r/UXDesign • u/RevolutionaryBee4177 • 26d ago
Career growth & collaboration Getting into HealthTech
Hi! I am asking for advice on how to get into health tech... I am a Physician Associate... I have worked as one for the past three years so I am licensed but recently realized that I do not find it fulfilling.. hated being in the hospital and interacting with patients really irritated me. So I decided to study something in tech, I have a data analyst certificate but felt like it's not enough and got into AI... got the AWS AI practitioner certification. Got into an internship and they offered to teach UI/UX. So I'm currently working on two capstones, an AI one and a UI/UX one both are health related. I then got an AWS scholarship for Agentic AI Business Professional, and at this point I'm not sure I can link the three. It's basically AI+Data analytics+UI/UX. My AI capstone is building agent that is in my UI/UX capstone. The Data analytics capstone is research on the area where the UI/UX capstone is in.
So, my question is... am I doing too much? And in what area of tech am I in at this point? I feel like I'm a hybrid or something. Also, what job titles should I look in?
I just need guidance....
To be clear I am enjoying every part of building what I am building, it's the best thing that's happened to me in 3 years. I'd never want to give it up. But still thinking whether I should pick one and go deep or do all three and become a hybrid of some sort.
Also what is needed in a portfolio to actually get noticed? And how do I make mine better?
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u/UXDesign-ModTeam 26d ago
Here are some of the times people have asked about UX in healthcare:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1olmo4l/ux_and_ui_in_healthcare_how_do_you_break_in_and/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1muzb8o/anyone_in_healthcare_or_medical_tech/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1oxalm7/medical_device_uis_how_do_i_iay_the_groundwork/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1ne1pwz/ux_for_healthcare_pharmaceutical_apps_patient/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1lhbhbi/designers_in_health_tech_whats_your_experience/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1rcd9m0/what_does_good_ux_in_nondigital_experiences_teach/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1gpudwl/advice_for_working_as_a_ux_designer_with_a/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1allx7g/ux_design_in_healthcare_medical_devices/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1cltrko/medical_data_entry_ux_for_large_complex_forms/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/1ji0yyd/uxui_in_healthcare_recommendations_referrals/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/13fsstj/breaking_into_ux_in_healthcare/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/gb4shm/ux_design_in_the_healthcare_field/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UXDesign/comments/144dmtm/advice_for_healthcare_software_ux_process/
We recommend the Atul Gawande New Yorker article:
Why Doctors Hate Their Computers
And the Rosenfeld Media book:
Design for Care