Helping physicians
Find their best-fit
career
Both inside and outside of clinical medicine
Let’s define something new!
This is the best place for physicians who know they are ready to make a career change.
Hi, I'm Dr. Karen Barnard
Career coach for physicians by Calling.
With 30 years of clinical experience, I’m now dedicated to helping physicians use their unique combination of skills,
talents and traits to discover their next career.
Many physicians feel stuck in a box.
All they know is patient care.
The good news is this:
There’s more available to you than you realize!
10 challenges
you may have experienced in medicine
- A lack of flexibility and autonomy over your schedule
- Not being present for important family moments
- The burden of navigating EMR’s
- An increased focus on avoiding litigation
- Having to rush through patient care
- Expectations to see more patients in less time
- The golden handcuffs of a high-earning career
- Student loan debt
- Sacrificing your own health
- Never being able to be fully “off the clock”
Here's what I've heard from physicians,
Can you relate?
“I want to overcome my fears and identity issues around a career transition.”
“I want to develop the skills, materials, resources, and network I need to land a job that I want.”
You want to leverage your skills in a new and meaningful way that is still of service
“I want to figure out where my existing skills are transferable and what else is out there.”
“I want to get clear on my values and what I want out of my career and life.”
You want to have a better work-life balance
“I want to be able to spend more quality time with my family and friends.”
“I want to feel less overwhelmed, more respected, and more appreciated at work.”
Ways to Work with Me
(For Physicians Only)
Private Coaching
4 - 6 Months
We work together for 4 - 6 months. We uncover your best-fit career and I show you how to pursue it, so you can land your dream job & successfully make the transition. Some clients have landed their dream job in as little as 3 weeks, and some take 12+ months or more. I’m available to support you for as long as you need.
Career Fast Track
One VIP Day
After some initial prep work, we’ll spend the day together to get you on track to make a career transition based on what you need next. Topics can include discovering best-fit career options, creating your resumé, interview prep, updating your online presence, and modern approaches to networking. We’ll design the day together.
I knew I was ready for a change in my career. Karen immediately made me feel comfortable and safe to start this uncharted path. She helped me define what I wanted and from there she helped me to integrate my past experiences and current job with potential non-clinical career positions. She is resourceful and empowered me to do the necessary work I needed to do in order to achieve this exciting next phase in my career. She gave practical guidance every step of the way.
I’m really lucky to have found Karen. I was looking for my niche in academic emergency medicine after transitioning from the military and during the pandemic. Karen was instrumental in helping me to get to where I am today: much happier and with a lot of hope. Under her coaching, I also negotiated a schedule that worked better for me, took a course, and started consulting on top of clinical medicine (those were right for me). I’m really excited about my future career path. I’ve recommended Karen to all of my friends in medicine.
I have nothing but glowing things to say about working with Karen. I came to professional coaching through the AMWA ELEVATE leadership program. Though I had been familiar with the concept of coaching, I had not found the time, motivation, or resources to invest in it. This changed as I approached a moment of transition in both my personal and professional life. Karen helped me navigate the stormy seas of change in a more intentional and self-assured manner. Karen's warmth and down-to-earth nature made it easy for me to share my challenges. Rather than imposing her own perspective on my situation, she thoughtfully guided me to strategies and decisions that are in line with my values and mission. Karen's coaching helped me to build the confidence to take on a position I would previously have felt was beyond my abilities. She is a treasure!
My work with Karen was one of self-exploration. She has devised a personalized, comprehensive assessment to help you investigate alternate career paths that would suit you, thereby adding structure to this self-exploration. It started with questionnaires which allowed her more insight into my situation. She used an enneagram to characterize personality type, and I produced a list of values that I felt were most important to me within a career and how my career could better serve me. I highly recommend Karen if you feel unfulfilled and unhappy in your chosen career. She is not going to tell you what to do; instead, she is going to provide you with the tools to implement positive change.