Neurology Nuts and Bolts: Constructing Your Career
Learn about all the things that you wish you were taught about the practice of neurology. The podcast will cover types of careers (academics, private practice, locums, concierge neurology, etc.), contracts and worth, promotional development and CV building, continuing medical education and maintenance of certification, visas, billing, challenges on the job, work/life balance, and more. Creator and Executive Producer: Sara Schaefer; Associate editors: Katherine Fu, Sana Aslam, Sagari Bette, Parneet Grewal, Proleta Datta, Thu Vu, Kim Robeson, Aparna Prabhu Sandeep, Katie Moore; Music: Audrey Nath; Artwork: Shivani Ghoshal
Neurology Nuts and Bolts: Constructing Your Career
Types of Careers: Global Health
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Episode 63
Galina Gheihman discusses global health with Dr. Katie Holroyd, who performs global health research in Thailand and the Dominican Republic, and Dr. Michael Rubenstein, who has a longitudinal clinical global health practice in Tanzania. They discuss how they divide their time and manage funding and institutional expectations, the importance of mindset and humility when approaching global health work, and why they chose to do what they do.
Further resources:
- Viewpoint article mentioned by Dr. Holroyd: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38165668/
- Neurology Resident and Fellow Section Without Borders blogs by Dr. Holroyd sharing tips for trainees interested in global neurology:https://www.neurology.org/media/blog-post/five-questions-about-global-neurology-youve-always-had-but-were-afraid-to-ask-part-1-of-2; https://www.neurology.org/media/blog-post/five-questions-about-global-neurology-youve-always-had-but-were-afraid-to-ask-part-2-of-2
- Dr. Michael Rubenstein’s Blog: www.michaelintanzania.com