The Doctor’s Crossing Carpe Diem Podcast

By Heather Fork, MD

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Are you a physician who’s questioning your career path? If you’re at the white coat crossroads, for whatever reason, this podcast is for you. We’re going to help you find your best path forward, whether it’s to be happier in patient care, transition to a nonclinical career, or do something completely different. In the weekly podcasts, we’re bringing you all the good stuff: -Actionable tools and resources to help you start making positive changes. -Interviews with physicians who’ve found new and fulfilling ways to practice as well as those who’ve transitioned into nonclinical careers. -Concrete advice for applying to jobs, using LinkedIn, interviewing, negotiating, and much more. Your host, Dr. Heather Fork, is a former board-certified dermatologist who transitioned into full-time career coaching for physicians over 10 years ago. She is a master certified coach who has been helping hundreds of physicians find ways to be happier both in medicine and beyond. Come visit us at www.doctorscrossing.com to learn more!

Episode Date
AI in Healthcare - How It’s Being Used And Opportunities For Physicians Part 2
May 01, 2024
AI in Healthcare - How It’s Being Used And Opportunities For Physicians Part 1
Apr 24, 2024
The hard decision to do residency or not - an MD graduate’s success story
Apr 17, 2024
From Urology to A Highly Successful Med Spa & Aesthetics Practice
Apr 10, 2024
How Having A Special Needs Child Led To a Great Career With Flexibility
Apr 03, 2024
Are You In A Toxic Work Environment? Suffer No More Part 2
Mar 27, 2024
Are You In A Toxic Work Environment? Suffer No More Part 1
Mar 20, 2024
You Don’t Need To See Where You’re Going To Move Forward. A Physician Finds A Great Surprise On The Other Side Of The Fog At The Crossroads.
Mar 13, 2024
The CDC - Diverse Opportunities With Or Without A Medical License
Mar 06, 2024
So What If You Leave Medicine and It’s A Mistake? - A Physician’s Inspiring Story Of Figuring It Out By Trying Things Out
Feb 28, 2024
5 Myths Busted About Being a Physician Entrepreneur
Feb 21, 2024
Navigating your career with a disability or chronic illness
Feb 14, 2024
Tired of Failing to Make Changes That Matter to You? Start With This Simple Yet Powerful Exercise
Feb 07, 2024
Afraid You Won’t Achieve Your Goals This Year? Do This and Make Change Happen!
Jan 31, 2024
A Rewarding Job Open To IMGs And Others - Clinical Drug Development
Jan 24, 2024
Afraid The Door Will Close If You Leave Medicine? Here’s Some Advice
Jan 17, 2024
IMEs - A Side Gig For a Variety of Specialities
Jan 10, 2024
Facing Your Finances At The Crossroad - How To Be Empowered And Take Charge!
Jan 03, 2024
My Meeting With A Zen Master And 5 Key Questions I Ask Physicians At The Crossroads
Dec 27, 2023
Having Trouble Making Decisions? Access Your 3 Centers of Intelligence For Greater Clarity!
Dec 20, 2023
Getting A Nonclinical Job In Pharma Without a US Residency
Dec 13, 2023
How To Navigate That First Call With Recruiters
Dec 06, 2023
The Intersection of Variety and Familiarity in the Medical Monitor Role
Nov 29, 2023
Doing Disability Reviews From a Physician Who’s Been on Both Sides
Nov 22, 2023
How To Start A Side Gig Or Business As A Patient Navigator
Nov 15, 2023
Top Reasons Why You May Not Be Getting Nonclinical Job Interviews - Part 2
Nov 08, 2023
Top Reasons Why You May Not Be Getting Nonclinical Job Interviews - Part 1
Nov 01, 2023
Surgeon Finds Meaning In His Career in Population Health and Account Management
Oct 25, 2023
5 Ways To Get Unstuck At The Crossroads
Oct 18, 2023
A Family Doctor Who Likes Helping Other Physicians in Their Careers
Oct 11, 2023
Are you paralyzed by the size of your goal? Start with a lemonade stand!
