Medical Strategy Lead with [large contact research organization] I hired a coach that I met at the conference, Philippa Kennealy, and she helped to guide me through the process.

I did attend last year in Chicago and am now completely transitioned out of clinical practice into industry.  I am a Medical Science Liaison working for [Big Pharma Company] in Women’s Health.  I also utilized the services of Michelle Mudge-Riley, as a career coach to help me transition, and I met her through your SEAK course!