Aside from the irony of slamming anonymous posters with an anonymous post, I’d say that is pretty tough talk from a guy undoubtedly posting from his mom’s basement while waiting for his porn to finish downloading on the 28k modem.

I have been looking for non-clinical jobs in medicine for about 5 years. Here are my helpful hints:

1) Find other stuff to do part time, like chart review (check with your state’s QIO)

2) Check job listings on websites. I suggest searching monster, careerbuilder, and hotjobs once week with the term “medical director”, or “medical consultant”.

3) If you are a specialist – especially psychiatry, neurology, infectious disease or oncology, the pharma industry is looking for you.

4) If you are primary care consider the following – 1) Medical education companies, 2) Medical director positions with health insurers (usually requrires experience) 3) Medical director positions with LIFE insurance companies – check aaimedicine.org, 4) “Drug safety” positions with pharma companies – again usually want experience or you could do a fellowship in “clinical pharmacology” 5) Medical informatics positions with companies that make medical software – I was offered and turned down a position with Epic two years ago and I think they are still looking.

5) If you can, “loosen” up your obligations. One reason I did not get a job I was really excited about was that they wanted someone immediately and my contract had a 5 month notification clause.

You aren’t brave enough to rely solely on your skills.