Step by Step Guide on How to Start Your Non-Clinical Career

Thank you for reaching out to Odigio Careers. This document serves as your one-stop guide for all questions you have about starting your non-clinical journey. 

Before you avail of any services with Odigio or buy any products I highly recommend you go through the guide first (no matter how long it is 😛I assure you it’s worth your time).

Here is an index of the commonly asked questions you will encounter in this guide:

Points to Remember Before You Start Reading this Guide:

  1. The process of applying to a job is the same for all healthcare professionals be it MBBS, BDS, BPT, BAMS, BHMS, BNYS, BPharma, BSc, Biotech (and their masters counterpart). Throughout the module, you all will be referred to as “healthcare professionals/medical graduates/HCPs.”
  2. Not everyone has the same journey and we, at Odigio, understand that. Hence this guide also has actionable insights for your specific profile. Once you are done reading the general guide you can navigate to your profile. 
  3. Make sure to click on the hyperlinks in the guide for video demos!

Why will a healthcare company hire a doctor/healthcare graduate?

Simply because they want someone who knows the medical science behind the product they are building, it is a healthcare company at the end of the day.

The product/service/drug needs to be medically verified to be released into the market or work well for people.

They want you in for your medical expertise to verify the subject matter.

You will be trained on the job (this is something I can guarantee). More importantly, you will learn/figure your way around ON the job. The learning curve will be steep in the beginning. 

What jobs can a healthcare professional do in the corporate world?

Non-clinical careers offer a wide array of opportunities for healthcare professionals. From leveraging digital platforms to driving healthcare innovation, here’s a closer look at various roles you can explore and the transferable skills you can bring to the table from your clinical expertise:

High Scope of Growth

Marketing & Sales Roles

  • Digital Marketing/Healthcare Marketing: Craft compelling strategies to promote healthcare services or products, connecting them with the right audiences.

 ✨ Transferable skills: Creativity, innovation, adaptability & flexibility, communication skills, cross-functional collaboration.

  • Social Media Management: Using social platforms to share healthcare content and engage with audiences using content strategy, copywriting, and content development plans.

✨ Transferable Skills: Communication, creativity, innovation, and organizational skills.

  • Content Writing: Creating clear, accessible content on healthcare topics that could range from healthcare services to products.

✨ Transferable Skills: Medical knowledge, writing skills, ability to simplify complex information.

  • Business Development: Expand healthcare services by forging partnerships and discovering new opportunities to grow the business.

✨ Transferable skills: Negotiation, excellent communication skills, problem-solving ability.

Management & Operations Roles

  • Medical Operations: Streamline hospital/clinic or a health tech service-based company’s operations to ensure smooth patient care/user retention, efficient processes, and top-notch service.

✨ Transferable skills: Strategic thinking, time management, team management.

  • Administrative/Management roles in hospitals: Manage the day-to-day non-clinical operations, ensuring healthcare facilities run efficiently and support patient care.

✨ Transferable skills: Conflict resolution ability, team management, excellent communication skills.

  • Life Sciences Consultant/Healthcare Consultant: Advise companies on healthcare strategies, policy changes, and market trends to improve their business outcomes.

✨ Transferable Skills: Healthcare industry knowledge, communication skills, analytical thinking, and client management.

  • Product Management: Drive the development of healthcare products from concept to launch, ensuring they meet market needs and regulatory standards.

✨ Transferable skills: Organisational, analytical thinking skills, cross-functional teamwork collaboration.

  • Business Analyst: Analyse business processes and identify solutions to optimize healthcare operations and outcomes.

✨ Transferable Skills: Problem-solving, data interpretation, decision-making, and strategic planning.

  • Quality Analyst: Ensure healthcare services or products meet quality standards by reviewing processes and identifying improvement areas.

✨ Transferable Skills: Attention to detail, process improvement, compliance knowledge, and analytical thinking.

