The annual meeting of the Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists will include several presentations on career evolution and non-clinical career options. (more…)

Are you interested in learning about consulting for insurance companies? Here is an entry by Joe Lee, MD, a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation expert and PRN member, regarding his experience in this area. (more…)

This is the 3rd and final part of my experience undergoing a Birkman personal inventory assessment. Parts 1 and 2 discuss the process of answering the inventory questions and the initial evaluation tabulated to provide scores across 11 behavioral components. These preliminary steps could be used for multiple purposes. I had asked for an evaluation representative of a person trying to identify future career options. Here is the final evaluation of how the assessment translated into the best career options for me. (more…)

Unique Opportunities Magazine has an on-line archived article entitled “Making Connections On Line: Use on-line networking Web sites to expand career opportunities and open doors,” written BY Marcia Layton Turner.

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PRN wishes everyone a happy holiday. While you are enjoying the holiday, keep in mind that you’ve got a little less than half a year to fulfill your 2008 New Year’s resolutions. Did you want to improve your current career situation, search for new options, or just expand your network? Move those resolutions one step forward by signing up for our free private networking page, joining our newsletter subsciption list, or buying the book, “Do You Feel Like You Wasted All That Training?” Good luck with the second half of the year!

I recently wrote about my experience answering 298 behavioral questions about myself for a Birkman assessment. My answers to the personal inventory were then tabulated to provide scores across 11 behavioral components. (more…)

Dr. Steven Targum serves as Chief Medical Officer at BrainCells, Inc. (BCI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of breakthrough small molecule therapeutics for diseases of the central nervous system (CNS).  (more…)

I just sat down at my computer and answered 298 questions about myself as part of a career development assessment. The questions were straightforward, and the process only took about 45 minutes. Now I am waiting for the results, intrigued and a bit intimidated by what I might find out about myself. (more…)

I found an interesting article by Bonnie Darves posted on the Career Center page of the New England Journal of Medicine website. The article covers the clinical and administrative steps that one needs to take when leaving practice. (more…)

Mike Diem is a Principal at SR One and a member of the Metastatix Board of Directors.
He joined SR One in 2005 and is a Kauffman Fellow. He is currently a board director at CalciMedica and a board observer at Trinity Biosystems and Protez Pharmaceuticals.

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