Optimize Your Career and Beat Burnout Part 3: Take Your Next Steps
Presented by Phil Plisky and Jenna Gourlay
Financial: Jenna Gourlay receives compensation from MedBridge for this course. She receives compensation from Professional Rebellion.
Nonfinancial: Phil Plisky has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Nonfinancial: Jenna Gourlay has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
While it may seem impossible to improve your current situation, a critical step is setting up a system to support your efforts to get the most out of your career. In this course, you will learn a systematic approach to creating and sustaining your ideal career.
Meet your instructors
Phil Plisky
Dr. Phil Plisky is a professor in the University of Evansville’s Doctor of Physical Therapy and PhD in Health Professions Education programs. He is the host of the Medbridge Rehab and Performance Lab podcast and founder of the Coaches Club at
Jenna Gourlay
Dr. Jenna Gourlay is a board-certified sports physical therapist for the Rehabilitation & Performance Institute and the director of their orthopedic residency program. Dr. Gourlay is an adjunct professor at the University of Evansville and previously worked as the team physical therapist for the women’s basketball and…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Your Plan for Career Excellence: Competence and Communication
Having a well-crafted education plan can rekindle the fire in your career. By exploring the research around learning and job satisfaction, you will identify ways to jump-start your career.
2. Networking for the Best Workday
Relationships play a huge role in our careers and how we develop. The right people can put us in the right situations and help us move forward. Creating these relationships can be done authentically and meaningfully with the right approach.
3. Keeping Momentum and Sustaining Progress Over Your Career
Motivation ebbs and flows throughout a career, but ideally progress never stops. The people you surround yourself with define what you do in your career. This chapter looks at accountability and why people matter more than motivation.
More courses in this series
Optimize Your Career and Beat Burnout Part 1: Identify Your Ideal
Jenna Gourlay and Phil Plisky
Optimize Your Career and Beat Burnout Part 2: Create Work–Life Balance
Jenna Gourlay and Phil Plisky
Optimize Your Career and Beat Burnout Part 3: Take Your Next Steps
Jenna Gourlay and Phil Plisky
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