Clinician Career Reboot: Tips for transitioning into your next non-clinical healthcare role

This episode features Dr Ruth Vo, BND, MScHth(Edu), PhD Dr Ruth Vo is the Co-founder of Career Cliniq, Author and Australian Dietitian who is driven to help health professionals feel empowered and make sense of their evolving and interconnecting identities as they aim for a rewarding work life. She uses her years of experience managing complexity as a specialist hospital dietitian, the knowledge o...

Today's episode features Jackie Boyle, PharmD, MBA   Jackie Boyle is a pharmacy educator by day and coaches pharmacists and pharmacies in a part-time capacity. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2012, MBA from University of Findlay in 2016, and Master and Bachelor degrees from THE Ohio State University (O-H!) She is highly involved in professional organiz...

Today's episode features Dana Strauss, DPT.   Dana Prommel Strauss is a value-based care, Medicare, and healthcare delivery policy and regulatory expert, as well as a doctor of physical therapy. She works on the public policy team of a large, publicly-traded healthcare organization. Her mission is to help advance innovative payment and care delivery models through shifting incentives and optimizin...

Today's episode features Bryce Bowers, DO   Trigger Alert:   Podcast episode will dive into substance abuse, mental health struggles, and second chances   Dr. Bryce Bowers is a family medicine physician, currently in his last year of residency in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan. Thereafter, he began his military...

Today's episode features Adaira Landry, MD, MEd.  Adaira Landry, MD MEd is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Her academic interest focuses on mentorship of early career professionals. She has been awarded for her dedication to mentorship and education. Dr. Landry speaks nationally on mentor-mentee relationships and strategi...

Today's episode features Jordana Rutigliano    Jordana is a licensed social worker with a specialization in leadership, management and entrepreneurship and received her Master's degree at Columbia University. Initially drawn to the social work profession for its commitment to social justice, equity and anti-oppression frameworks and then drawn to healthcare from a lifelong mission to help others,...

Today's guest is Julia "Jules" Biedrzycki, PT, DPT, CSPO   Jules is a Physical Therapist who exchanged her goniometer for a Kanban board on her quest to create products that restore autonomy of care back to patients, and their providers. She is passionate about advancing and innovating the professions of rehab sciences and is on a mission to bring visibility to individuals who have applied their c...

Today's episode features Ahunna Freeman, PharmD, BCGP   Dr. Ahunna Freeman is a Nigerian American. She completed her undergraduate studies in Chemistry at The University of North Carolina at Asheville. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in 2009. Ahunna began her career in pharmacy as a community pharmacist in one of the big box r...

Today's Guest is Kirby P. Williams, MSN, PMHNP-BC Kirby P. Williams is a nurse practitioner who obtained psychiatric training and education from University of Virginia. Working as a mental health nurse practitioner since 2012 and enjoys mentoring and supporting future psychiatric nurse practitioners. From 2013-2022, she has worked in nursing academia in undergraduate and graduate level courses cov...

Today's guest is Elizabeth Batchelor Elizabeth "Liz" Batchelor is a stage 3b rectal cancer survivor, cancer free for over 2 years. Diagnosed at age 33, she faced unique challenges of having to endure a very serious diagnosis with a rigorous treatment schedule and navigating a complex medical system while also working full time as a single mom of two boys.  Elizabeth combines her prior history in t...

Today's episode features Cody Quinlan, PT, DPT, COS-C, CPHQ, SSGB for Part 2 of our conversation.  Check out part 1 in Episode 21.   Cody Quinlan is a dedicated and innovative Home Health Physical Therapist with over 12 years of diverse experience across various facets of healthcare. Recognized for a steadfast commitment to enhancing patient experiences, he has successfully navigated roles such as...

Today's episode features Cody Quinlan, PT, DPT, COS-C, CPHQ, SSGB   Cody Quinlan is a dedicated and innovative Home Health Physical Therapist with over 12 years of diverse experience across various facets of healthcare. Recognized for a steadfast commitment to enhancing patient experiences, he has successfully navigated roles such as Regional Director of Quality, Board Director of Outcomes, Adviso...

