Jobs for physician executives

Where can you find jobs for physician executives who want to focus on medical management? I'm talking about positions like:

• Chief Medical Officer or CMO
• Chief Medical Information Officer or CMIO
• Vice President Medical Affairs or VPMA
• Executive Vice President or EVP

The American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) is a great resource for these types of jobs and you can find several physician executive jobs posted on LinkedIn.

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Another family medicine residency that combines an MBA

Here's another family medicine residency that combines an MBA:

The UMKC School of Medicine Community and Family Medicine Residency offers a unique program that combines a community hospital setting with the opportunity to gain additional experience at an urban hospital. The three-year program provides residents with the knowledge and skills necessary to be a successful family medicine physician in a variety of practice environments. There are currently 36 residents in the program. The program is nationally recognized as a program of excellence, particularly in the area of obstetrics education.

Beginning in 2004, residents can also choose to complete an MBA as part of their residency. The MBA in Health Care Leadership for Physicians is the first combined residency/MBA in physician healthcare leadership in the country. Designed to fit the schedule of family medicine residents, classes are held at nearby Rockhurst University. The program helps provide future physicians with the skills in business management and leadership necessary in today’s healthcare environment.

http://www.med.umkc.edu/residency/communitymed/resinfo1.html

10 Questions to consider before leaving clinical medicine

I'm constantly speaking with physicians about non-clinical career options. Some physicians wish to work in venture capital or investment banking and others simply have no idea what they could do if they left clinical medicine. I often start my discussions with the following questions: 

1.    What are the 3 most important/valuable things in your life?
2.    If you didn't have to worry about money or finances, what would you want to do with your life?
3.    If you had to start over, would you choose medicine? (if so, the same specialty?) If not a career in medicine, then what type of career would you choose?
4.    How happy/miserable are you in your current clinical practice? (rate on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 = hate, 10 = love)  Assuming that you are not very happy right now: what do you dislike about practicing medicine?
5.    How much flexibility do you have to relocate?
6.    What is your minimum salary requirement for the next 2-3 years?
7.    How much time would you be willing to spend traveling for work?
8.    Is there a specific non-clinical career path that you’d like to pursue?
9.    Do you enjoy writing? teaching? (rate on a scale of 1-10, 10 = highest)
10.    How many physicians do you know who are currently working in a non-clinical setting?




If you're seriously thinking about a career change, think about these questions. It's a simple way to assess realistic expectations and goals for both the short-term and long-term future. There are so many additional questions that also must get asked, such as:

• Are you willing to take risks if the potential benefits (and losses) may be great? 
• Are you willing to go back to school?
• How soon do you plan to leave medicine?
• Will you have any regrets if you never return to clinical practice?
• etc.

The list of questions can be endless, but I don't have time to get into all of those issues in a single conversation.  If you'd like to explore our personalized career coaching services, click here to learn more.

14th Annual AMWA-DVC Princeton Conference

Interested in medical writing? If you live in the Delaware Valley, then the AMWA-DVC (Delaware Valley Chapter) will be having it's 14th Annual Princeton Conference. Get ready for an intensive 1-day program of knowledge and networking! The AMWA-DVC 14th Annual Princeton Conference offers a choice of 4 credit workshops and 2 noncredit workshops. All programs are open to AMWA members and nonmembers.

Wyndham Princeton Forrestal Hotel & Conference Center
800 Scudders Mill Road
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Saturday, May 15, 2009

Workshops being offered at The 14th Annual Princeton Conference include:

• Statistics for Medical Writers and Editors (ES/G/SG) #110
• Sentence Diagramming for Clarity and Practicality (CP/G) #114
• Writing a Protocol in Compliance With the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Guidelines (NC
• Ethical Standards in Medical Publication (CP/EW/PH) #205
• Educating Sales Representatives About Science and Medicine
• (B/FL/PH) #303
• From Bench Scientist to Medical Writer (NC)

Learn more by visiting: http://www.amwa-dvc.org/

Jobs for medical school grads who don't pursue residency

The following post continues to receive a significant amount of traffic and I wonder if it will become more popular after Match Day (I really hope that's not the case, but you simply never know).

Here's the post, titled: 

Jobs for Physicians with No Residency Experience

Medical school graduates want to know, "what can I do if I don't do residency?"

If you didn't match into a residency this year, I hope you'll match next year. If you decide that residency isn't for you, then there's still hope for you to pay your bills and student loans.

MD, DO, PharmD, JD, PhD, MBA, MPH, MS

How many people do you know who have multiple doctorate and master degrees?

We commonly see MD, MPH (or DO, MPH)
I also know a few physicians with MD, JD
We see physician scientists with MD, PhD (or DO, PhD)
I also know quite a few people who have MD, MPH, MBA
It's less common to find someone who have MD, PhD, MPH, MBA

Where's the limit? There is none! So, what are these people doing with so many degrees? By the time you graduate with all these degrees, you won't have time to work because you'll be ready to retire!

Retiring from medicine to start another career

The other day, I spoke with a retired physician who is now completing an executive MBA program. This person is retiring from medicine (after many years of clinical practice) and is now embarking on several new business ventures.

Many physicians don't realize that business can be very fun. If you have a great business idea, you could take those ideas and create a company and generate a significant amount of revenue (if it's the right type of business model). If it's not a great business model, you may still have some fun if you're doing something fun and interesting.

Are you an entrepreneur? Recently, I've been listening to many different podcasts through iTunes that focus on business and entrepreneurship. Stanford, Wharton, and several other business schools have some great podcasts on iTunes U. It's free education!

Clinical Development Director

This job post is from the CCHIT (Certification Commission for Health Information Technology) website:

Clinical Development Director

SUMMARY

A senior clinician responsible for leading all aspects of the development process. Works with the Project Director to ensure success of the Certification Development process and fulfillment of the CCHIT mission.

The Clinical Director of Certification Development will:

• Manage and oversee development of the aspects of certification criteria requiring clinical knowledge
• Assure strategic alignment of CCHIT certification with Federal programs
• Bring industry and market knowledge to bear in identifying strategic and business growth opportunities
• Present certification criteria to the Commission and carry decisions back to the relevant work groups
• Closely coordinate the clinical aspects of criteria across domains
• Provide clinical leadership for the test script development process
• Lead concept development and prototyping of new CCHIT initiatives such as usability testing, etc.
• Participate in CCHIT’s outreach and educational programs as a presenter
• This is a full time, employed position and may be based in CCHIT’s Chicago office or work remotely.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

The Clinical Director reports to the Executive Director and receives technical guidance from the Chair. The Clinical Director supervises the Strategic Work Group Leads.

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