Interactive course · for surgeons in any health system

Turn clinical insight into advisory income, without leaving practice.

Health-tech and med-tech companies are building tools for surgeons without seeing what happens on a real list. You see it every week. This course shows you how to turn that into paid advisory work, step by step, with tools that do the hard parts with you.

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17 chapters16 hands-on toolsAbout 5 hoursPhone and desktop

Readiness profileFriction journalPositioning statementLinkedIn headlineOutreach messageExpert network bioFriction review reportScope documentRate cardConflict-of-interest checkTime budget30-day plan

What changes

From a job title to a reason to hire you

By Chapter 5 you replace a credential with one sentence a founder can act on. Watch the difference.

BeforeHow most surgeons introduce themselves

“I help surgical-planning software companies understand why surgeons skip the planning step on busy trauma lists, so they can design a workflow that fits a real list.”

The opportunity

Founders need what you already know

Companies building AI scribes, theatre scheduling, surgical planning, remote monitoring and aesthetic platforms mostly learn about surgery from surveys and idealised workflow diagrams. Your pattern recognition from real lists, clinics and on-call shifts saves them months of trial and error. That is worth paying for.

The problemMost surgeons undersell itThey give advice for free, introduce themselves by title, and agree to vague, open-ended arrangements.

The gapNobody teaches the business sidePositioning, outreach, scoping, pricing, contracts and declarations are not part of surgical training.

The courseA structured path, start to first feeFrom spotting your insight to a scoped, priced, properly declared first engagement.

How it works

Not an ebook. Every chapter is a lesson you do.

Each chapter follows the same six steps, so you learn the idea, practise it on realistic cases, and leave with something you can use the same week. Your answers save as you go.

01AssessWhere you are now

02LearnClear explanation and diagrams

03PractiseSorting exercises and real scenarios

04BuildAn interactive tool for your own case

05TestA short knowledge check

06DebriefTakeaways and next actions

What you finish with

Working material, ready to use

The tools carry your answers forward, so each one builds on the last.

Ch 05Positioning statementPlus a LinkedIn headline and a spoken intro

Ch 06Outreach messageAnd a follow-up, built from your positioning

Ch 08Friction review reportThe deliverable founders pay for

Ch 09Scope documentOne page that defines every engagement

Ch 10Rate cardSession, project and retainer pricing, in your currency

Ch 11Conflict-of-interest checkWhat to declare, and to whom

Ch 12Time budgetSo advisory work never crowds out patients

Ch 1630-day planGenerated from everything you built

Curriculum

17 chapters in five parts

Chapters marked New go beyond the original free guide and cover the questions surgeons ask most before saying yes to a company.

Part IFoundations4 ch · 64 min

00
Your value isn’t limited to the hospital
What this course covers and how it works
Tool: Consulting readiness assessment
01
The real mindset shift
Pattern recognition is the asset
Tool: Pattern inventory
02
Where opportunities exist
Ten categories of companies that need you
Tool: Market map
03
What companies actually pay for
Shortening their trial-and-error cycle
Tool: Cost-of-getting-it-wrong estimator

Part IIPositioning2 ch · 36 min

04
Identifying your commercial insight
Start with friction
Tool: Friction journal
05
Converting friction into positioning
The four-part formula
Tool: Positioning statement builder

Part IIIGetting work3 ch · 56 min

06
The 3-step entry strategy
Research, outreach, structured conversation
Tool: Outreach builder
07
Expert networksNew
A common route to a first paid hour
Tool: Expert profile builder
08
Delivering a friction reviewNew
Running the 60-minute session and writing it up
Tool: Friction review report builder

Part IVDeals3 ch · 58 min

09
How engagements are structured
Five formats and when to use each
Tool: Scope document builder
10
Pricing principles
Sessions, projects, retainers and equity
Tool: Rate card calculator
11
Contracts, IP and declarationsNew
NDAs, advisory agreements, conflicts of interest
Tool: Conflict-of-interest check

Part VProtection and growth5 ch · 85 min

12
Protecting your clinical identity
Time, patients and reputation first
Tool: Monthly time-budget planner
13
Common mistakes
Six costly errors
Tool: Mistake risk audit
14
Case studiesNew
Four illustrative paths to a first engagement
Tool: Case path comparison
15
The long-term advantage
From advisor to influence
Tool: Career path map
16
Your 30-day planNew
Start small, be useful, be structured
Tool: 30-day plan and one-pager

Try it

One question from Chapter 5

Every chapter ends with a knowledge check like this one, with an explanation after each answer.

Question

A founder reads your introduction. What do they need to understand first?

Your guide

Written by a practising surgeon

Ehab Badran · Plastic surgeon in private practice and founder

We spend a decade learning to operate and about five minutes learning how to price it, market it, or build anything that earns without us standing in theatre. I help surgeons fix that.

I started building outside the operating theatre while working full-time as a surgeon. First a newsletter, then a guide, then small products. Every skill was learned from scratch, with no blueprint, while still showing up for patients every day. Everything I teach, I run on myself first.

This course takes that approach to one of the most practical routes there is: paid advisory work with the companies building tools for surgeons. Not leaving surgery. Owning the business behind it.

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Who it’s for

Built for practising surgeons, anywhere

Consultants and attendingsYou have years of pattern recognition and want a structured way to offer it, alongside your clinical work.

Surgeons in private practiceYou see patient expectations, booking and follow-up problems that platform companies are trying to solve.

Senior traineesYou use the newest clinical software every day and want to build commercial skills early.

It is not for anyone looking to leave medicine or become a startup founder. The course is about building advisory work that fits around your practice.

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One advisory session pays for it

One payment, instant access. Work through it at your own pace, on any device.

one-time payment

All 17 interactive chapters
16 tools: positioning, outreach, scope, rate card, conflict check and more
Diagrams, scenarios and knowledge checks in every chapter
Personal 30-day plan and completion certificate
All future updates to the course

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Questions

Frequently asked

Does this work outside the UK?

Yes. The course is written for surgeons in any health system. Examples cover the NHS, US hospitals, private practice, the Gulf and Australia. Where rules differ by country, such as conflict-of-interest declarations, the course explains what to check where you practise.

How long do I have access?

Access doesn’t expire. You also get any updates to the course.

How do I open it on another device?

Go to the Log in page and enter the email you paid with and the receipt number from your Stripe receipt email. Your course opens on that device.

Where are my answers saved?

In your own browser, on the device you use. Nothing you type into the tools is sent to us. If you switch devices or clear your browser data, your access still works but your saved answers stay on the original device.

How long does it take?

About five hours in total. Each chapter takes 15 to 20 minutes, so you can do one between lists or after clinic.

Is this legal, tax or financial advice?

No. The course is educational. It explains contracts, declarations and pricing in plain English and tells you what to check, but you should take professional advice for your own situation and follow your employer’s and regulator’s rules.

What if it isn’t right for me?

Email within 14 days of purchase for a full refund. See the terms for details.