Are you considering alternative careers for doctors that pay well?  When you are changing careers, money is an important factor to consider, especially when you have existing financial obligations such as mortgages, a desired lifestyle, and a family to support. Given the rising cost of living and inflation, exploring alternative careers that provide substantial income that can help you support your financial stability plans is crucial. 

Fortunately, there are a lot of alternative career opportunities doctors can venture into besides medicine. You can become an engineer, a designer, a product manager, or a business person. However, choosing to venture into alternative careers requires passion and making a difficult decision regarding your current clinical medicine career.

In this episode of the Disrupting Doctors Career podcast, we are joined by Dr Anna Klepchukova, the chief medical officer of FloHealth, to talk about alternative careers for doctors that pay well and are worth going into. In the conversation, we dive into different avenues you can explore when changing your career and potential opportunities in pharma, biotech, research, and health tech that offer favourable compensation for doctors.

If you are seeking financial stability in your career move and are eager to discover which career paths provide high earning potential for doctors, this episode is for you. Tune in and gain insights on how you can differentiate yourself from other doctors and grab opportunities in the fiercely competitive professional landscape.

What You Will Learn:

• [00:01] Intro and what in for you in today’s show 
• [03:26] Dr Anna's move from the traditional clinical career and why
• [09:20] How getting certification in sales and marketing changed Dr Anna’s career move game
• [11:47] Is Pharma really lucrative as they paint it? Find out!
• [16:48] The value doctors bring to Pharm companies that they are willing to pay for
• [20:43] Salary expectation to look for if you want to get into the health tech space 
• [22:34] Equity and how it translates to value for a doctor going into health
• [29:12] The choices Dr Anna had to make and how they have impacted her career path  
• [32:00] How to maximise your money to its full potential and enhance your financial stability 
• [36:09] Dr Anna's advice and recommendation on potential opportunities for doctors
• [38:35] What T-shape professional means and how to differentiate yourself 
• [41:02] How to ask for no money in your current role or job 
• [43:01] How to reach out and connect with Dr Anna
  
  

Standout Quotes:

• “Sometimes there are open positions in big pharm, and there are clinicians who want to join, who have deep knowledge in medicine, but this is not enough join. You have to have knowledge in marketing, product, design, business.” - Dr Anna [10:00]
•  “Just knowing how to treat endometriosis wouldn't help you to build a health tech product to treat endometriosis.”- Dr Anna [10:21]
• “There are no good or bad jobs; everything starts with understanding who you are and what you like to do in your life.”- Dr Anna [11:51]
• “The biggest outgoing in your life other than your mortgage is your tax, so why would you not want to proactively managed that.”- Dr Abeyna [34:28]
• “The world is different now and people and companies value T-shape professionals because all innovations happen in between.”- Dr Anna [38:25]

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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!

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