Oct 04, 2023
What Kind of Real Estate Should I Invest In? Featuring Dr. Ronnie Shalev
Sep 27, 2023
How Our Childhood Can Impact Our Career Path As Physicians
Sep 20, 2023
Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Help You At The White Coat Crossroads?
Sep 13, 2023
Public Health - A Rewarding Way To Help
Sep 06, 2023
5 Ways a Resume Can Help You Stand Out for Nonclinical Jobs
Aug 30, 2023
Pediatric Gastroenterologists Finds Balance Working Remotely For A Benefit Management
Aug 23, 2023
Are You At Risk Of Jeopardizing Your Ability To Practice?
Aug 16, 2023
5 Things To Do Before Leaving Medicine - Revisited
Aug 09, 2023
Leaving Medicine - Should I Stay Or Should I Go? Revisited
Aug 02, 2023
Is it too soon to explore nonclinical options as a medical student or resident?
Jul 26, 2023
Are You Making Any Of These Common Mistakes On The Career Change Path?
Jul 19, 2023
Is Your Communication Style Helping You Or Hurting You?
Jul 12, 2023
When Answers Aren’t Coming Soon Enough
Jul 05, 2023
A Surgeon Shares Her Advice For Becoming A CMO
Jun 28, 2023
7 Steps To Rock Your Informational Interviews
Jun 21, 2023
Being A Physician Advisor in a Non-Hospital-Based Role
Jun 14, 2023
Do You Have What It Takes To Start A Business?
Jun 07, 2023
Do You Have An Inner Leader In You?
May 31, 2023
Finding Great Work-Life Balance as a Medical Director in Health Insurance
May 24, 2023
Real-time Transition Story - Dr. Alec Jacobson Part 2
May 17, 2023
How About A Job Improving The EMR?
May 10, 2023
No Residency Needed - Opportunities for Physicians in CME Writing
May 03, 2023
Get Paid To Share Your Expertise As A Knowledge Consultant
Apr 26, 2023
Exploring Medical Volunteering Abroad
Apr 19, 2023
How To Assess If A Job’s A Good Fit Before You Commit
Apr 12, 2023
You Don’t Have To Hit A Bullseye With Your Career Change
Apr 05, 2023
Concierge Medicine - A Remedy For Burnout?
Mar 29, 2023
Medical Review Officer - An Intriguing Side Gig or Employed Job!
Mar 22, 2023
Love Your Job And Use Your Clinical Knowledge In Life Insurance Medicine
Mar 15, 2023
An ID Physician Finds Great Work-Life Balance As A Principal Investigator
Mar 08, 2023
Uncertainty Doesn’t Have To Be a Trap
Mar 01, 2023
Demystifying Medical Writing
Feb 22, 2023
Are You An Excellent Communicator? Consider Working At A Consulting Firm
Feb 15, 2023
Be A Medical-Legal Consultant And Avoid The Courtroom
Feb 08, 2023
Real-Time Transition Story - Dr. Alec Jacobson Part 1
Feb 01, 2023
Medical Affairs in Pharma - A Great Role For Physicians
Jan 25, 2023
Expert Witness - A Well-Paying Flexible Side Gig
Jan 18, 2023
A Great Area With No Residency Required - Medical Communications
Jan 11, 2023
Revisiting Careers You Can Do Without Residency
Jan 04, 2023
Blast From The Past - How To Keep Your License Active if You Leave Medicine
Dec 28, 2022
Do I Need an MBA to Open More Doors?
Dec 21, 2022
Is This 3-Letter Word Causing A Roadblock For You?
Dec 14, 2022
Increase Your Chances of Getting Hired With Additional Licenses - Here’s How!
Dec 07, 2022
Leaving Surgery For a Career In Medical Devices
Nov 30, 2022
Being a Physician Advisor - What’s the Scoop?
