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November 19,2023 at 4:33PM UTC

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I am new here. I am a Medical Doctor. Although being a physician is a rewarding profession in terms of income and respect, it is not always been on my mind to work as a doctor. After working as a general practitioner for less than a month, I lost all my passion for my new profession within a short while. So, I quitted my job and started to work on my passion. However, being a jobless became a big problem , because I needed an income to push forward. So, I will appreciate any kind recommendation and advice from your experience.

Thank you in advance

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MaryJane HopkinsNovember 19,2023 at 5:24PM UTC
Your state shoud have a place called Worksource or something similar which the state provides for people who need help with their career. There's job coaches and other staff that can help you navigate how to transform your passion into employment. This a free service.
AprilNovember 19,2023 at 5:30PM UTC
Hello
Can you clarify your ask? Are you asking for a recommendation to transition from doctor to some other profession.
RobertNovember 21,2023 at 5:31AM UTC
Yes! At least!
AnonymousNovember 19,2023 at 5:39PM UTC
What's your passion?
AnonymousNovember 19,2023 at 5:40PM UTC
All that work and training to quit within a month?
AnonymousNovember 19,2023 at 5:49PM UTC
Depends on what your passion is.
To bring in income you need to figure out how to use your education and training to bring in some income until your business is able to provide you an income.
Maureen WhitehurstNovember 19,2023 at 7:39PM UTC
Consider checking with your local community college about teaching a course or 2 as adjunct faculty. Many students are completing pre- requisite courses in biology, anatomy and physiology or microbiology. With your credentials you are highly qualified. Also you are aware of the clinical challenges students face as they begin preclinical hospital assignments. Semesters can be very short. Good luck.
AnonymousNovember 19,2023 at 10:14PM UTC
Are you in the US or outside the US? I am a non doctor working in the medical field manufacturing medical implants. We have a lot of employees with medical degrees and training who work as customer service (obviously very high level advising physicians, not like doing a return at Amazon) sales representatives, on product design teams, as researchers and presenters and other roles where the medical training is important but they are not in active medical practice. Depending on your interests you might find a role of this nature of you look at roles with medical suppliers and manufacturing companies.
AnonymousNovember 20,2023 at 2:36PM UTC
Sometimes, it’s not your passion that pays the bills. If you have not put a plan together- put a plan in place. If you are bringing in income as a doctor, work that until your passion brings in the income.
Perhaps part-time.
AnonymousNovember 20,2023 at 5:15PM UTC
I will admit I do not know much about the field of medicine but there are agencies that hire doctors (though perhaps mostly in high-level specialties) to review, say, marketing material from pharmaceutical companies in order to make sure things are correct and comply with FDA regulations. You might see what you can find along those lines. Good luck.
Anna Lovell-Nesmith Professional Burnout SpecialistNovember 20,2023 at 9:21PM UTC
Hello, I'm sorry to hear of this. I don't have advice on where to encourage you to look for new work but what I do have is experience in talking with medical professionals about burnout. It sounds like you may be experiencing burnout. If you would like, I would be happy to jump on a zero obligation call and offer you some strategies. If burnout is not part of the issue, at least you'll know for sure after our phone call. In the meantime, if I hear about new work for medical doctors, I'll hop back on here and be sure to share it with you.
RobertNovember 21,2023 at 5:28AM UTC
Than you so much for reaching out to me. When it comes to my case, a burn out is one root cause on one hand and lack of passion is the other issue. Although I was pretty good at my medical courses, I was not interested in everything I used to do. I always had a great deal of interest in reading non medical books like history and biographies. And, whenever I do something that I like I am very patient and I can do it for an extended period without losing focus and enthusiasm, however, when it comes to medicine the opposite is true. I, hope, I will find the way out.
Thank you again.
AnonymousNovember 23,2023 at 4:01PM UTC
You have just described a typical symptom of ADHD: having focus when engaged, having difficulty focusing when not engaged. This could be depression or something completely different as well. If you haven’t been assessed for these symptoms, I hope you will.
I have ADHD and went undiagnosed until well into adulthood. My lack of focus caused depression. Since my diagnosis I am able to work with my ADHD and use it to my advantage although I still struggle with certain tasks.
Have you considered a teaching career?
Good luck with your career transition!
AnonymousNovember 24,2023 at 1:40AM UTC
Than you for your suggestions!
I don't think I have ADHD, but I will try to rule it out and teaching might also be one of the best options.
Than you again.
Erika SchwartzNovember 24,2023 at 5:48PM UTC
There is a doctor in my home town that experienced something similar so he did house visits instead of the traditional doctor office situation. It supplements the income and is cash only.
surfnwriteNovember 25,2023 at 11:34PM UTC
Based on the grammatical errors in this post, I'm speculating that this is either not a real post or that English is not the OP's first language. Which?
RobertNovember 28,2023 at 1:18AM UTC
Thank you for your honest comment. English is my second language and I am working on it io improve.