Doctors Leaving Medicine: Do You Need More Qualifications to Start an Alternative Career?

Episode Question: Do I need more qualifications to get started on an alternative career? I’m looking at one of the most common questions asked by Doctors who are looking at alternative careers and sharing an overview of why it’s important to understand how a qualification will help, its value and what the alternative options are. If you are looking at an alternative career it's completely doable without additional qualifications because as doctors we bring considerable skills and experience so understanding the value and reasons for additional  qualifications is key   KEY TAKEAWAYS As doctors, we are institutionalised in exam-taking and academia Some of the most successful people in the world do not have any qualifications. They have created value without requiring an institutional stamp A lot of doctors who go into occupational medicine don’t do more than a diploma but use their experience as a vocation Extra qualifications can be done to establish credibility and  authority in a new area and as an opportunity to fill knowledge gaps All qualifications have a price in terms of time and money There are qualifications and courses and both add value in different ways Consider carefully the return on your investment when undertaking a qualification   BEST MOMENTS ‘You can get onto an alternative career without further qualifications, it's completely doable’ ‘When you are a doctor considering an alternative career you need to think more laterally’ ‘I’m a recovering qualification junkie’      Connect with our great mission of connecting 1 million doctors  medicfootprints.org/joinourmission   ARE YOU A COMPANY OFFERING AMAZING CAREERS FOR DOCTORS? WORK WITH US https://medicfootprints.org/findgreatdoctors   GET NEW EPISODES FIRST & MY UPDATES HERE https://medicfootprints.org/joinourmission    TRANSFORM YOUR CAREER WITH ME AND MORE. https://medicfootprints.org/gopremium    ARE YOU A COMPANY OFFERING AMAZING CAREERS FOR DOCTORS? WORK WITH US https://medicfootprints.org/findgreatdoctors   REACH OUT TO OUR TEAM! WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! [email protected]    DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE AND LEAVE A REVIEW!   ABOUT THE HOST Dr. Abeyna Bubbers-Jones is a practising medical doctor and Founder of Medic Footprints: the global platform connecting doctors with diverse career opportunities beyond conventional medicine. Her mission is to dramatically elevate health outcomes in the world by connecting 1 million doctors with diverse careers by 2030. Continually exploring her own path off the medical treadmill, she has developed a wealth of expertise in specialist recruitment connecting industry & health tech companies with talented doctors, whilst supporting & coaching doctors in their own career development and wellbeing. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, Consultant Occupational Health Physician, BBC Expert Voice, Public Speaker, Musician and not-so-good boulderer!   REACH OUT! [email protected]