Today's episode features Oneika Griffin Webb, MS, BSN, RN   Oneika Griffin Webb is the Founder and Chief Quality Officer of QAPI Consulting, LLC™.  Her mission is to utilize her knowledge and expertise to help Medicare Certified Home Health Agencies prioritize Quality by developing structured processes that will improve performance gaps; sustain quality and performance improvement related to patie...

Enjoy Part 2 of the conversation with Tareka Wheeler, PMP.   [If you missed Part 1, listen to Episode # 18.]   Known to speak from the heart with a dash of sassy, Tareka Wheeler is an effective thought-provoking storyteller, who uses her own personal and professional journey to teach and empower others.  Whether she is teaching organizations how to develop a strategic plan or is presenting to prof...

Today's episode features Tareka Wheeler, PMP   Known to speak from the heart with a dash of sassy, Tareka Wheeler is an effective thought-provoking storyteller, who uses her own personal and professional journey to teach and empower others.  Whether she is teaching organizations how to develop a strategic plan or is presenting to professionals on how to advance in their careers without sacrificing...

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Today's episode features Jennifer Lapierre, MS, OTR/L. Jennifer (Jen) Lapierre is an Occupational Therapist by training and current Program Coordinator in the healthcare quality space. She graduated in 2018 with a Master's in Occupational Therapy and has clinical experience in skilled nursing, acute care, and paediatrics. Since leaving the clinical work environment, she has developed a passion for...

 This episode features Jessica Merino, DPT. Jessica Merino is a Physical Therapist who recently pivoted out of direct patient care and into healthcare performance improvement. In prior roles, she worked in acute care, acute rehab, school based, home health pediatrics, telehealth and digital health. She found herself bouncing from setting to setting as she yearned for continued growth and also "bui...

This episode features Kate Cozart, PharmD Dr. Kate Cozart is a primary care pharmacist, educator, author, and well-being advocate. In her "day job" she works as a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner in Primary Care and Chair of Preceptor Development/Teaching and Learning for her local healthcare system. Her passion for the topics of impostor syndrome, the inner critic, and psychological safety has le...

 This episode features Jaime Cozine. Jaime Cozine , PT, DPT, OCS holds a physical therapy operations role in the healthcare tech industry.  Jaime applies her broad perspective of the continuum of care and a passion for quality healthcare administration while balancing people management, stakeholder management, and program development in her new non-clinical role.   Jaime has experience in multiple...

 This episode features Amy Story, PA-C. "The only way to it is through it" - Amy Story Amy Story is a Physician Assistant turned health tech startup generalist. After spending 7 years in direct patient care between GI and mental health, she transitioned to supporting health tech companies through a range of roles including operations, product, and community. She is passionate about bringing more c...

This episode features  Alana Nash, PT, DPT.  Alana shares what it's like being in the middle of the journey. Alana Nash is a physical therapist experienced in the outpatient setting working with orthopedic and oncology populations. Working as a physical therapist in combination with her background in Exercise Science has sparked an interest in population health and chronic disease prevention. She...

On this episode, I share my journey into healthcare quality. Brandy Wilkins, DPT, CPHQ is a Healthcare Quality Consultant specializing in helping clinicians find their path, or defining point, through one-on-one career coaching, group workshops, resume formatting, practice interviewing, and providing support once you land your dream job. She also helps healthcare leaders with process improvement i...

This episode features  Brittney Costello, CSSBB, CPHQ. Brittney has a variety of quality and risk experience in various healthcare settings, from multi-speciality offices to acute care. She has worked in numerous roles including performance improvement, risk, and accreditation, and she is certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt by the American Society of Quality. She earned her master's degree in busi...

This episode features  Dawn Hayes, PT, Ph. D.   Dr. Dawn Hayes has been a Physical Therapist for 33 years with experience in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, home health, and academia. She received her Ph'D in Exercise Science along with a gerontology graduate certificate in 2007. Her career expanded to academia and then back to a corporate healthcare environment where she is now a Manager of...