Ep 224 Protecting your career before you need to with Amanda HIll, JD

90 Day Notice Returns: Protecting Your Career Before You Need To

In this episode, Dr. Amy Vertrees and healthcare attorney Amanda Hill announce the return of Season 4 of the 90 Day Notice program, launching April 14th.

Originally created after a wave of unexpected physician layoffs, 90 Day Notice was designed to help doctors protect their careers, navigate workplace challenges, and regain professional agency. Today, the stakes feel even higher.

Across the country, physicians are reporting:

Sham peer reviews
Terminations “for cause”
Sudden RVU changes
Leadership pressure and reputational risk

This episode explains why doctors need a proactive strategy before problems escalate — and how physicians can learn to advocate for themselves without immediately resorting to lawyers, job changes, or burnout-driven decisions.

🩺 Why This Conversation Matters

Medical training teaches clinical excellence — but rarely teaches:

Career navigation
Institutional politics
Reputation management
Communication leverage
Self-advocacy inside healthcare systems

Through her work with the BOSS Business of Surgery Series, Dr. Vertrees focuses on closing these hidden gaps in physician professional development.

Meanwhile, Amanda Hill brings insight from representing over 1,000 physicians nationwide, offering real-world legal patterns doctors rarely recognize until they are already in crisis.

Their combined perspective reveals an important truth:

👉 When doctors feel something is wrong at work — they are usually right.

⚖️ Real Workplace Scenarios Discussed

Amanda shares recent client experiences, including:

A physician called into a CMO meeting after a concerning internal report
RVU reductions signaling possible institutional push-out
Doctors unknowingly having cases built against them

Rather than reacting defensively, the program teaches physicians how to:

Re-engage strategically
Influence professional perception
Maintain dignity and leverage while employed
Create options instead of acting from fear

🧠 The Psychological Side of Surgical Practice

Dr. Vertrees explores the emotional impact of complications — particularly how they often occur in clusters and trigger:

Self-doubt
Loss of confidence
Shame responses
Thoughts of leaving medicine entirely

Many surgeons don’t realize how workplace narratives form around them — or how much influence they actually have over those narratives.

90 Day Notice focuses on expanding emotional capacity, communication skill, and professional authority so physicians can lead their careers intentionally.

💡 Why “Just Get a Lawyer” Isn’t Always the Answer

Amanda explains when legal counsel helps — and when expensive legal consultations may actually reduce a physician’s leverage.

Instead, doctors learn how to:

Build strategic positioning while still employed
Use communication as protection
Develop a proactive game plan
Turn current jobs into training grounds for future opportunity

Success stories include physicians who went from feeling targeted to receiving retention offers after transforming how they showed up professionally.

👩‍⚕️ Who 90 Day Notice Is For

This program may be right for you if:

You wouldn’t accept your current job if offered today
You sense organizational changes affecting your role
You feel stuck, scrutinized, or undervalued
You’re considering leaving medicine or going locums
You want control over your career again

Rather than immediately changing jobs, participants learn how to first transform their existing situation — often avoiding the significant financial costs of transition, including tail coverage, relocation, and legal fees.

📚 What the Program Includes

Participants receive:

Weekly live coaching calls
Legal education + surgical coaching perspective
Email coaching support
Recorded sessions for flexibility
A confidential physician community
A proven 90-day framework developed across multiple program seasons

Accessible nationwide, the program blends real-world legal strategy with mindset and leadership coaching tailored specifically for physicians.

🔗 Action Steps & Resources

✅ Register for the free kickoff call beginning April 14
👉 Visit Guard My Practice or 90 Day Notice

✅ Learn more about physician professional development
👉 Explore the BOSS Business of Surgery Series

⏱ Episode Chapters

00:00 — Why 90 Day Notice is returning
00:49 — The hidden gap in residency training
01:43 — Real physician workplace cases
02:29 — Complications and confidence loss
03:10 — Defensive reactions vs strategic action
06:17 — The program’s unique legal + coaching model
08:33 — When lawyers help (and when they don’t)
14:23 — Physician transformation stories
16:46 — Who this program is designed for
18:17 — The true cost of job changes
20:38 — Program structure and support