How can doctors get into Medtech?
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In this episode of the Disrupting Doctors Career podcast, we are joined by Nemanja Kovačev, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and a healthcare and life-science practice lead at a global health tech and life science company, HTEC Group. In the conversation, we talk about how, as a doctor, you can stand out amongst hundreds of applications that MedTech companies get and understand where your value lies when it comes to contributing to the MedTech community.
If you are a doctor looking to transition into MedTech, this episode is for you. Tune in and get valuable insights on how you can prepare and position yourself for opportunities in the right kind of MedTech companies.
 
What You Will Learn:

[00:01] Intro and what’s in for you in today’s show 
[02:53] The avenues available for doctors as entry points to MedTech 
[04:09] How a doctor can get into programming and how that can lead to a career in MedTech 
[05:47] What the HTEC Group saw in Nemanja that was so attractive to them
[07:33] Nemanja’s advice to doctors who are scared of changing specialities and starting from zero
[13:09] How to articulate the value you bring as a doctor in the MedTech community
[17:01] Telling your story and learning how to sell yourself with clarity 
[19:34] What H Tech Group looks for in a CV when hiring doctors for MedTech roles
[22:07] How to make it easy for recruiters to read the essential info in your CV that they should not miss
[24:44] How to prepare your mindset to work in MedTech environments 
[31:03] Nemanja’s final recommendations to doctors looking to transition into MedTech
[32:32] Episode wrap-up and call to action

 
Standout Quotes:

“The ability to look at a problem from two sides, from an engineering and medical perspective, brings value to companies if they are in MedTech and health tech .” - Nemanja Kovačev [06:16]
 “Even if you want to do only consulting, you need to put some effort into understanding the way the health system functions in different markets; it is not enough that you offer only your practice knowledge.”- Nemanja Kovačev [11:00]
“You need to talk to yourself and understand why you want to leave medicine as a whole, or you want to leave medicine part-time; sometimes we are just in a burnout and just need a break, not to transition fully.”- Nemanja Kovačev [15:22]
”Selling yourself is about making it easy for the recruiter or the hiring manager to make a decision about you; if you don’t make it easy for them to make a decision, you can’t get a call.”- Dr Abeyna [18:47]
‘A lot of MedTech companies are different, but it is all about flexibility, openness, understanding the commercial and cultural aspects, and doing your homework so that you can get through the recruitment process and transition to the environment if you get a job.” - Dr Abeyna [27:24]

 
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ABOUT THE HOST
Dr Abeyna Bubbers-Jones is a practising medical doctor and Founder of Medic Footprints: the global platform connecting doctors with diverse career opportunities beyond conventional medicine.
Her mission is to dramatically elevate health outcomes in the world by connecting 1 million doctors with diverse careers by 2030.
Continually exploring her own path off the medical treadmill, she has developed a wealth of expertise in specialist recruitment connecting industry