Physician, Medical Director
(Female, Age 28) from san bruno, CA
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At a Glance
Current Job
Basic data on your current job
| Job Title | Physician, Medical Director |
|---|---|
| Salary | $99,785 |
| Other Compensation | None Set |
| Hours/Week | |
| Company Size | (not answered) |
| Location | san bruno, CA |
| Years Experience | 3 years |
Career Ratings
Opinions on your CAREER overall (i.e. not just your current job)
| Years in Career | 0 |
|---|---|
| Education | (not answered) |
| Income Rating | 0 / 10 |
| Interest Rating | 0 / 10 |
| Work-Life Rating | 0 / 10 |
| Fulfilment Rating | 0 / 10 |
Current job Q&A
Describe the type of organization you work for.
Hospital setting., thoussands of employees; County funded
Describe your job role and responsibilities.
see patients, surgery, pleace stduentson internships, run meetings, conference, instruct students
Please list an additional benefits (beyond compensation) that you receive.
medical, dental, vision
Do you feel you are under/over or well/fairly compensated at your current position?
well
Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Please explain.
I work with others on a daily basis..with instructors, students, doctors, patients. I really enjoy it.
Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
Describe your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what you like/dislike about working in it.
hospital setting and I love it. I also work in the clinic which is nice because the area is small and you can get comfortable with the patients. I also work alot in my office speaking with different medical professionals.
Please rate each of the following aspects of your current job on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the highest/best):
Income: 5
Benefits: 1
Hours: 2
Co-Workers: 3
Supervisors: 4
Job Title: 7
Level of Responsibility: 6
The Actual Work: 8
A day in the life of…
Please describe a typical workday for you in your current job:
| 5am to 6am | |
| 6am to 7am | |
| 7am to 8am | Morning Ground rounds: hospital rounds with students on patients that are staying in the hospital. Talk about disease process and treatments. Stduents get the opportunity to ask questions and learn about patient issues from medical to social. |
| 8am to 9am | 8-8:30 coffee break |
| 9am to 10am | 8:30-12clinic… see patients, diagnose, minor treatments, write prescription. Also, there are medical stduents seeing patients in teh clinic, so I have to oversee their work and check on their patients and charts. |
| 10am to 11am | |
| 11am to 12pm | |
| 12pm to 1pm | 12:00-12:45 lunch |
| 1pm to 2pm | 12:45-2pm lecture to students: daily lecture on medical topics to students. Sometimes stduents have to do powerpoint lectures so faculty and I listen and ask questions etc.. |
| 2pm to 3pm | 2-5:30 clinic (every other Friday is surgery at this time)Same as above |
| 3pm to 4pm | |
| 4pm to 5pm | |
| 5pm to 6pm | 5:30-7pm student internship placement and paperwork. I get into contact with other hospital sites and see how stduents are progressing. Also have to find new sites where stdeunts can beplaced to learn clinical work. |
| 6pm to 7pm | |
| 7pm to 8pm | |
| 8pm to 9pm | |
| 9pm to 10pm | |
| 10pm to 11pm | |
| 11pm to 12am |
Table of Contents
How you got your job
How did you get your current job?
residency lead to job
What was the application process?
submitted resume, academic interview
Did you have to interview for your current job? If yes, what did the interview process entail?
yes.. It was 10% sicial interview and 90% academic
If you can remember, what questions were you asked during the interview?
Tell me about yourslf? Why shoudl we pick you for the position. The rest was all academic scientific questions
Do you feel your employer properly prepared you for your job? Explain.
yes, I went through many years of school and 5 years of on the job experience
Was there training for your current position? If yes, what did it entail?
yes, medical school and three years of residency
Do you feel your educational background prepared you for your job? Explain.
yes, medical school taught me so much
If applicable, do you feel your internship experience helped you prepare for your job?
yes
If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
get the degree, get the experience through volunteer work. be motivated and not give up
What skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a position like yours?
Social skills: need to know how to communicate with others where they understand you and also feel comfortble with you. Organized: you need to realy be organized in your thinking and planning in order to be able to get the work done. ompassionate: working solely to help others. technicial and educational skills: need to stdueny and understand disease processes, medications, treatments etc…
Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
yes
What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Always sray on top of new developments in the medical field
Long-term career plans
Is your current employment part of your overall career plan? Why or why not?
yes, this is why I went to medical school, to be able to learn and practice in teh medical profession.
What are your current career goals?
Stay up to date on medical knowledge. Learn new cutting edge techniques in surgery. Learn more how to counsel patients in their time of need.
Is there anything else you would like to share about your career?
It takes a lot of dedication, but if you don’t give up, you can do it. You should never give up on something because ir=ts too hard. Work your way through it and you can finish anything.
Prior work history
Please list your most recent jobs prior to this current job:
| Title | Length | Salary | Description | |
| Prior Job 1 | Physiciam, Director | 4 yeras | 9800 | physician, instructor, pleace students on internships |
| Prior Job 2 |
Educational background
Please list your educational background:
High School GPA:
| GPA | School | Degree | |
| College (Undergraduate) or Technical/Vocational |
3.8 | USF | Biology and Chemistry |
| Graduate or Professional (Masters or Doctorate) |
3.5 | UCSF | MD |
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