You are a foundation doctor, newly qualified, finding your feet clinically and already wondering if this is it. You are not desperate to leave and you are not ready to burn your training. You want to explore properly without quitting, and you want to silence the voice that says exploring means you are wasting the years it took to get here. You have a salary, structured time off (zero days, annual leave, study budget), and a credential that is still fresh.
Explore one or two directions seriously while keeping your training intact and your options open, and build the first real pieces of a non-clinical profile. The aim is informed optionality by the end of F2, not a leap. Use the structure of foundation training (taster weeks, study budget, zero days) as your exploration engine.
The full F1 / F2 doctor plan
- The full 30-60-90 plan, with 2, 5, and 10 hours-a-week breakdowns
- Portfolio projects suited to your stage
- Cold message templates that fit your situation
- Exact LinkedIn and CV changes to make
- Skills to build, and the traps to avoid
- How to measure progress, and what good looks like at day 90
- When to bring in a CV review or a 1:1 call
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One payment unlocks all 8 personalised 90-day plans, all 8 career maps in full, and the entire template library.
This is educational career guidance, not a promise of a job, a salary, or any specific outcome, and not financial or legal advice. Your results depend on your own effort and circumstances. Make big decisions with proper professional advice where it matters.
Do not resign a training post or change your contract on the strength of a quiz or a plan. Talk to your deanery, your educational supervisor, and your medical defence organisation first. Leaving and re-entering training has real consequences worth understanding before you act.