  • Medical Analyst: Analyse healthcare data to uncover trends and actionable insights for decision-making in hospitals or research organizations.

✨ Transferable Skills: Data interpretation, medical knowledge, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

Research & Pharma Roles 

  • Regional Medical Advisor: Offer medical expertise to guide product development and marketing strategies.

✨ Transferable Skills: Medical research acumen, communication skills, critical thinking.

  • Medical Affairs: Provide scientific and accurate product information to healthcare professionals and patients.

✨ Transferable Skills: Scientific research, regulatory knowledge, patient care.

  • Medical Science Liaison: Communicate research insights between pharma companies and medical professionals.

✨ Transferable Skills: Networking, scientific communication, relationship building.

  • Clinical Data Management: Manage and analyze clinical trial data.

✨ Transferable Skills: Data management, statistical analysis, organization.

  • Clinical Research Associate: Oversee clinical trials, managing patient participation, data collection, and compliance with research protocols.

✨ Transferable skills: Research acumen, detail-oriented, organizational skills, Data analysis, regulatory compliance, attention to detail

  • Clinical Trials Associate: Support clinical trials with planning, tracking, and execution.

✨ Transferable Skills: Project management, data management, teamwork.

  • Scientific Writing: Craft clear and concise reports and scientific content primarily written for healthcare professionals.

✨ Transferable Skills: Writing skills, medical knowledge, attention to detail

Medium Scope of Growth

  • Drug Safety Associate: Monitor adverse drug reactions and report safety concerns to ensure patient safety and regulatory compliance.

✨ Transferable Skills: Medical knowledge, attention to detail, regulatory compliance, and pharmacology basics.

  • Pharmacovigilance roles: Assess, monitor, and prevent adverse effects of pharmaceuticals, contributing to drug safety and patient care.

✨ Transferable Skills: Patient safety focus, research acumen, compliance knowledge, and critical thinking.

A special note for BDS, BHMS, BAMS, BPT, and BNYS graduates: even if you get offered these roles I’d recommend not picking it up because promotions mostly go out to Pharma grads.

You might get into entry-level roles, however, people with formal education always get better opportunities in these roles.

They are not all bad roles though. If you are in one of these roles you can make a switch into the clinical research domain or the medical advisor industry.

Low Scope of Growth

These are some of the roles that I do NOT recommend any medical graduate to get into.

Why? They are repetitive, have no skill growth and you end up at a dead end after 3-4 years of working. Plus the salaries offered in these roles are really low.

  1. Medical Officers in insurance companies
  2. Medical Data Abstractor
  3. Medical Scribe
  4. Medical Underwriter
  5. Clinical Documentation Specialist
  6. Medical Coding

As BDS, BHMS, BAMS, BPT, and BNYS graduates you will find that 90% of the time these are the only roles even mentioning you in their qualification requirements.

However, it is a low-pay trap. Please do not fall into them.

The other roles, even if they don’t ask for you in the requirement, will take you in.

However, it is a low-pay trap. Take it from me and my past client experiences. All of us never fit the actual bill but we still made it. So can you!

50% of my client base are people who want to further switch from these roles to better ones. If you are someone who is reading it, we have something for you too in the further sections.

As a healthcare career coach, I highly advise against roles that are clerical and make you do one single job on repeat.

Rather work at clinics than work here. Take it from someone who keeps going on and on and on about corporate jobs in the healthcare industry. 🙈

✨IG to your rescue: https://www.instagram.com/p/CvM8I66yK07/ ✨

What is the best role for me?

This is a question only YOU can answer for yourself. But how? By following 3 simple steps

Apply to jobs

You are here because you tried to work clinically but that did not work out for you (whatever may be the reason).

The important thing to note here is that: you tried it only then you figured out it was not your cup of tea.

Of course, I know you can’t work in all the non-clinical roles one by one to figure out which one suits you.

