Wrong Turns: What to Do When You Realize You Chose the Wrong Path - AJR Podcasts | Lyssna här

Every radiologist can name the career decisions that worked out. Almost nobody talks about the ones that did not. Peter S. Moskowitz, MD, a pediatric radiologist turned physician career coach, speaks with hosts Surbhi Raichandani, MD, and Sherry Wang, MBBS, about burnout, sunk costs, and what comes after a wrong turn. Listen to their discussion in episode 4 of Difficult Conversations, an AJR Podcast Series.

https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.26.36011

*Key Takeaways

The Second Career: A physician's primary job is clinical excellence, but a secondary job is active career self-management, which requires finding trusted mentors and being vulnerable enough to ask for help.

The 4 D's of Transition: Recognizing the need for a career pivot may begin with identifying William Bridges' four D's of transition endings: disengagement, disidentification, disenchantment, and disorientation.

Proactive "Protirement": True retirement planning or "protirement" should begin the first day of your first paying job, involving professional financial planners and your significant other to align your long-term vision.

*Chapters

0:00 - Welcome

3:51 - Tenure Setback and Toxic Practice

5:23 - Burnout to Coaching

6:58 - Return to Academia

8:44 - Lessons From Career Transitions

12:29 - Career Resilience

14:14 - The Moment Burnout Hit

16:40 - Golden Handcuffs and Wrong Paths

19:42 - Why Burnout Happens

22:06 - Greed and Leadership Voice

26:37 - Advice for Early Attendings