Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica

In this epsiode, John describes what motivates him to write and produce this podcast.

In this episode, John talks with Dr. Katrina Ubell, pediatrician and certified weight and life coach. Dr. Ubell transitioned to full-time coaching about two years ago, after completing her coaching certification.  Her business has become very successful, helping hundreds of clients through individual and group coaching. She has focused primarily on the mental models and mindset issues that prevent...

In this episode, we learn about three fulfilling nonclinical careers based in the hospital setting. They are similar in that they all generally require residency training, board certification and three or more years of experience. The steps in pursuing each of them is similar. Overcome self-limiting beliefs holding you back. Participate in hospital committtees and teams in the area of interest. Jo...

This episode is devoted to describing the CPE, or certified physician executive, program. This certification process was established 20 years ago as a way to recognize physicians who have completed a rigorous set of educational and experiential requirements that ensure they have the necessary business and management skills to be effective leaders. John describes the history of the development of t...

In this episode, John speaks with Canadian anesthesiologist Dr. Cindy Wang. Dr. Wang has been providing anesthesia services for about four years. She is very interested in pursuing a career in hospital management, ultimately as chief medical officer. She has already started work on a master's degree in public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston. Cindy describes some o...

In this episode, I pay tribute to my mother, Vicky Jurica, who died at the age of 84 on April 7. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, 10 children, 29 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and hundreds of friends and family whom she loved and who loved her.

Emergency Medicine Nocturnist, Dr. Charmaine Gregory, explains how she eliminated burnout by addressing her own fitness and becoming a health and fitness coach for others. This side hustle has been growing and now Charmaine has a loyal following of clients. She continues to work as much as ever as an EM physician. But she ended her burnout by restoring balance in her life. Recently, she participat...

In this episode, Dr. Sylvia Romm describes her journey from clinician to digital health innovator. A board certified pediatric hospitalist, she created a telehealth business and later sold it to a large health IT company, American Well. Now Sylvia serves as its VP for Medical Affairs. During our conversation, Sylvia provides an overview of the current state of the telemedicine industry. She also a...

In this epsiode, Dike Drummmond describes the five major causes of physician burnout. Based on almost 20 years of coaching physicians with burnout, he explains candidly how medical education and the current practice of medicine contribute to its development. Finally, he describes how you can begin to overcome burnout.

In this episode, John responds to a listener's question about pursuing a career in quality improvement. He describes in detail the steps he recommends you follow to become a medical director for QI and ultimately Chief Quality Officer for a hospital or medical group.

In Episode 26, John describes what he has learned in the first 25 episodes of Physician NonClinical Careers. He lists 10 things he has learned from guests, Facebook group members, and podcast listeners, and acknowledges the support he has received along the way. He also promises to share what he's learning from blogging and podcasting for those in the audience who wish to pursue an online business...

For this episode, I wanted to talk to someone with intimate knowledge of an MBA program, especially someone that has worked with physicians. Luckily, I was already introduced to such a program by one of my previous podcast guests. I interviewed Atish Jaiswal in the third episode. When the interview was published, he was about 2/3 of the way through his physician executive MBA program at the Univer...

In this episode, John interviews Dian Ginsberg, the Director of Career Services at the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL). Through their conversation, we learn that the AAPL is the oldest organization devoted to physician leadership, and that its members are physicians only. Previously known as the American College of Physician Executives, it provides education, career services,...

In this episode, John interviews obstetrician/gynecologist Stephanie Pearson. Stephanie was forced to leave her practice due to a work-related injury. To make matters worse, her disability insurance refused to cover her injury when it became clear she would not be able to return to her specialty. Ultimately, Stephanie was able to overcome these challenges and forge a new career. She developed a pa...

In this episode, John interviews Dr. Mandy Armitage. She was trained and board certified in physical medicine and rehabiltation and sports medicine, but left clinical practice to pursue full time medical writing. She describes her transition, and provides actionable advice for any physician wishing to pursue a writing career. We talk about taking a writing course, and networking through the Americ...

In this episode, John describes four of his biggest money mistakes, and a new course for high income professionals that will help you to avoid them.

In this solo episode, John describes his path to becoming a hospital chief medical officer. Then he lists 10 reasons why physicians should pursue a career in hospital management.

In this episode, John interviews Mike Woo-Ming, MD, MPH, about his experiences as an entrepreneur, author, marketing consultant and physician educator. Mike started his first side hustle while still in training, teaching undergraduates how to successfully prepare for and apply to medical school. He subsequently started several businesses, in the fields of online marketing, consulting, software dev...

In this episode, John interviews physician career coach Heather Fork, MD, CPCC. She describes her journey from dermatologist to coach, her approach to career transition, examples of three successful clients, and the five common mistakes to avoid along the way. Heather provides encouragement and reminds us that we can, and should, pursue a career that brings joy and fulfillment. She goes into some...

In this episode, John interviews Charlotte Weeks, career coach and resume-writing expert. She describes how to design the ideal resume for the physician seeking a nonclinical career. She addresses issues such as: the need for a cover letter; the length of the resume; the difference between a CV and a resume; how to identify and describe accomplishments to include; the best way to be sure each resu...

In this episode John describes his involvement with nonprofit boards. He lists the five major benefits of volunteering with a nonprofit, including how it builds new skills and expedites career transition. He also reviews Dr. Pamela Wible's book Phy sician Suicide Letters Answered.

In this episode, John talks with Dr. Robert Gleeson, internist, author, physician executive and leadership coach. As a coach, Dr. Gleeson describes the questions that frustrated physicians should answer before choosing to leave medicine. 

In this episode, John explores the field of clinical informatics with Dr. Brian Young. Dr. Young is a physician informaticist at Dignity Heath. He provides insight into the training and other resources listeners may need to pursue this career.

In this episode, John describes the consequences of a victim mindset. He provides 5 reasons why this victim mentality should be abandoned and the benefits of leading to ourselves, our families, colleagues, teams and communities.

In this episode, John interviews Dr. Timothy Owolabi, Physician Advisor and Medical Director of Care Management at Summit Health. Tim describes the training needed to enter this field and provides a helpful list of resources for listeners to access.