But as you apply, get callbacks, and give the interviews and assessments you get to understand your interest in the role better. Assessments give you a small taste of what the job entails.

Figure out what interests you & what your skills are

This one is simple:

If you like/are interested in research, go for pharma and research roles.

If you are more of a creative person or want challenging projects go for marketing & sales roles.

If you are a managerial person and like administration go for management & operations roles.

Talk to people who have already made the switch

This one is my personal favorite. I did this and recommend all my clients to do this.

Reach out to people on LinkedIn and talk. Understand how they got into the role, do they like it, what a typical day looks like for them, and any other questions that come to your mind!

Talk to people who are happy and unhappy, you’ll get both perspectives & then take a call.

What are the companies?

In an ideal scenario I don’t recommend companies at all because companies don’t have a scope of growth, roles do.

You’d be surprised at the number of startups that offer great growth opportunities as well as salaries (happened with me too, hehe). 

However, everyone loves to have an idea about the kind of companies that exist in the healthcare & health tech industry so here is a very tiny list.

Please make sure to do your own research for the companies as you keep applying to the roles.

Here is a list of a few Companies

  • Pfizer
  • Novartis
  • Roche
  • GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
  • Sanofi
  • AbbVie
  • AstraZeneca
  • Johnson & Johnson

💼 Roles: Medical Affairs, Regional Medical Advisor, Clinical Research Associate, Drug Safety Associate, Pharmacovigilance

  • Cipla
  • Sun Pharma
  • Lupin Limited
  • Biocon Limited
  • Torrent Pharmaceuticals
  • Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
  • Divi’s Laboratories
  • Aurobindo Pharma
  • Alkem Laboratories
  • Alembic Pharmaceuticals
  • Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
  • Zydus Cadila (Zydus Lifesciences)

💼 Roles: Medical Affairs, Regional Medical Advisor, Clinical Research Associate, Drug Safety Associate, Pharmacovigilance

  • Wockhardt
  • Natco Pharma
  • Indoco Remedies
  • Strides Pharma Science
  • Orchid Pharma
  • Eris Lifesciences
  • IPCA Laboratories
  • Jubilant Life Sciences

💼 Roles: Medical Affairs, Regional Medical Advisor, Clinical Research Associate, Drug Safety Associate, Pharmacovigilance

  • Abbott Healthcare
  • Merck & Co. (MSD)
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS)
  • Amgen
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Bayer Pharmaceuticals
  • Takeda Pharmaceuticals
  • Mylan (a Viatris Company)

💼 Roles: Medical Affairs, Regional Medical Advisor, Clinical Research Associate, Drug Safety Associate, Pharmacovigilance

  • Serum Institute of India
  • Bharat Biotech
  • Panacea Biotec
  • Indian Immunologicals

💼 Roles: Medical Affairs, Regional Medical Advisor, Clinical Research Associate, Drug Safety Associate, Pharmacovigilance

Where do you find healthcare corporate jobs?

Explore my top 3 recommendations: Internshala, LinkedIn, Indeed, and niche job boards to find non-clinical opportunities. Follow the reels to learn how to find jobs on specific platforms. 

Three platforms: https://www.instagram.com/p/DB8xKG5ypCR/

P.S. Please don’t apply on Naukri, IIMjobs & Shine.com. I have seen in the past years that there have been a lot of scammers who would call you up and drain you of your money in the pretext of giving you a job.

