Dealing with unsolicited advice
When you’re trying to change career, receiving unsolicited advice from people around you is a common and infuriating experience. Ex-doctor Anjalee Perera offers six strategies to deal with it.
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The forgotten six thousand (guest blog)
One of the benefits of writing this blog is that it’s given me the chance to meet other medics who have decided to do different things with their lives. I’m so pleased to introduce this guest blog by theconfusedmedic, a fourth year medical student who has currently interrupted her studies to pursue other things outside medicine. She …
The Perks of Being a Doctor
When you grow up in a medical family, you notice how useful it is to know a doctor. Our friends come to my father constantly with their problems; whether it’s for advice, reading a scan or even organising a scan, knowing a brilliant Radiologist like my dad is an exceptional advantage. My uncle is my …
Alternative Careers and Wellbeing for Doctors: a Medic Footprints affair…
UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2023: I don’t want to delete this article as it’s a part of my story, but I must tell you that I cannot continue to endorse Medic Footprints as a company, following their decision to pursue the highly unethical Multi-Level Marketing business model, in the form of ‘Travel Doctorpreneurs’. As a marketing …
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The first day of the rest of my life…
Disillusioned with medicine, and tired of being a doctor, Peach resigned from the job in the NHS in Dec 2015, and embarked on a journey to discover alternative careers for doctors and personal fulfilment.