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As many as 60-70% of jobs for physicians changing careers are the result of successful networking. Many of these physicians are now moving into non-clinical careers such as teaching, consulting, pharma, coaching, medical-legal, medical devices, compliance, and other careers. For example, this author recently identified 65 consulting niches alone for physicians to transition into. What do the experts recommend for effective networking? “The [...]

A CRISIS IN AMERICAN MEDICINE By: Peter Moskowitz, MD The practice milieu and the emotional profile and coping strategies of physicians are undergoing rapid change.  There is growing and widespread career dissatisfaction.  Increasing stress and burnout, medical disability claims, premature retirement, and alternative career planning by physicians are some of the secondary signs of this growing crisis in American medicine. BACKGROUND: PHYSICIAN CAREER [...]

SEAK faculty member who is a physician owner of a medical communications company answers the question: What advice would you give to physicians who are considering leaving clinical medicine and getting a non-clinical job in the medical communications field?   I would say that the biggest piece of advice is to take your time and research your options. Too often people reach the [...]

SEAK faculty member who is a physician owner of a medical communications company answers the question: What does a physician in non-clinical job with a medical communications company do?   Generally, a physician will work in either apposition of a medical director or a medical writer. I think the medical writer is a little bit more straightforward. Obviously people do various types of [...]

SEAK faculty member who is a physician TV Reporter (medical correspondent) answers the question: What opportunities are there in the media for physicians? I think there are a ton of opportunities in the media for physicians. There are lots of opportunities in television, from being a medical reporter, to a reality star, to a host of a show, to the expert on a [...]