DOC (website)

DOC

Type of site

| Professional networking service
Available in| English
Website| www.docjobs.com
Commercial| Yes
Registration| Required
Users| >40,000
Launched| 1999
Current status| Active

DOC (also known as DOC Jobs or Drop Out Club) is an online community about leaving the practice of medicine or science to pursue other careers.[1][2] It includes job posts, networking events, and forums.[1][3] As of 2017, there are more than 40,000 doctors, scientists, and students registered on the site.[4] About half of the site's users are medical doctors, one-fourth are PhDs, and one-fourth have dual graduate degrees.[4] There are members in more than 100 countries,[2] but the site is most active in the United States , Canada , and the United Kingdom .[5]

DOC began in 1999 as an informal in-person gathering among six former classmates from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.[2][4] Each former classmate had left the practice of medicine for another career.[2] The in-person gatherings grew to more than 30 attendees,[6] who often shared job opportunities.[7] As the gatherings grew larger, two members created an online community for the group.[4] Job listings were added to the site in 2008.[2][7] By 2015, the site had 23,000 users.[2] In 2016, DOC acquired Oystir, a career website for STEM PhD students, and merged it with DOC.[7]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 DeMare, Laura E. (2011). "Choosing a Career: Online Resources for Every Scientist". The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 84 (3): 243–6. PMID 21966042.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kavilanz, Parija (October 30, 2015). "Drop Out Club is a networking platform for doctors seeking other careers". https://money.cnn.com/2015/10/30/smallbusiness/dropout-club-for-doctors/index.html.
3. ↑ Blau, Max (May 24, 2017). "In 'Drop Out Club,' desperate doctors counsel each other on quitting". https://www.statnews.com/2017/05/24/doctors-burnout-online-community/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Avitzur, Orly (2017). "Professionalism: Why Some Burned Out Neurologists Are Dropping Out". Neurology Today (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)) 17 (18): 19–20. doi:10.1097/01.nt.0000525669.20141.3a. ISSN 1533-7006.
5. ↑ "The Drop Out Club, el insoportable arrepentimiento de haber estudiado medicina" (in es). March 7, 2017. http://saludiario.com/el-insoportable-arrepentimiento-de-haber-estudiado-medicina-the-drop-out-club/.
6. ↑ MIMS (August 11, 2017). ""Drop Out Club": Explore the alternatives – Part One". https://today.mims.com/drop-out-club-explore-alternatives-part-one.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Skwarecki, Beth (December 1, 2009). "Unmatched After Match Day -- What's Next?". https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/875526_2.

## Further reading

* Midgley, Carol (June 2, 2014). "The drop out club for doctors: Why medics are leaving the NHS". https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-drop-out-club-for-doctors-why-medics-are-leaving-the-nhs-pj37zrr6nsl.
* Corominas, Carlos (November 29, 2015). "Ya no quiero ser médico" (in es). http://www.rmedica.es/edicion/265/ya-no-quiero-ser-medico.
* Brown, Hannah O. (March 2, 2016). "Online club gives non-clinical doctors an outlet to seek jobs and vent frustrations". http://www.leaddoc.org/Stories/2014/story1-0522.html#.WvHEoNOUtAY.

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