Nov 23, 2022
The Rewards of Public Speaking As A Side Gig
Nov 16, 2022
Wound Care Physician - A Rewarding And Flexible Option
Nov 09, 2022
A Flexible & Rewarding Side Gig - Plasma Center Medical Director
Nov 02, 2022
Demystifying Jobs for Physicians in Pharma
Oct 26, 2022
Is A Lack of Validation Keeping You Stuck?
Oct 19, 2022
The Value of Pursuing Your Passion When You’re In The Trenches
Oct 12, 2022
Take Back Control With A Direct Primary Care Practice
Oct 05, 2022
It’s Not Uncommon To Have Our Head In The Sand - What’s The Remedy?
Sep 28, 2022
When It’s Time To Go - Here’s How to Resign
Sep 21, 2022
Nonclinical Jobs In Your Own Backyard
Sep 14, 2022
Become Empowered to Avoid The Victim Trap in Medicine
Sep 07, 2022
How To Break The News When You’re Leaving Medicine
Aug 31, 2022
How to Decide If Leaving Residency Is Right For You
Aug 24, 2022
The Most Important Aspect of Career Change - Believe It Or Not
Aug 17, 2022
An Antidote to Stagnation and Boredom - the Portfolio Career
Aug 10, 2022
When the Unbelievable Happens in Residency, a Story of Triumph
Aug 03, 2022
Find a New Career Direction by Solving a Problem
Jul 27, 2022
From Allergist to Interior Designer For Physicians
Jul 20, 2022
Find Great Nonclinical Freelance Opportunities at flipMD
Jul 13, 2022
From Intern to Fulltime Consultant
Jul 06, 2022
She loves being employed as a patient advocate
Jun 29, 2022
Are You Prepared For Your Nonclinical Job Interview?
Jun 22, 2022
Are You In The Right Job For Your Enneagram Personality Type? Part 2
Jun 15, 2022
Are you in the right job for your Enneagram personality type? Part 1
Jun 08, 2022
Lifestyle medicine - what we didn’t get in medical school
Jun 01, 2022
Find flexibility and fun as an independent consultant
May 25, 2022
Eat that frog and 6 other time management tips
May 18, 2022
She didn’t leave medicine, she found joy in a new path
May 11, 2022
How this physician solved the no experience issue
May 04, 2022
A Career-Ending Injury Leads to a New Direction
Apr 27, 2022
Is it bad to take a break between jobs?
Apr 20, 2022
Should you have a job before quitting?
Apr 13, 2022
Telemedicine - A Flexible Way to Stay Clinical
Apr 06, 2022
3 Myths About Getting Into Pharma
Mar 30, 2022
A great job for those without residency or a medical license
Mar 23, 2022
Create Something New Without Fear of Failure
Mar 16, 2022
Being a Patient Advocate is a Real Option
Mar 09, 2022
How to Increase Your Desirability as an Applicant for Nonclinical Jobs
Mar 02, 2022
Do You Need Experience to Land a Nonclinical Job?
Feb 23, 2022
Opportunities in Digital Health - Catch the Wave
Feb 16, 2022
Could a Fellowship or Second Residency Be the Ticket?
Feb 09, 2022
Expert Advice for Coping with Physician Anxiety
Feb 02, 2022
How fun and creativity are key to career change
Jan 26, 2022
Coping with anxiety as a new attending
Jan 19, 2022
7 Lessons Learned From a Career Transition
Jan 12, 2022
Want to Test Drive Your Career Idea?
Dec 22, 2021
Careers You Can Do Without Residency
Dec 15, 2021
Working in Health Insurance - What’s It Like?
Dec 08, 2021
Can Work Culture Trump the Work Itself?
Dec 01, 2021
How About a Job Improving the EMR?
Nov 24, 2021
Is There a Teacher in You?
