An article came out on Friday through the WBUR website titled “Why I Left Medicine: A Burnt-Out Doctor’s Decision to Quit.” The author is Diane W. Shannon, M.D., MPH, a freelance writer who focuses on performance improvement in health care. In the article, Dr. Shannon discusses her choice to explore the world of non-clinical careers for physicians and then go through her physician career change.
The article starts:
“When I introduce myself as a physician who left clinical practice, non-physicians ask me why I left. They’re generally intrigued that someone who sacrificed many years and many dollars for medical training would then change her mind. But physicians, almost universally, never ask me why I left. Instead, they ask me how. They call and email me with logistical questions, wanting to learn the secret of how I managed the transition out of clinical medicine (read “escape”).”
To read the full article, please visit the WBUR website.
