Behind the Scenes Look at Planning the First Nonclinical Career Summit

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Dr. Chelsea Turgeon provided a fantastic lecture for last year’s Nonclinical Summit. As I was preparing for this year’s 2024 Summit in April, I thought you would genuinely appreciate hearing part of that presentation here on the podcast.

She starts by explaining how she recognized her poor fit for a career in medicine in medical school and residency. Much of it was because of her need to meet the expectations of others in her life, rather than pursuing her passions. But the longer she stayed in medicine, the more miserable she became.

What began as a 5-week leave of absence became a permanent exit from her OB/gyne residency. She goes on to describe her journey, first teaching English in South Korea, to becoming a Digital Nomad, starting her own business, and generating a six-figure income while living in 20 different countries.

She finishes her presentation by describing how she and others found meaningful work while living the most interesting and fulfilling life she could imagine.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/digital-nomad/

Our guest this week was working as a dentist when her entrepreneurial instincts kicked in. She created a very successful referral-based dental clinic, then a professional dance company, followed by a business coaching company for dentists. After that, she developed a social media agency with 14 full-time employees, which later morphed into her current business Unleashing Influence, Inc.

Dr. Angela Mulrooney completed her Doctorate in Dental Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan and ran her own practice from 2009 until 2015 in Calgary, Alberta. She now helps clients pivot to entrepreneurship, leverage their expertise, and do work they love from any location they choose while earning more.

During our interview, Angela tells us her unique story, including her experiences as a consultant and coach helping other clinicians build their own businesses. She also explains how marketing using LinkedIn drives much of her own business, and how you can do the same.

Before exiting the interview, she has encouraging words for physicians who are frustrated, bored, or disillusioned with working in the corporate healthcare system.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/create-your-ideal-life/

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You can learn the business and management skills you need by enrolling in the University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA program at nonclinicalphysicians.com/physicianmba.

Get the FREE GUIDE to 10 Nonclinical Careers at nonclinicalphysicians.com/freeguide.

Get a list of 70 nontraditional jobs at nonclinicalphysicians.com/70jobs.

Physicians leave clinical medicine for a variety of reasons. Many leave due to burnout or job dissatisfaction. However, a small and growing number have been forced out of practicing medicine by a process called sham peer review.

Peer review is a legitimate process to protect patients in which fellow physicians on a hospital medical staff objectively review a physician’s work. But the process can also be used to falsely accuse physicians of poor performance to silence them and have them removed from the medical staff. The process almost always results in a National Practitioner Databank report, which makes it difficult to maintaining malpractice insurance coverage, and eventual rejection from payor physician panels.

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and Dr. Lawrence R. Huntoon have spent the past twenty years fighting this unfair abuse of the peer review process. Dr. Huntoon is the Past President of the AAPS and has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons since 2003. He has also been the Chairman of the AAPS Committee to Combat Sham Peer Review since 2004 and is an internationally recognized and court-qualified expert in sham peer review.

In this week’s interview, Larry describes how sham peer review works, and why it is so devastating to physicians. He also provides tips on how to lower your risk of sham peer review, recognize it early, and address it when it happens.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/sham-peer-review/ 

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You can learn the business and management skills you need by enrolling in the University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA program at nonclinicalphysicians.com/physicianmba.

Get the FREE GUIDE to 10 Nonclinical Careers at nonclinicalphysicians.com/freeguide.

Get a list of 70 nontraditional jobs at nonclinicalphysicians.com/70jobs.

One of the most common questions we get is whether there are health plan utilization management medical director jobs for specialists. It is a popular nonclinical job, and there is a widely held belief that only primary care physicians qualify.

This question and many others were addressed by my guest, Dr. Richard Berning, in May of 2019 for podcast episode 88. Today’s episode is the replay of that interview. Dr. Berning practiced pediatric cardiology for 20 years before deciding to leave clinical medicine and take his first job as a medical director for a large health plan. And in today’s interview, he explains why he loves that job. He also describes the requirements for landing the job, the usual job duties, and why it is open to both primary care physicians and specialists.

Rich also provides tips for obtaining applicable experience while still working clinically, and how to find that first full-time position as a medical director.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/medical-specialists-and-um-jobs/

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You can learn the business and management skills you need by enrolling in the University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA program at nonclinicalphysicians.com/physicianmba.

Get the FREE GUIDE to 10 Nonclinical Careers at nonclinicalphysicians.com/freeguide.

Get a list of 70 nontraditional jobs at nonclinicalphysicians.com/70jobs.

Ethan Nkana founded his agency, Rocky Mountain Physician Agency, to honor his mother's legacy as an anesthesiologist by helping physicians like her earn the highest possible compensation in their employment agreements.

With his JD and MBA degrees and over 15 years of hospital executive experience in physician contracting, hospital operations, and human resources, he has a deep understanding of the complexities of physician employment agreements.

He has negotiated hundreds of physicians' contracts and his focus now is on helping physicians earn the highest salaries in the market while optimizing their entire benefits package.

In today’s interview, Ethan describes his experiences helping negotiate contracts and how he addresses salaries, noncompete clauses, tail coverage, and other critical issues. And he explains why it is critically important to negotiate the best possible employment contract possible.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/negotiate-a-great-contract/

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You can learn the business and management skills you need by enrolling in the University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA program at nonclinicalphysicians.com/physicianmba.

Get the FREE GUIDE to 10 Nonclinical Careers at nonclinicalphysicians.com/freeguide.

Get a list of 70 nontraditional jobs at nonclinicalphysicians.com/70jobs.

