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Your Career Diagnosis™

Your Career Diagnosis™

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You wouldn't treat a patient without a diagnosis, so why would you begin one of the most important steps in your career without the knowledge of a defined diagnosis.

Most physicians kick off their journey toward a nonclinical career by scouring job boards and wondering, *“What’s out there?”* But here’s the thing—that’s like a patient walking into your office with a health issue and simply asking, *“What treatments exist?”* You’d never advise a patient to take such a passive approach to their care, would you? Of course not! You’d dig deeper, assess their unique needs, and craft a tailored plan to get them back on track.

The same goes for your career. You’re not just looking for *any* job—you’re seeking the right fit, a role that aligns with your skills, passions, and goals. So why settle for a generic search when you deserve a strategic, personalized roadmap to your next big move? Let’s rethink your approach and turn this career challenge into an exciting opportunity for transformation!

A Structured Diagnostic Process

The CareerDiagnosis™ process is a scientifically grounded, systematic approach designed to guide physicians through career transitions with precision and clarity. Rooted in a structured interviewing framework inspired by the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) methodology, this process has been refined over more than a decade of experience in assisting physicians with career management and transitions. Here’s how it works:

Overview of the Process
The CareerDiagnosis™ is conducted over a two-day online engagement, ensuring flexibility and accessibility regardless of your location or schedule. These two days are entirely dedicated to you, structured to provide a comprehensive evaluation and actionable insights tailored to your unique career goals and circumstances.

Day 1: Discovery and Assessment
The first day is focused on **data collection and analysis**, driven by a structured exploration of your career objectives, requirements, and expectations. This phase is designed to establish a clear understanding of your professional identity, including:

1. Subjective Exploration
  • A detailed discussion of your career aspirations, motivations, and personal values.
  • Identification of what you find rewarding or unappealing in a career, including preferences related to income, location, and work-life balance.
  • Consideration of external factors, such as family obligations or personal constraints, that may influence your career decisions.

2. Objective Evaluation
  •  A systematic assessment of your skills, knowledge, and professional expertise.
  •  An analysis of your career history, including past roles, achievements, and challenges.
  •  Identification of transferable skills and areas for potential growth or development.

3. Expectation Alignment:
  •  A thorough overview of the physician career transition process, including common challenges, timelines, and success factors.
  •  A collaborative discussion to ensure alignment on the objectives and outcomes of the engagement.
Day 2: Synthesis and Strategic Planning
The second day shifts focus to synthesis and strategic planning, where the insights gathered during Day 1 are integrated into a cohesive career transition plan. This phase includes:

1. Assessment and Analysis:
  •  A deep dive into your background, career trajectory, and personal priorities.
  •  Identification of key themes, patterns, and potential barriers to achieving your career goals.
2. Goal Setting and Prioritization:
  •  Clarification of your short-term and long-term career objectives.
  •  Establishment of realistic timelines and milestones for your transition.
3. Actionable Recommendations:
  • Development of a tailored action plan, including specific steps to address challenges and leverage opportunities.
  • Guidance on next steps, resources, and strategies to ensure a successful transition.

Scientific and Process-Oriented Approach
The CareerDiagnosis™ process is grounded in a data-driven, iterative methodology that ensures objectivity and precision. By combining structured interviews, systematic assessments, and evidence-based frameworks, this approach minimizes bias and maximizes the likelihood of achieving your desired outcomes.

The process is designed to be collaborative and transparent, ensuring that you are actively engaged at every stage. By the end of the two-day engagement, you will have a clear, actionable roadmap for your career transition, backed by a thorough understanding of your unique strengths, preferences, and goals.

Outcome
The ultimate goal of the CareerDiagnosis™ process is to empower you with the insights, tools, and confidence needed to navigate your career transition effectively. Whether you are seeking to advance within your current field, pivot to a new specialty, or explore non-clinical opportunities, this structured, scientific approach ensures that your career decisions are informed, intentional, and aligned with your personal and professional aspirations.


Once we’ve established your diagnosis, we’ll dive straight into implementation—mapping out the essential next steps and crafting your personalized action plan with a clear timeline. Your Career Diagnosis is a comprehensive assessment of your career, designed to uncover your true satisfiers, needs, stress triggers, and future aspirations. By the end of this process, you’ll gain profound clarity about yourself and the direction you want to take. The goal? To assess, focus, and confidently choose the path that aligns with your future.

Ready to take the first step toward a more fulfilling career? Let’s get started today!


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Nobody's Going to Die...: …and other conventional wisdom of nonclinical careers for physicians (Physicians Guide to NonClinical Careers) 


Really, nobody is going to die. That's the major difference between day to day medical practice versus what most of the rest of us do for a living. At it's core, that represents a major sea change in thinking and acting for physicians. Learning to take chances, acting on intuition, and promoting your expertise are alien acts for most physicians in practice. In the nonclinical world, they spell not only survival but being able to excel. In the nonclinical world, they are simply conventional wisdom.

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Following the Compass Points to Your NonClinical Career: The Physicians' Guide to NonClinical Careers (Physicians Guide to NonClinical Careers) 

Career change for physicians is not as simple as completing online applications or sending your resume to a few recruiters. No, physician career change is actual career change, not job change. And for physicians who have changed practices before, you'll find this process very different as well.

Nonclinical career transition is a process, not an event, and it's a process that when done well follows steps similar to your treatment of your patients. You can't treat without a diagnosis, followed by detailed treatment planning and then implementation and management to a successful outcome. It's the same process, just with different tools and objectives. I'll show and tell you how to do it successfully so you're better prepared to create a new career in which you can be both happy and successful, not just taking any job that may become available.

What you'll learn...
  1. The critical elements of self diagnosis. You'll follow a SOAP note. Now, doesn't that make sense?
  2. Treatment planning means developing your marketing and personal branding materials. It also means learning how to use your materials to present yourself as a valuable expert rather than as just another job seeker.
  3. And you'll find treatment implementation and management is focused on a single objective, to place you in the same room, literally or virtually, with the people you want to be working with... to afford you the opportunity to discuss and present your value to them as a problem solver they need and want.
The Physicians Guide to Nonclinical Careers, Following the Compass Points to Your NonClinical Career, is the third edition of my step by step guide that for more than a decade has helped physicians better define, guide and manage their successful transitions from clinical practice to happy, successful and rewarding nonclinical careers.


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