Nov 17, 2021
My Private Struggle With Starting This Podcast
Nov 10, 2021
Coping With the Emotions of Leaving Medicine
Nov 03, 2021
Coping With a Malpractice Suit From One Who Knows
Oct 27, 2021
Surgeon Transitions to CDI Specialist
Oct 20, 2021
Giving Notice and Non-competes
Oct 13, 2021
Could You Have the Imposter Syndrome?
Oct 06, 2021
Locums, Reentry, and a Return to Joy in Medicine
Sep 29, 2021
Asking for What You Want at Work
Sep 22, 2021
Are You Caught in the Physician Identity Trap?
Sep 15, 2021
How to Avoid a Career Wedgie
Sep 08, 2021
Start Networking Now to Open Doors
Sep 01, 2021
Overcoming Fear-Based Thinking at the Crossroads
Aug 11, 2021
Dealing With Shame at the Career Crossroads
Aug 04, 2021
Could Chart Review Be for You?
Jul 28, 2021
How to Sound More Confident in Interviews
Jul 21, 2021
Is There an Entrepreneur Hiding In You?
Jul 14, 2021
Hope for Your Medical School Debt
Jul 07, 2021
Having Doubts as a Med Student or Resident?
Jun 30, 2021
Tragedy and Transformation Lead to a Gem of a Career Niche
Jun 23, 2021
How to Create a Resume That Will Open Doors
Jun 16, 2021
Top 4 Career Roadblocks
Jun 09, 2021
5 Key Steps for Financial Success
Jun 02, 2021
Curious About Being a Physician Coach?
May 26, 2021
What’s It Like to Work at the FDA?
May 19, 2021
A Mid-Career Fellowship Sparks a New Direction
May 12, 2021
How To Negotiate Your Physician Employment Contract
May 05, 2021
Prepare Ahead for a Transition Into Pharma
Apr 28, 2021
How a Family Physician Is Using Her Gift for Helping Others in a New Career
Apr 21, 2021
How to Rock Your Nonclinical Interviews
Apr 14, 2021
Locum Tenens - Get the Scoop and Insider Tips
Apr 07, 2021
Curious About Integrative and Functional Medicine?
Mar 31, 2021
Do You Feel Like You’re Wearing Golden Handcuffs?
Mar 24, 2021
A Surgeon Faces Retirement and Finds the Way Forward
Mar 17, 2021
Expert Witness, IMEs, and Life Care Plans
Mar 10, 2021
Is Physician Burnout Affecting Your Marriage?
Mar 03, 2021
The I Am, I Am Technique for Making Powerful Changes
Feb 24, 2021
9 Top Nonclinical Side Gigs
Feb 17, 2021
5 Steps to Becoming a Medical Writer
Feb 10, 2021
Reentry - Can You Get Back in if You Leave Medicine?
Feb 04, 2021
5 Things to Do Before Leaving Medicine
Jan 28, 2021
A Surgeon Decides It’s Time to Leave Medicine
Jan 20, 2021
Working With a Recruiter - Top Insider Advice
Jan 13, 2021
An Intern Leaves Medicine and Then Has a Change of Heart
Jan 06, 2021
How Not To Waste Your Abundant Gifts
Dec 23, 2020
Drug Safety - A Great Entry Point Into Pharma
Dec 16, 2020
Life Insurance - a hidden gem of a nonclinical career
Dec 09, 2020
A Cool Technique to Reduce Your Physician-Career Anxiety
Dec 02, 2020
Why I Left Dermatology and Became a Physician Coach
Nov 18, 2020
Top 3 Nonclinical Job Sectors with Dr. John Jurica
Nov 11, 2020
Do you have transferable skills for a nonclinical job?
Nov 04, 2020
How to land a nonclinical job step-by-step
Oct 28, 2020
How to Keep your License Active if You Leave Medicine
Oct 21, 2020
Leaving medicine. Should I stay or should I go?
Oct 14, 2020
The Doctor's Crossing Trailer
Sep 28, 2020