For doctors and others in the profession, seeking careers outside of medicine is a frightening prospect. Continuing to do what we are trained to do as physicians—though the career is often riddled with problems like burnout and excessive administrative burdens—is comfortable. The skills that we have gained in school and training are so essential for the greater good, not to …

Why do we do it? Why do we become doctors? Do we take on massive amounts of student debt so we can spend our days entering data into EMRs? Do we do it for the physician burnout? Of course not. We do it to help people. We do it to challenge ourselves while raising up our communities. The reality, though, …