AAPM&R’s Spotlight Series: Negotiation and Non-Clinical Career Choices for Physiatrists as a Tool to Improve Career Longevity-Session Recording

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The video content discusses various non-clinical career options for physicians, including medical informatics, medical writing and editing, healthcare consulting, pharmaceutical and medical device industry roles, and healthcare administration. These career paths allow physicians to apply their clinical expertise in different sectors and make a broader impact on healthcare delivery. The video emphasizes the importance of identifying interests and skills, networking, and continuing education to pursue these opportunities. The speaker also discusses the skill of negotiation, highlighting the need for physicians to understand their worth and advocate for themselves in the job market. They suggest shifting the mindset from seeing negotiation as a battle to a collaborative process and recommend knowing one's market value, being creative in finding solutions, having clear goals, and leveraging alternatives and value to achieve better outcomes. The speaker encourages physicians to overcome the discomfort of negotiation to ensure they are not undervalued in the long run. The video concludes with contact information for further questions and resources. No specific credits were mentioned in the summary.

Keywords

non-clinical career options

physicians

medical informatics

medical writing

editing

healthcare consulting

pharmaceutical industry

medical device industry

healthcare administration

clinical expertise

healthcare delivery

interests and skills

networking

continuing education

negotiation skills