Portfolio Careers for GPs

Why I wrote this book: my story

Acknowledgements

1: Introduction

1.1 What is a portfolio career?

1.2 Why might it be good to consider a portfolio career?

1.3 What challenges might you face when creating a portfolio career?

1.4 Why are portfolio careers important now?

1.5 Traditional GP roles and the portfolio career

1.6 How this book can help you

2: Planning for a portfolio career

2.1 The importance of career development in medicine

2.2 Are you ready for a portfolio career?

2.3 The first steps to developing your career

2.4 The importance of assessing your interests, skills, qualities and achievements

2.5 Understanding how time and the wider environment impact your career

3: Setting yourself up for career success

3.1 Defining what career success looks like to you

3.2 How can you achieve career success?

3.3 How to assess your qualifications and work experience

3.4 Self-help tools for successful career planning and development

3.5 Identifying what additional support and (social) skills you need to stand out

3.6 How your organisation can help you

4: A practical template for creating your career

4.1 Categorising your portfolio

4.2 How to actually get started, including some financial and legal aspects to consider

4.3 Time management and balancing workload (including how to stay sane!)

4.4 Goal setting

5: Evaluating (and re-evaluating) your career

5.1 The importance of evaluating your career

5.2 How to accurately evaluate your career

5.3 Diversifying as a more experienced GP

6: What is possible - learning from current portfolio GPs

Personal stories

6.1 Dr Safiya Virji: medical education and leadership

6.2 Dr Aman Amir: GP partner, university lecturer, magistrate and author

6.3 Dr Daniel Grace: expedition medicine

6.4 Dr Ellen Welch: remote working, medical journalism and cruise ship doctor

6.5 Dr Talha Sami: author, media contributor and content creator

6.6 Dr Julie Hammond: healthcare advocacy, innovation and aesthetic medicine

Interviews

6.7 Dr Nigel Giam: medical education and entrepreneurialism - interviewed by Cansu Ozdemir

6.8 Dr Lee David: cognitive behavioural therapy, author - interviewed by Dr Vanessa Otti

6.9 Dr Henrietta Hughes: giving patients a voice - interviewed by Manas Soni

6.10 Dr Usman Sajjad: sports medicine - interviewed by Ahmed Al-Wizni

6.11 Dr Lavan Baskaran: GP partner, private GP, content creator and medical advisor - interviewed by Dr Ahmed Moussa

6.12 Dame Clare Gerada: leadership - interviewed by Dr Pavan Marwaha

6.13 Dr Nicola Elliott: medical education, medical officer, diving medical referee - interviewed by Dr Gireesha Verma

6.14 Dr Tara George: out-of-hours, board member, RCGP advisor, podcaster - interviewed by Dr Gireesha Verma

Appendix 1: Further reading

Appendix 2: Social media tips