Interview About Doctors Changing Careers
We recently found this on-line article written by Christopher Guadagnino, PhD, and entitled “Re-evaluating physician career paths.”
The article, published in Physician’s Digest News in August 1999. is an interview with Kent Bottles, M.D., a board-certified pathologist and then managing director at Diversified Search Companies and vice president and consultant at Manchester, Inc. The article starts by referencing “a 1998 survey by Levin of 6000 physicians in 22 different cities that revealed that 46 percent of all American clinicians often think about leaving clinical practice. That’s over 300,000 physicians in the United States . . .”
To read more, please visit the Physician’s Digest News website.
May 16th, 2009 at 1:29 am
what non-clinical as well as non-medical jobs are available for older physicians with over 30 years in private practice?
Is there a cost for appplying and sending a CV?
Thank you,
CNG
May 17th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Hello
There are numerous jobs for physicians, so you have come to the right place.
I went through a similar career change about 9 years ago and have written about the process in a book titled “Do You Feel Like You Wasted All That Training: Questions Form Doctors Considering a Career Change.” The book is available on the www.prnresource.com home page for $15.
You would probably benefit from interacting with physician peers who have made a career transition or are considering one. Joining PRN is free and available to physicians only. By joining, you will gain access to the Members Only section of the website, including the networking page, forum, and events page. To join, just go to the Join PRN tab at the top of the website and follow the instructions. It only takes a minute or two.
Good luck. We hope to see you on the PRN members pages.
Mike McLaughlin, MD
Founder, PRN