10 non-clinical alternative careers for doctors

1. write a book
2. write a screenplay
3. create a tv show
4. direct a movie
5. create a consumer-driven website
6. sell shoes
7. advise businesses
8. become an administrator
9. engage in politics
10. teach…in the caribbean

don’t believe it’s possible?  read on.

#1,2,3,4
jurassic park, sphere, rising sun, timeline, state of fear, twister, the 13th warrior.  do you remember these books?  do you remember them as movies?  what about the tv show, ER?

answer : michael crichton, md graduate of harvard medical school

#5
nephrologist quits job to devote his full time to macrumors.com.

#6
surgeon decides not to practice surgery.  instead, she designs and sells shoes.

#7
a panel of 4 doctors are regular consultants for House, MD.  there’s also scrubs, grey’s anatomy, private practice, ER, nip/tuck, dr. 90210, csi, and many other tv shows that could use medical advice.

#8
chief medical officer
chief medical informatics officer
physician executive
medical director
hospital ceo
residency director

#9
be a lobbyer, a house representative, a senator, or even run for president.

#10
spread the knowledge to tomorrow’s leading physicians.  teach.

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