Faculty School: How to Thrive in Academic Medicine

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Faculty School How to Thrive in Academic
Medicine The Professional Mission Statement
Defining Your Career Goals

• OSUCOM Center for FAME Faculty Workshop
• John D. Mahan MD
• 10.31.14

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Chinese Proverb

• If we dont change our direction,
  we are likely to end up where we are headed!

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Goals

• Define and accomplish your professional success
• Improve your likelihood for academic promotion
• Enhance your individual satisfaction

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Objectives (at the end of this presentation, the
learner will be able to)

• Describe successful professional development
  strategies
• Develop a basic Professional Mission Statement
  (PMS) and plan
• Clarify your current activities in relation to
  your PMS
• Utilize the 4/20 Habits for Academic Success
• Identify your professional needs, academic
  resources, value of collaboration, and reasons
  for use of your faculty portfolio
• Define Your Priority Projects Plan Help define
  your future priorities

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Professional DevelopmentA 5 Part Strategy

• Develop
• written plan
• (PMS)
• Review
• with mentor

Identify and Utilize Resources Colleagues,
networks, organizations, education, training
Achieve Document Regularly, Comprehensively Doss
ier/Portfolio
Outline a Realistic Vision Personal priorities, o
pportunities
Ensure recognition Supervisor, publications, pres
entations, PT, marketing
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Professional DevelopmentA 5 Part Strategy
Outline a Realistic Vision Personal priorities, o
pportunities
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Case of Richard

• MD now finishing 3rd yr as an Assistant Professor
  in the Tenure track
• Graduated from a top tier fellowship program with
  excellent research training and intense desire to
  continue research career
• On service only 2 months a year - great reviews
  as teacher and clinician
• Took longer than expected to get research
  enterprise (people, resources, local
  collaborators) up and going has only one local
  collaborator
• Division Director expects him to focus on his
  research and publish, submit a large national
  grant each year and present at national meetings
• His productivity has been less than desired but
  he feels that he is getting momentum now he
  spends 8-12 hrs each weekend on his research
• The Division Director calls him in and explains
  that he may not qualify for additional internal
  support due to lack of publications and grant
  proposals
• He needs to submit a NIH grant in the next 6
  months if he does not get a competitive score,
  his research career will be in jeopardy!
• Should he continue to work this hard on his
  research? What is wrong here? What should he do
  now? What could have been done earlier?

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Professional DevelopmentA 5 Part Strategy
Identify and Utilize Resources Colleagues,
networks, organizations, education, training
Outline a Realistic Vision Personal priorities, o
pportunities
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Professional DevelopmentA 5 Part Strategy and
Toolkit

• Develop
• written plan
• (PMS)
• Review
• with mentor

Identify and Utilize resources Colleagues,
networks, organizations, education, training
Outline a Realistic Vision Personal priorities, o
pportunities
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The Vision Key to Defining Your Professional
Mission Statement

• Identify personal goals and interests
• What do you value?
• What does the organization value?
• Share with mentor and colleagues
• Revisit often ? Post in office
• Define desired rewards
• Set priorities!
• Ensure productivity minimize surprises
• Identify requirements for the next step

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Academic Career SuccessThe Toolkit
Handout 3 Characteristics of Successful
Academic Faculty 4/20 Habits

• Handout 2
• Define Your
• Current Project
• List

• Handout 1
• Your Professional
• Mission
• Statement

Handout 4 Define Your Priority Projects Plan
Help define your future priorities
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Defining Your Professional Mission Statement
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PMS Undesirable Examples

• PMS To be the best cardiologist I can be
• PMS To be the best faculty teacher of medical
  students
• PMS To be outstanding in research, clinical care
  and education

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PMS Desirable Examples

• PMS To become an expert in incorporating
  patient/parent education in improving care of
  children with sickle cell disease
• PMS To be a leader in the field of developing
  new anti-cancer compounds for testing in patients
  with leukemia
• PMS To be a leader in developing evidence based
  education in cardiology training

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Professional Mission Statement (PMS) Draft
(Handout 1)

• Individual work
• Individual revision
• Small group share/critique
• Final draft

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Current Projects ListSelf-Assessment(Handout 2)

