Anyone every known a physician who has switched careers?

Nov 13, 2019
1:14:13pm

5150man Playmaker

And by that I mean changing to a "regular" job (not just transitioning to management or patenting the device you invented). If so what did you/they do?

Our current EMR change is increasing my desire to do so. I'm slightly kidding but not really.

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Anyone every known a physician who has switched careers?

5150man Playmaker

11/13/19 1:14pm

Check with Dallascoug

Vernon Dozier

11/13/19 1:15pm

I've heard some complain about "not making any money" due to high insurance

Thrill

11/13/19 1:16pm

Dr. in a 6000 sq ft house with a condo in Hawaii,

Joe Banks

11/13/19 1:23pm

Wow what kind of doctor was that

Slim

11/13/19 1:24pm

The kind that works 2 days a week probably, but is considering moving to 3 days

Thrill

11/13/19 1:27pm

Yep, buddies dad growing up...

CoachSpeak

11/13/19 1:16pm

wow

HONOMO

11/13/19 1:20pm

I had a biology teacher in high school who went to med school and decided he

crack

11/13/19 1:22pm

Lesson - follow your heart, not $$$$

Y-Zag

11/13/19 1:39pm

Well, for some people.

Joe Banks

11/13/19 1:55pm

I still go back and forth on what philosophy is correct.

Backcountry

11/13/19 2:28pm

Thats rad

Backcountry

11/13/19 1:36pm

I had an oral surgeon in my law school class He wanted to be an expert witness.

Y-Zag

11/13/19 1:18pm

Yeah I have a colleague who went into industry because she hated patients.

Conan

11/13/19 1:27pm

Slightly off topic but our in house counsel loves not working for a firm.

Kauai

11/13/19 1:18pm

Changing EMRs = for the loss. Good luck.

m0resn0w

11/13/19 1:18pm

Just switching to the new latest and greatest from the company we've been with the last 10 years, Greenway

5150man

11/13/19 1:32pm

I met a physician who went back to law school and became a patent attorney.

Submariner

11/13/19 1:19pm

Either we know the same guy or I know a guy who did the same

Medute

11/13/19 3:35pm

Friend of mine went to law school and become a regulatory/policy lawyer

jkccoug

11/13/19 1:19pm

Michael Crichton do it.

MissBelyakova

11/13/19 1:20pm

As I remember it Crichton graduated from Harvard med school, then worked in

JmThms

11/13/19 2:18pm

RE: Anyone every known a physician who has switched careers?

crack

11/13/19 1:21pm

Friend's ex-husband dropped out of residency and started a landscaping company.

Kilgore Trout

11/13/19 1:21pm

hahahahaha. now we know why he quit

Idahofallsblue

11/13/19 1:41pm

I'm just waiting for the right mlm to come along

Slim

11/13/19 1:23pm

Go start your own, that's the best place to be

Salami Karate

11/13/19 1:27pm

Your opening pitch could be "Trust me, I'm a Doctor"

Y-Zag

11/13/19 1:32pm

Ken Jeong

Murray

11/13/19 1:25pm

Tell us a joke and we'll see if you can follow suit.

mudpupper

11/13/19 1:26pm

I don't know him personally but I know of a physician who became a commercial airline pilot.

Conan

11/13/19 1:25pm

I know a guy who changed careers later in life to become a doctor. Big mistake.

m0resn0w

11/13/19 1:25pm

A guy in my ward growing just retired and scrimped by on saving the rest of his

mudpupper

11/13/19 1:26pm

The founders of BioWare were doctors before they quit to make video games

BigTex

11/13/19 1:26pm

B-school classmate was previously a doctor

Greg Kite's 'stache

11/13/19 1:32pm

I know someone who did exactly the same thing although they are far apart in age

WDaddy

11/13/19 2:24pm

don't do that...there are options.. Cerner?

Idahofallsblue

11/13/19 1:39pm

My brother is a medical director and wants to quit every day and just go teach. I imagine it will happen eventually.

scootsy

11/13/19 1:45pm

I know a lawyer who switched to a physican midcareer

donnerstag

11/13/19 1:51pm

Yes. He quit, went to business school, and now works in private equity focused

WDaddy

11/13/19 2:22pm

Some days I would like to quit medicine and become a college professor.

Game Changer

11/13/19 4:18pm

I have a full-time scribe and it’s the most glorious thing ever

Medute

11/13/19 4:23pm

Epic, NextGen?

Conan

11/13/19 4:28pm

Have any emr companies ever talked to a doctor prior to producing their product?

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