Points to Note for

  • A place to look for part-time jobs is Internshala. 
  • You CAN negotiate a better stipend. Most of my clients ended up getting better salaries than the ones mentioned.
  • If you can prove yourself in the interview and assessment, the companies will value you and give you your questions.
  • Apply to internships in all locations (tick the yes I can relocate box to bypass the filter). most companies agree to a WFH if you give good interviews as the stipend is lower.
  • You can also negotiate the work timings if you are already in your internship or want more flexibility of work.
  • Most companies are open to an output-based internship rather than a time-based internship. 
  • Internshala does not have an iOS app. Use the website for best use.
  • Work-from-home (WFH) jobs have become pretty limited post covid, nonetheless, it does not mean they are not possible to find.
  • It will just take you a little longer to find WFH jobs as the job opportunities are fewer.
  • If, due to your personal circumstances, you are looking for a WFH job only you can consider picking up WFH part/full-time internships.
  • It would be easier to convert an internship into a job as they will know your style of working well in advance.
  • Sometimes, WFH jobs bring in lesser salaries but that does not mean that they do not have a scope of growth in terms of salary in the future.
  • The process of applying to a WFH job is the exact same as any other on-site role.

How to Start Your Journey? 

Answering the most pressing question: how do I start my non-clinical journey?

Every great career shift begins with a plan, and I, your plan maker, have outlined it for your ease!

Psst… watch the summary here. 

Most non-clinical jobs require a resume which is generally not required in a clinical setting.

A resume is the make or break of your job application as it is the first impression of who you are. It is a personalized document that markets YOU.

The only purpose of a resume is to land you an interview.

While delving deeper into the full resume walkthrough is not possible in the guide here are some basic tips you need to follow.

A very common mistake that clinicians make on their resumes is just mentioning that they have worked at a clinic or describing their work experience in medical jargon only.

Make sure to showcase impact using numbers & percentages as well as highlighting the non-clinical (transferable) skills you used to do the clinical job.

(Don’t inflate your numbers you WILL get caught in the interview).

It is very important to highlight research work, leadership skills, extracurricular activities, and volunteer work on your resume to help you stand out.

  • Make your resume on MS Word/Google Docs (Google Docs is something I live by)
  • Preferably use a white background with black text
  • Use old-school fonts such as Arial, Times New Roman, and Calibri (They are ATS-friendly fonts. Do NOT use any cursive fonts, it will directly get rejected by the ATS.)
    Make sure the font sizes are 10, 11, or 12. Don’t go below 10. (My personal fav for a one-page resume is a size 10.)
  • PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE proofread your resume. Grammatical spelling mistakes and punctuation errors get you rejected instantly.
  • Use Grammarly to cross-check at every step
  • Keep your resume concise, aim for one or two pages.
  • One-page resume: 1 – 10 years of experience
  • 2-page resume: >10 years of experience (Postgraduates can extend it to 2 pages)
  • Do not include EVERYTHING in your resume. Make it as short and scannable as possible. This is extremely important.
  • Don’t add information from school or college that is not relevant to the position.
  • Do NOT use a picture. Do not use your picture to avoid bias based on ethnicity
  • Do NOT add your full address. Just your city and state is enough.
  • There should be a balance between the content and the white spaces.
  • Make sure to link your email id, LinkedIn id and portfolio (if any)
  • Bonus tip: Select the text you want to link, press ctrl (command in Mac) + K, copy and paste the link in the text box that appears.
  • Can use AI tools only to refine your sentences
  • Make sure to always go in reverse chronological order i.e. latest experience first

A cover letter is your opportunity to tell your professional story in a compelling way.

As the name suggests a cover letter covers what is written in the resume.

If you have an impressive CL your resume will get noticed faster.

It’s where you connect the dots, explaining what you’ve accomplished, the skills you used to do it, and the impact you made.

A strong cover letter complements your resume and sets you apart by adding personality and depth to your application.

Pro Tip (Probably the Only One You’ll Ever Need):

Since you don’t have industry experience in the role you’ll be applying for you need to highlight any 5 or 6 of your strongest technical/soft transferable skills.

Remember, don’t just mention the skills, substantiate it with examples of where you’ve used it in your past work experiences or educational institution and the impact it made.

As healthcare professionals, we have never been told the importance of LinkedIn. It is probably the single most important job search tool on the internet in today’s day and age.

LinkedIn is your social media resume. Everyone has access to it.

