Career and Life Planning Guidebook for Medical Residents

Vickie Austin, speaker, business and career coach, founder of CHOICES Worldwide Ms. Austin is a graduate of Arizona State University and holds an Executive Master of Global Management from Thunderbird School of Management. Vickie founded CHOICES Worldwide in 1997 to offer strategic planning to entrepreneurs, executives and individuals in career transition. Prior to establishing her firm, Vickie covered the health beat for a daily newspaper, worked for Modern Healthcare magazine and served in a variety of marketing roles for hospital systems includingAmericanMedical International (AMI), Scottsdale Memorial Health Systems, Inc., Humana, Inc. and Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc. Her articles have appeared in the National Business Employment Weekly, New Perspectives and career sites of the Wall Street Journal . She is the author of the book Circles of Gold: Honoring Your Network for Business and Career Success. When Vickie isn’t writing, speaking or coaching, she loves to read, sing and spend timewith family and friends. C H A P T E R A U T H O R If you can DREAM it, you can DO it.” – Walt Disney SECTION II: T MINUS TWO YEARS CAREER AND LIFE PLANNING GUIDEBOOK FOR MEDICAL RESIDENTS 152