42 friends and colleagues. Much of Anita’s work comes via referrals which is testimony to her clients’ satisfaction. Having worked with medical students and doctors from each specialty area and at every career stage, Anita possesses a deep understanding of the issues faced by aspiring and qualified medical practitioners and also the opportunities that are available to people with their education and training. To this end, she provides personalised coaching and assistance and is firmly committed to her clients’ successful development of applications that will get them a seat at the interview table and the skills to make them a standout candidate. “I’ve worked with doctors in remote locations in Australia such as Alice Springs, Broken Hill, Mount Gambier, and rural Tasmania,” Anita enthuses. “Because I understand that doctors may be working at any time during the day or night, I have developed a range of self-paced online courses – for medical students and prevocational trainees – that can be accessed and worked through whenever suits them.” This year, the organisation’s Standout Career Development Workshop was accredited by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) as an education activity eligible for 13.5 hours Continuing Professional Development (CPD). This enables doctors to meet a substantial part of their annual requirement of 50 hours via an online workshop attended over two days or four evenings. This is a unique opportunity for doctors to develop career skills that will help them attain fulfilling roles within medicine or beyond, whilst meeting their CPD requirements. “Unlike most other CPD offerings, it is not about clinical knowledge and it is focused purely on them,” elaborates Anita. “I facilitate this workshop and it is designed to give doctors the opportunity to share their career highlights, challenges, and goals with a group of like-minded people. We work together to develop practical documents and skills including communication and leadership that will support their efforts to seek and apply for jobs.” As a highly experienced Medical Career Coach, Anita Fletcher is the founder of advice-based specialist consulting practice, Standout Medical Careers, which specialises in coaching people to understand and convey their value so that they can realise their true potential. We learn more about the organisation from Anita as it achieves a Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Award. Standout Medical Careers helps doctors and medical students take the necessary actions to pursue their dream career opportunities by providing trusted support and services. Owned and operated by Anita Fletcher, the organisation provides career coaching services including interview coaching, CV development, and planning for ambitious moves within and beyond clinical settings. Anita works closely with doctors across Australia and internationally to help them gain clarity on what is important to them and which direction to take their career. Her expertise, in combination with personalised assistance and career-related training services, results in significant progress toward greater career fulfilment for doctors. She also collaborates with medical indemnity provider MIGA, hospitals, universities, and medical societies. Offering consultancy available on an individual or organisational basis, as well as career fulfilment in both clinical and non-clinical roles, Anita’s coaching is accessible via many different channels. A brief snapshot of the services that have evolved and which Anita continues to deliver to doctors and medical students worldwide include: free webinars; individual coaching programmes for career planning and development; CV development and interview skills; online learning programmes for students, prevocational trainees and specialists; in-person and online group workshops for junior medical workforce teams; 3, 6, and 12-month personalised coaching programmes; and executive leadership workshops for senior clinicians and health service executive leaders. “At Standout Medical Careers, the values of service, integrity, respect, compassion, and collaboration are at the heart of what we do,” Anita tells us, keen to highlight what it is that differentiates the organisation in the industry. “We aim to provide the best possible service to the people we work with in order to support them with their career needs, as we operate on the basis that we deliver on the commitments we make to our clients, striving to listen and support them through their challenges.” By prioritising service, acting with integrity and respect, demonstrating compassion, and working collaboratively, Anita and the team are developing the type of reputation that they want to be known for. Additionally, Standout Medical Careers’ clients have experiences with the organisation that lead them to recommend its services to their Jun23713 Medical Career Management Service of the Year 2023 - Australia
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