Physicians' Pathways to Non-Traditional Careers and Leadership Opportunities

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<p>Increasingly, physicians are leveraging their medical training and expertise to pursue careers in non-traditional arenas.  Their goals are diverse:</p><p></p><p>·         Explore consulting as a way to improve patient care</p><p>·         Lay the foundation for a career in academic medicine</p><p>·         Provide leadership in healthcare</p><p>·         Strengthen ties between a clinic and the community</p><p>·         Broaden ones experience as a medical student</p><p>·         As a journalist or writer, open a window onto medicine for non-experts</p><p></p><p>Some physicians will pursue another degree, while others may not, in anticipation of moving into public service, business, education, law, or organized medicine. Their common ground is the desire to enhance their professional fulfillment.</p><p><b></b></p><p>Drs. Urman and Ehrenfelds book features individual chapters on the wide array of non-traditional careers for physicians, each one written by an outstanding leader in medicine who him- or herself has successfully forged a unique career path.  A final chapter brings together fascinating brief profiles case studies of physicians who have distinguished themselves professionally outside of traditional settings.</p><p></p><p>Suitable for readers at any point in their medical career practitioners, fellows, residents, and medical students who want to explore possibilities beyond traditional medical practice, the book also sets out common-sense advice on topics such as work-life balance, mentorship, and the relationship between personality and job satisfaction.</p>

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<p>Richard D. Urman, M.D., M.B.A. Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School Director, Hospital Procedural Sedation Management and Safety Co-Director, Center for Perioperative Management and Medical Informatics Brigham and Women¿s Hospital Boston, MA   02115    USA</p><p>Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics Director, Center for Evidence-Based Anesthesia Director, Perioperative Data Systems Research Medical Director, Perioperative Quality Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN   37232    USA</p>

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