Don’t worry it doesn’t need to be grand.

Just having an updated LinkedIn profile with your education, work experience, research work, volunteer experience, awards, etc goes a long way.

And please put a picture or people will think you’re a spam account and not talk to you.

Also, ​​there is a medium-sized chance that recruiters will find you and reach out to you on LinkedIn (Happened with a bunch of my clients).

That’s the power of an optimized profile.

Now that you are ready you can start applying for jobs! Here is a tutorial on how to find jobs on LinkedIn.

Remember my 4 golden rules of job application:

  • No one wants you, apply regardless. Everyone is looking for MBBS, MD, or just anyone else but not a BDS, BPT, BHMS, or BAMS graduate. Regardless of that, APPLY.
  • No one wants a fresher in the field, apply regardless. Even if the JD asks for 3-5 years of work experience, apply.
  • You will be trained on the job. This I can guarantee you. (Of course, you’ll have to put in some effort too). That’s why you don’t need any prior courses to get into the job).
  • The most important thing, only applications will not get you a job, you NEED to network to speed up the process.

Once you have started applying on LinkedIn, Indeed, and Internshala you need to network on LinkedIn.

What is networking? Reaching out to people who have already made the switch.

Why do you need to network? Because only applying to jobs will not get you a callback. Why?

Because there are not enough jobs as many people applying to them (We are the most populated country after all).

To get your profile noticed faster, reach out to people working at the companies you found the jobs in.

Who can you reach out to? Anyone tbh. But my top 3 recommendations are:

  • HRs
  • Employees (can ask them for insights about their journey to build up a rapport and then ask them for a referral or can ask for referrals directly as well, please be polite and don’t harass anyone)
    • HCPs working at the company
    • People working in the same roles
    • Startup founders, managers, etc (they are also very sweet)

People often ask me why would a stranger refer me?

A) because the world is a good place 😛(trust me these people are the reason I was able to reach where I am today)
B) because most companies give a referral bonus to employees if YOU get hired.

Please note: LinkedIn Premium is now a necessity to reach out to people. Why? Because most people won’t know you. So you need to state your purpose of connection via a personalized invite so they know why you’re reaching out to them.

As per usual here is the demo & templates you can use! https://www.instagram.com/p/CsoVOnqBdiW/

I honestly don’t know how to emphasize this enough!

Even after all the information you have, if you give up within 2-3 weeks after applying & networking it WON’T work!

You need to show up every day and apply for jobs.

10 jobs in a day and network with 10 people for one job. That is the key. People who figure this out always get a job.

On average, it takes 6-9 months to get a job with the salary that you are looking for.

Of course, my clients have also landed a job within 11 days or 2-3 weeks but remember this is a marathon, not a sprint.

That’s why you need to be persistent, just like you were when you learned how to ride a bicycle or swim. 🥺

How to Build Your Profile As…

As a student/intern who wants to build their non clinical career, you can explore internships and part-time healthcare opportunities on Intershala.

It will be a hustle I agree but it’s absolutely worth it (and not to mention the extra cash you get, hehe). You can get a stipend of 5k-20k for 4-5 hours of work. 

When crafting your resume, focus on highlighting extracurricular activities such as volunteering, sports, cultural events, projects, and paper or poster presentations. 

If you’ve won any awards, be sure to include them, showcasing how you effectively utilised your soft skills to make a meaningful impact.

Remember, these internships will mostly not be WFH or part-time. However, you SHOULD apply to the onsite ones & request them to convert into a WFH internship post your interview (once you have proved your worth).

As you are already an intern it would not be feasible for you to relocate, which is a point they will consider if you are good enough in the interview and assessment.

There is a HUGE scope of negotiation in these roles.🤝

Some of the companies might agree to make it a part-time or an output-based internship (you do the job in your own time & give it to them by the deadline) and some might not. 😅

Yes, it is a chance that you are taking by applying to each job but most of my intern clients have gotten internships converted to a part-time output-based internship.

