Switching from medicine to....what?

WayOutWestMom
Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:24:43 +0000

I’ll second going to talk with the career center at your college. They will have some interest inventories and other tests that will help you identify your strengths, interests and skills.

If you want to remain in the healthcare area–here are some ideas: biostatistics/bioinfomatics, clinical lab science, radiation therapy, medical & health physicist. All in high demand with regular hours. All have opportunities to move up within the profession.

And here’s an entire website about all sorts of other healthcare careers: [Explore Health Careers](Career Explorer)

BTW, radiation therapy is NOT the same thing as a X-ray tech.

You can also look into careers that combine healthcare with other areas–medical librarian (this is what I do), hospital administration, electronic medical records management, medical case management.

I think you may be looking for a unicorn job–something doesn’t exist in real life. All jobs are going to have some element of repetitiveness and some element of needing to keep current in the field. And to be honest, some BSing and other pointless tasks. It’s just the nature of a job. Also, at some point, every job is going impinge on your home life. (Because as my DH used to say, if the job was all funsies, they wouldn’t have to pay you to do it.)