In this week’s show, John interviews Dr. Morgan Leafe. Dr. Leafe is a board-certified pediatrician with over 20 years of experience in clinical practice and medical education. She received her medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and a Master’s in Healthcare Administration (MHA) with an Informatics Concentration from St. Joseph’s University, also in Philadelphia. She is also board-certified in Clinical Informatics.

Morgan was very intentional about leaving clinical medicine and starting a freelance nonclinical career that allows her to work remotely, including while traveling. She chose to become a medical writer and started part-time about 5 years ago. Today she writes full-time, with a focus on writing for medical education companies, blogs, websites, life care planning organizations, board review companies, and others.

In today’s interview, Morgan describes her career journey and the types of writing that she does. She provides advice on how to explore and prepare for a career in medical writing, including the characteristics of each genre and how to use mentors and networking to find writing projects as a freelancer.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/love-medical-writing/

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You can learn the business and management skills you need by enrolling in the University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA program at nonclinicalphysicians.com/physicianmba.

Get the FREE GUIDE to 10 Nonclinical Careers at nonclinicalphysicians.com/freeguide.

Get a list of 70 nontraditional jobs at nonclinicalphysicians.com/70jobs.

Is it still possible to open and run a successful private practice? With practices being bought out by large systems, and newly trained physicians choosing to begin their careers as employees, the private practice is disappearing. However there is a small but persistent group of physicians making it work. Concierge and DPC practices are also breathing life into the private practice.

One of the challenges to running a successful private practice is that most physicians do not have the business training to run a small business. While it does not require an MBA, there are basic business concepts that must be understood for any business to succeed. In this interview with Mr. Eric Miller, listeners will learn some of those basic principles, and how to find the help they need to start a practice and nurture it into a valuable asset.

Eric founded Econologics Financial Advisors in 2012. His tagline is “We turn practice owners into financial beasts: Debt Free. Protected. Invested. Set for Life.” He and his team have helped hundreds of healthcare practice owners learn to treat their practices as investments rather than jobs.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/valuable-business-asset/

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You can learn the business and management skills you need by enrolling in the University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA program at nonclinicalphysicians.com/physicianmba.

Get the FREE GUIDE to 10 Nonclinical Careers at nonclinicalphysicians.com/freeguide.

Get a list of 70 nontraditional jobs at nonclinicalphysicians.com/70jobs.

When I began attending management meetings, I was hearing my fellow hospital executives talk about doing a “Swat” Analysis. I figured the term was borrowed from the concept of a Swat Team, since Swat Teams are police tactical units trained, equipped, and deployed to resolve "high-risk situations" quickly.

Later I came to understand that a SWOT Analysis was called that because it is the acronym for a study undertaken by an organization to identify its internal Strengths and Weaknesses, as well as its external Opportunities and Threats. Ideally, a SWOT Analysis is performed by a team, in which each participant brings their unique perspectives and backgrounds to produce a comprehensive list of the SWOT components that can be used to maximize the odds of success when developing a new service or product.

In this podcast episode, John posts a recording of a lecture he gave in which he described his experiences with participating in and running SWOT Analyses from 2 years ago. In it, he also describes how to translate the findings of an Analysis into a series of goals in which a strength or opportunity is used to overcome a threat or weakness. 

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/swot-analysis/

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You can learn the business and management skills you need by enrolling in the University of Tennessee Physician Executive MBA program at nonclinicalphysicians.com/physicianmba.

Get the FREE GUIDE to 10 Nonclinical Careers at nonclinicalphysicians.com/freeguide.

Get a list of 70 nontraditional jobs at nonclinicalphysicians.com/70jobs.

Dr. Nilesh Dave is a pulmonologist and sleep and critical care specialist. In addition to his medical training, he obtained his Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Master of Business Administration at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.

He first appeared on the podcast 4 years ago. At the time he was practicing and serving as a medical director for one of the regional Blue Cross/Blue Shield subsidiaries. Since then, his career has continued to flourish, and he is now Vice-President for Clinical Effectiveness and Chief Medical Officer for a large hospital system.

In today’s interview, we discuss how his career as a hospital senior executive developed. Nilesh shares advice for others who wish to pursue a similar career path, including his opinion about obtaining advanced certifications and degrees.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/health-system-chief-medical-officer/

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You can support this podcast by making a small monthly or annual donation. To learn more, go to nonclinicalphysicians.com/donate

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In this week’s show, John interviews Dr. Luissa Kiprono. She is a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist who first appeared on the podcast 2 years ago. Dr. Kiprono attended the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine; completed her residency at Wright State University/Wright Patterson Medical Center (OB-GYN); and her perinatology fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In 2020 she completed her executive MBA at the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business.

For most of her career, she worked in a traditional perinatology practice. But in 2022, she started TeleMed MFM, her solo telemedicine practice. Combining technology and commitment to excellent medical care, she is able to make high-risk pregnancy care available to all women beyond borders or geographical limitations. During our interview, she describes how she built her practice, and how she integrates state-of-the-art diagnostic technology into it.

Finally, Dr. Kiprono recently completed her memoire, which is set to be released in February, called Push, Then Breathe: Trauma, Triumph, and the Making of an American Doctor. During our conversation, she explains the inspiration for the book and the process of publishing it.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/new-telemedicine-service/

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You can support this podcast by making a small monthly or annual donation. To learn more, go to nonclinicalphysicians.com/donate

Get the FREE GUIDE to 10 Nonclinical Careers at nonclinicalphysicians.com/freeguide.

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