Physician Renaissance Network Expert Panel member Michelle Mudge-Riley, DO, MHA, recently wrote an article for ACPE titled “First-Person Perspective: MDs Explain Why They Chose the Non-Clinical Path.”
Here is a brief excerpt:
“If you’ve considered a non-clinical career or you are trying to learn more about what you could do in a non-clinical career, it’s nice to read stories about what other doctors have done.
When I coach and mentor other doctors, I tell them they can literally do anything in their careers. Sometimes the best physician leaders serve as clinicians but also have other career experiences. These things can be done at various points in your lifetime. There are opportunities in finance, business, sales, consulting, policy, research, communications and as entrepreneurs (and more). It helps to read about what other people have done to be inspired to consider what a non-clinical opportunity might mean for you.”
The article goes on to present several physicians’ first-hand accounts of why they went into non-clinical careers.
You can read the entire article at this link.
Michelle Mudge-Riley, DO, MHA is the founder of Physicians Helping Physicians (www.phphysicians.com). She can be reached at mudgeriley@yahoo.com.