• Individual work
• Compare to PMS
• Discussion

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Motivation

• Drive (Daniel Pink)
• Motivation 3.0
• Autonomy
• Mastery
• Purpose

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Characteristics of Successful Academic Faculty
4/20 Habits(Handout 3)

• Complete Work Sheet
• Complete on Your Own
• Review Each Year
• Outline and Execute Plan to Improve Each Year

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Colleagues

• Associate and collaborate with distinguished
  colleagues
• Network seniors, peers, admin. and staff
• Collaborate writing, teaching, research and
  administration
• Regular contact inside and outside institution
• Borrow and offer resources

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Environment

• Local peers academically productive
• Supportive work climate / resources
• gt10 protected time for academics
• Institution supports pursuit of topics you deeply
  value
• Chair appreciates and values your work

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Successful Style

• Be productive in first 5 years
• Work in small bursts
• Attack several projects simultaneously
• Pursue topics of personal interest, consistent
  with your values and mission
• Work with some degree of perceived autonomy
• Take risks

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Citizenship

• National - Regularly attend national meetings
• Regional - Active in regional and national
  programs
• Local - Active on medical school / hospital
  committees, working groups curriculum committees
• Network with other good citizens to drive your
  agenda (or their agenda)

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Priority Projects Plan (Handout 4)

• Create Your Own Priority Projects Plan

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Professional DevelopmentA 5 Part Strategy and
Toolkit

• Handout 2
• Define Your
• Current
• Project
• List

• Handout 1
• Your Professional
• Mission
• Statement

• Develop
• written plan
• (PMS)
• Review
• with mentor

Handout 3 Characteristics of Successful
Academic Faculty 4/20 Habits
Identify and Utilize resources Colleagues,
networks, organizations, education, training
Achieve Document Regularly, Comprehensively Doss
ier/Portfolio
Handout 4 Define Your Priority Projects Plan
Help define your future priorities
Outline a Realistic Vision Personal priorities, o
pportunities
Ensure recognition Supervisor, publications, pres
entations, PT, marketing
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Final PointAcademic Portfolio Document Your
Accomplishments!

• Statement of philosophy on teaching
• Teaching/Learner evaluations
• Representative syllabi/course materials
• Every new committee, work group, assignment
• Every journal you review
• Every publication, abstract, invited presentation
• Every grant

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Academic Portfolio

• In total -
• the Portfolio is Your Career!

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Homework

• Develop and refine your PMS
• Develop your PMS share with your
  Supervisor/Boss, with your Mentor within next
  month
• Re-visit your PMS with your Mentor/Supervisor
  every 6-12 months
• Re-visit your PMS quarterly as a junior faculty
  at least every 6 months as senior faculty
• Share concerns with your supervisor
• Revisit your 4/20 Habits at least yearly
• Intentionally increase your assets
• Share with your Mentor/Supervisor
• Create/use your Priority Projects List
• Guidepost/Map to your projects/priorities
• Live your plan

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Thanks

• Post Workshop Survey
• 2-3 months

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Plans are only good intentions unless they
immediately degenerate into hard work.Peter
Drucker
Plans are nothing planning is everything.
Dwight Eisenhower
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References

• Simpson DE, Fincher RM. Making a case for the
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• Umiker W. Developing a mission statement for
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• McCurdy FA. Marcdante K. Setting a personal
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• Rojas-Guyler L, Murnan J, Cottrell RR. Networking
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• Thanks!!!
• Deborah Simpson, Ph.D. Professor, Family and
  Community Medicine, Associate Dean for
  Educational Support and Evaluation Medical
  College of Wisconsin
  
• Lewis R. First, M.D. Professor and Chair,
  Pediatrics, University of Vermont School of
  Medicine
• Ed Zalneraitis, MD. Pediatric Program Director,
  Professor and Associate Dean, University of
  Connecticut
• Bill Smoyer, MD. VP Clinical and Translational
  Research, Nationwide Childrens Hospital,
  Professor Pediatrics, OSU COM

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Overview

• Background
• Case of Richard
• Academic Career Planning 5 Key Steps
• PMS Draft (1)
• Break
• Current Projects List (2)
• Self-Assessment
• Characteristics of Successful Academic Faculty
  4/20 Habits
• Define Your Habits (3)
• Priority Projects Plan (4)
• Portfolio discussion
• Wrap-up