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I think that we all know that the handwriting is on the wall: Except for a minority of doctors in markets who can thrive in a direct/concierge/boutique care setting (aka pain management as "aesthetic medicine for the altered comfort crowd"), the rest of the gig moving forward looks very "command & control" oriented.
I've encountered a few docs who have broken away: A psychiatrist who opened a chain of holistic-health day spas, a family physician who owns a winery, an ENT who own an adventure-travel business, and a neurologist with a software company. They all still do a little medicine on the side, but their careers have definitely "crossed over." Most started flirting & dating their "muse" some time in their forties and were more or less done with medicine by their mid-fifties.
What would be your second career? What is your muse?
I've encountered a few docs who have broken away: A psychiatrist who opened a chain of holistic-health day spas, a family physician who owns a winery, an ENT who own an adventure-travel business, and a neurologist with a software company. They all still do a little medicine on the side, but their careers have definitely "crossed over." Most started flirting & dating their "muse" some time in their forties and were more or less done with medicine by their mid-fifties.
What would be your second career? What is your muse?