This is why it takes some time to find a company that would give you that kind of flexibility.

The majority of roles that are available & negotiable are:

  • Content writing
  • Operations
  • Digital Marketing
  • Business development
  • Graphic Designing
  • Social media marketing

(Not many options as full-time jobs but enough to give you that extra cash and to build the profile you want to)

These also have a chance of getting converted to full-time jobs based on performance! Also, make sure to negotiate for a higher stipend because a lot of companies agree to that as well.

These jobs can help you build skills as well, which can help you in applying for freelance roles/building your own freelance business.

As a fresher or someone with up to 5 years of clinical experience, you can leverage your foundation in healthcare & clinical practice in non-clinical roles.

Maintain a focus on your clinical knowledge, problem-solving abilities, and patient care experience.

When crafting your resume, emphasize your internships, clinical rotations, or early work experiences. 

Highlight transferable skills such as communication, teamwork, time management, and adaptability. (Check out the list below to add more transferable skills)

Mention achievements like case studies, presentations, or awards that demonstrate your capability to excel beyond clinical settings.

Also, do any of the free courses listed below to show continuing education & ability to upskill.

With 5-10 years of clinical experience, you bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise that can be effectively transitioned into non-clinical roles. 

Your deep understanding of patient care, clinical workflows, and healthcare systems positions you as a strong candidate for roles in medical affairs, operations, consulting, or data-driven roles like clinical research and analytics.

When crafting your resume, emphasise on leadership roles, mentoring, and process improvements you’ve contributed to such as training staff at clinic or handling complex clinical scenarios. 

Highlight transferable skills such as decision-making, strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and the ability to handle complex workplace scenarios.

Incorporating achievements like successful projects, published research, or certifications can further showcase your readiness for non-clinical opportunities.

All in all, make sure to really negotiate your salary. Depending on your current salary you can reach up to 1 to 1.5 lakh if you are able to prove your worth in the interview and assessment.

With over 10 years of clinical experience, you possess a deep understanding of healthcare systems, patient care, and industry dynamics. 

This extensive background equips you to excel in leadership roles within non-clinical domains such as medical advisor/affairs, healthcare consulting, clinical operations, or strategic management for healthcare companies.

When crafting your resume, emphasize leadership, team-building, and contributions to organizational growth. 

Highlight your ability to drive initiatives, implement process improvements, and manage multidisciplinary teams. 

Showcasing achievements like advanced certifications, published research, conference presentations, or significant clinical outcomes will demonstrate your expertise and readiness to transition into strategic and impactful non-clinical roles.

Also, in all honesty, it would be harder for someone with so many years of clinical experience to make a switch and if you’re up for some studies get an executive MBA from one of the top B schools.

It gives you the network, skills, and opportunities that are needed to get a job in middle/senior management.

If you already have a master’s, no stress, pitch yourself on your master’s experience & knowledge along with your clinical expertise.

Having a career gap doesn’t diminish your potential to transition into non-clinical roles.

Use this time to highlight any upskilling efforts, volunteer work, or personal projects that demonstrate your commitment to professional growth.

When crafting your resume, focus on transferable skills such as problem-solving, adaptability, communication, and teamwork from your previous clinical experience.

If you’ve pursued certifications, online courses, or part-time roles during your career gap, include them to showcase your proactive approach to staying relevant in the healthcare industry.

If you didn’t do any courses then, do them now! These free courses can help you out. 

In internships, you have the opportunity to negotiate flexible work timings, and stipends, and get the option to work from home.

All these come to you via negotiations only, but the best part is that a lot of companies do agree to it.

Eventually, if you perform well, these internships get converted to full-time opportunities in work from home setting as they already know your ability by then. 

Pro tip: If you are a new mom/wife and had to take a break due to your personal life do some internships to get experience and for a smoother transition into a non-clinical role. 

