Thinking about a career change? We hope you stay in academic medicine (and in this community!). But if a new adventure is calling, we won't stand in your way.
Octavia Goredema, host of the audio series How to Change Careers and author of Prep, Push, Pivot: Essential Career Strategies for Underrepresented Women, offers 7 steps to create a career-change roadmap:
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Identify your goal
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Define why it's important
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Map the journey
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Set rewards
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Identify potential obstacles
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Track your progress
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Recall past accomplishments
Are you already succeeding in your second or third career? Tell us about it! We love an unconventional path. Here's an oldie but goodie from the AAMCNews archives: "Making it in med school after another career."
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Nicole Buckley
Communications Strategist
Association of American Medical Colleges
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