Optimize Your Career and Beat Burnout Part 3: Take Your Next Steps

Presented by Phil Plisky and Jenna Gourlay

12-Month Subscription

Unlimited access to:

  • Thousands of CE Courses
  • Patient Education
  • Home Exercise Program
  • And more
Video Runtime: 57 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 21 Minutes

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

Read full bio

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…

Read full bio

Chapters & learning objectives

Your Plan for Career Excellence: Competence and Communication

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.

Networking for the Best Workday

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.

Keeping Momentum and Sustaining Progress Over Your Career

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.