Making a switch post working in these roles is going to be a challenge. However, not one that cannot be overcome with a little bit of extra effort.

Since these are roles that get things done in repetition there are no actual skills that get developed on the job.

So, you need to just highlight your experience in oncology as an abstractor, chronic diseases, reducing time for the physicians as a scribe, and reducing the fraudulent claims leading to saving the company money if you’re working in the insurance sector.

Along with this, it would be highly beneficial if you could do some free courses linked below to show skill development.

If there are some of you considering going in for a master’s degree, now would be a great time to do so, as it would give you the edge that you need. 

 

Resources to kick-start your journey

Free Courses

Ready to dive into the world of non-clinical opportunities? 

Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered! Here are some fantastic free courses tailored to your interests. Let’s get you one step closer to your goals!

Please note: The Coursera courses are only free if you Audit the course i.e. it does not include assessment items or a certificate, but lecture videos, course readings, and discussion forums are usually available for free.

G-Suite Course: Recommended for Everyone!

Google Suite is used in most offices as it gives you the ability to collaborate on a live document i.e. work with others at the same time on the same document.

You can do this if you want to learn about:

  • Google docs 
  • Google sheets 
  • Google Slides

Click here to get the workspace courses

P.S. For beginners, you can just do the course Workspace Business User learning path

MS Office Courses: Recommended for Everyone!

Digital Marketing

  1. Fundamentals of digital marketing (Certificate included) by Google 
  2. Promote a business with online advertising through Google
  3. Content, Advertising & Social IMC by Coursera 
  4. SEO Courses by Semrush Academy
  5. Social Media Management by Coursera
  6. 1-hour guide to SEO by Moz

Research, Pharma & Scientific Writing 

  1. Data Management for Clinical Research by Coursera
  2. Pharmacovigilance by Coursera
  3. Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong by Coursera
  4. Writing in the Sciences by Coursera

Healthcare Management

  1. Business Process Management in Healthcare Organizations by Coursera
  2. Healthcare Management by Great Learning 

Pharmacovigilance

  1. Introductory courses in pharmacovigilance by WHO (Free of cost)

Communication

  1. Improving Communication Skills by Coursera

Transferable skills

What are transferable skills? They are skills that you get from your previous work experience/education to the non-clinical job you’re applying to.

Project Management: Add you have done research projects, table clinics, or worked on a group project in college. ✨

Time Management: If you have catered to a busy OPD (no matter the size of the footfall), you are a pro at time management, I guarantee you that! ✨

Critical Thinking: Ever had to deal with a medical emergency, then critical thinking is what helped you tackle the situation. ✨

Analytical Skills: While making treatment plans, when you identify problems, analyze facts, and create a treatment plan, you use your analytical skills. ✨

Communication Skills: Hands down, I don’t think anyone has better communication skills than a doctor. We are constantly using them to improve the quality of life for patients. ✨

Patient Management: When handling a patient right from OPD to treatment to follow-ups, patient management is the skill you use. ✨

Clinical Administration: Data entry, maintaining patient records, managing finances, scheduling patients, and more are a part of clinical administration. ✨

Problem Solving Ability: Ever diagnosed a patient and created a treatment plan? That’s your problem-solving ability in action. ✨

Leadership Skills: If you’ve headed a team of junior HCPs or dental assistants, you are a true leader. Add them in along with team size. ✨

Adaptability & Flexibility: Shifting between patients, senior doctors, and family members: I don’t think there is anyone more flexible than doctors! ✨

Clients Testimonials

Hear success stories from our past clients and gain insights from healthcare professionals who have transitioned to thriving non-clinical careers.

Success Stories

That’s all for the basics of everything you need to know to make a career switch! 

If you want further help on how to make a switch and need personalized guidance, you can now avail of Odigio’s tailored services for you. 

For the best use of the money and time you invest in our services please make sure to prep your questions in advance.

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