Dec 24, 2019
This week, I want to discuss the process of making the decision to leave clinical medicine and create a new vision for your future.
If you're like me, you have reached the point where you realize that there is something wrong in your medical career. It’s not meeting the expectations you had when you chose it. Even worse, it has actually become destructive.
Working in the grind of "corporate" or "assembly line" medicine doesn’t feel right. You wanted a career that brings joy and fulfillment. Instead you're becoming more and more unhappy.
What has brought you to this point? Well - Consider these questions:
And what have you done to address the situation?
It's likely that the requirements of current day medical practice in a corporate environment are not compatible with your vision, needs, or values.
Practicing high volume assembly line medicine is not satisfying to the physician OR the patient. Facing at least a 50% chance of being sued by a patient in your career, you might look at each as a future litigant, rather than a patient.
If you find yourself feeling these and other soul-crushing thoughts, then its time to say "I’VE HAD IT!" and move on.
I describe 3 reasons why today might be the day to finally scream "I've Had It! After that, you can get serious about pursuing a wonderful career that builds on your medical background.
For a transcript and links to resources mentioned in today's episode go to vitalpe.net/episode122