Cultivating a Craftsman Mindset in Continuing Healthcare Education

Anne Jacobson MSPharm, CHCP is an independent writer who has been specializing in healthcare professional education since 1999.We recorded our conversation in May 2021. For Anne and many colleagues in continuing healthcare education, the last 18 months or so has been a time of taking stock and reflection on what we want the next phases of our careers to look like. We discuss this process of reflection and the path it leads to questions about how we find fulfillment in work and life.As many guests on Write Medicine have shared, there are so many different stories of how we found our way into medical writing and medical education.Anne observes that across all these different stories is a consistent theme: most of us didn’t follow a pre-existing passion for medical writing or continuing healthcare education; we discovered it while we were on the road to other things.But what many people share in this space is what Cal Newport calls a craftsman mindset. We explore:✔️ How does a person get good at what they do?✔️What does craftsmanship look like?✔️ How do we keep things interesting in our work and create the life we want? Resources✔️ Continuing Medical Education (CME)✔️ American Medical Writers Association Conference✔️ National Association of Science Writers✔️ Cal Newport Professor of Computer Science at Georgetowno Deep Worko So Goodo Digital Minimalismo Craftsman Mindset✔️ International Society for Medical Publication Professionals✔️ National Association for Health Care Quality✔️ CME Palooza ✔️ UC San Diego Medical Writing Certificate Program✔️ American Medical Association (AMA) Medical Writing Certificate ProgramConnect with Anne: LinkedIn and TwitterConnect with AlexPodcast TeamHost: Alexandra Howson PhDSound Engineer: Suzen MarieShownotes: Linzy CarothersSupport the show📍Grab the WriteCME Roadmap⭐ Review the podcast🗞️ Biweekly Newsletter with tips and resources to enrich your CME content niche➡️ Join WriteCME Pro for ongoing professional development 🌐 Podcast website🎙️ Share the podcast Mentioned in this episode:Why Retreats Work: Disconnection, Body Wisdom, and the Science of Letting GoRewrite Your Power Retreat 2026This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

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Anne Jacobson MSPharm, CHCP is an independent writer who has been specializing in healthcare professional education since 1999. We recorded our conversation in May 2021. For Anne and many colleagues in continuing healthcare education, the last 18 months or so has been a time of taking stock and reflection on what we want the next phases of our careers to look like. We discuss this process of reflection and the path it leads to questions about how we find fulfillment in work and life. As many guests on Write Medicine have shared, there are so many different stories of how we found our way into medical writing and medical education. Anne observes that across all these different stories is a consistent theme: most of us didn’t follow a pre-existing passion for medical writing or continuing healthcare education; we discovered it while we were on the road to other things. But what many people share in this space is what Cal Newport calls a craftsman mindset. We explore: ✔️ How does a person get good at what they do? ✔️What does craftsmanship look like? ✔️ How do we keep things interesting in our work and create the life we want? Resources ✔️ Continuing Medical Education (CME) ✔️ American Medical Writers Association Conference ✔️ National Association of Science Writers ✔️ Cal Newport Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown o Deep Work o So Good o Digital Minimalism o Craftsman Mindset ✔️ International Society for Medical Publication Professionals ✔️ National Association for Health Care Quality ✔️ CME Palooza ✔️ UC San Diego Medical Writing Certificate Program ✔️ American Medical Association (AMA) Medical Writing Certificate Program Connect with Anne: LinkedIn and Twitter Connect with Alex Podcast Team Host: Alexandra Howson PhD Sound Engineer: Suzen Marie Shownotes: Linzy Carothers Support the show 📍Grab the WriteCME Roadmap ⭐ Review the podcast 🗞️ Biweekly Newsletter with tips and resources to enrich your CME content niche ➡️ Join WriteCME Pro for ongoing professional development 🌐 Podcast website 🎙️ Share the podcast

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