Tatiana at work. SHOWING MY TRUE VALUE A few weeks later, Skate Canada came back to me with an offer. They had decided to split the role. They wanted me to become their Domestic Chief Medical Advisor. My role would be to oversee the medical coverage of skating events, both national and international, taking place on Canadian soil. It was a job I could do from home with no travel commitments. It was perfect.
Dr. Tatiana Jevremovic is a primary care sport and exercise medicine physician in London, Ontario and an Associate Professor with the Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. She has covered sporting events of all calibers, sat on a number of medical committees and board of directors, and has just completed her President term with the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM). If you ask her though, she will tell you that her greatest joy by far are her 2 girls, and raising them to be confident, intelligent, happy and not afraid to reach for the stars will be her greatest accomplishment.
I realized that by being honest with myself – and others – about what I was able to commit to, I had done exactly what I thought I was doing by committing to everything: I had shown my true value to the team. There is no benefit to taking on more than you can handle. Your work, your reputation – and, worst of all, your happiness – will suffer. Take the time to prioritize the different roles in your life, and the time-commitments they each require. Things may not always work out at first, but as long as you work hard and deliver quality work, there will always be new opportunities on the horizon. So where am I now? Well…. Skate Canada eventually removed the travel requirementsfrom their original Chief Medical Advisor role description, and offered me the job.
This article was originally published in onboardMD. Republished with permission. onboardMD’s mission is simple: to help Canada’s next generation of doctors navigate the beginning of their medical careers. Check out onboardMD’s suite of tools and resources, including articles that bring you tips, tricks and life hacks along with real-life stories from students, residents and doctors.
This time, I did not say no.
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