Medical Jack of Many trade

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Hey there! Joyce here.

Welcome to Healthlista letter #02

I finally had a word for what I'd always done and referred to as inconsistency.

Little did I know that being a generalist, or having more than one talent in their armory, was one of the qualities that made founders successful.

The fancy name was "Skill Stacking".

If you look at the CVs of the most successful entrepreneurs, you will see that they have their main expertise as well as a slew of other supplementary abilities such as marketing, communications, design, and coding.

In today's fast-paced employment market, skill stacking has emerged as an effective method for career success. Instead of focusing in a particular field, professionals are realizing the importance of blending multiple skills to develop a distinct and competitive skill set.

To flourish in the modern world of work, you must become proficient or excellent at a few relevant skills. This is when the skill stacking comes in.

Creating a collection of complementary skills for a distinct edge.
Over the years here is what my skill stack looks like: Core skill is Medicine, complementary skills are;

• Content Creation

• Graphic design

• Video editing

• Web design

• Digital marketing.

• Writing

As a result of these experiences, I was able to cofound a Medical Edtech startup and work as a Growth Marketer for an Innovative Telemedicine company while still practicing medicine.

This has also helped me grow as a person; I've learned how to multitask and work well with diverse boards in a startup, and I speak a variety of skill languages🤩

I recently wrote a guide for getting into HealthTech as a Medic, Download a copy for Free via this link: The Guide to getting into HealthTech

You most likely already do skill stacking without knowing, or you are skill stacking incorrectly, which is accumulating non-complementary skills; follow these steps to get it right.

1. Identify your goals

2. List relevant complementary skills to your core skill

3. Invest time to learn (Get reliable platforms to get courses both free paid on the Chapter 4 of the HealthTech guide )

4. Apply skills; The pareto principle of getting 80% results from 20% doing, as you learn you take action by practicing(more about this in the guide)

1. Students reacts to $1 billion donation - I could watch this video a million times to see the delight on the faces of these medical school students who will be graduating debt-free because Ruth Gothesman, a retired professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is awarding students a $1 billion scholarship

2. New jobs to be created by AI- As many jobs will be lost due to the advent of AI in the Healthcare industry, a large number of jobs will be created simultaneously Here are examples of New AI jobs in healthcare.

3. Medical Reality Show - One of the few medical shows i binge on Youtube is Dr. Mike Checkup Podcast, This Episode was about The lady who got Flesh eating Mycobacterium infection minutes after a Vitamin b12 shot , she talks about her journey to survival after two years of consistent hospital walk ins.

💼Who is Hiring in HealthTech?

Flo Health inc. are seeking a Medical Advisor in AI to help design their intuitive AI tools, and validate their medical accuracy:

Bupa are looking for a digital product manager with healthcare expertise to develop their patient-facing app:

Quesmed is hiring Digital Teaching Fellow for their Medical Courses

✍Quote for the week

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about who we pretend to be”