Career Advancement: Academic for Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2005 July 30, 2005, Denver CO :Career Advancement: Academic for Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2005 July 30, 2005, Denver CO Daniel Rauch, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics New York University School of Medicine New York, NY Borrowed heavily from Steve Ludwig


Why God Was Not Promoted :Why God Was Not Promoted He had only one major publication It wasn’t in English It had no references It wasn't in an academic journal Some doubt he wrote it himself The scientific community cannot replicate his results He expelled his first two students for learning His office hours were irregular and sometimes held on a mountaintop He made his graduate students (Moses or Abraham) do all the work but did not list them as co-authors Yes, He created the world but his notes are sketchy He never received IRB permission to use human subjects When one experiment went awry, he tried to cover it up by drowning the subjects When subjects didn't behave as predicted, he deleted them from the sample He rarely came to class and just told students, "read the book." Although there were only ten requirements, most students failed


Academic Ranks :Academic Ranks Affiliated Faculty Instructor Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor


Academic Categories :Academic Categories Associated or Affiliated Staff Clinical Clinician Educator Research/Tenure


Promotion Guidelines :Promotion Guidelines Faculty Brochure/Handbook Standard Time Academic Production = Published Research Funding Citizenship = School-based: Faculty Senate, Admissions, Committees Reputation = Organizations, Editorial Boards


Clinician/Educator Tracks :Clinician/Educator Tracks Time Academic Production = Presentations, Courses, Lectures, Curricula, etc. Citizenship = may be Departmental or Hospital Based Reputation = Clinical, Teaching Evaluations Teaching Portfolio


Teaching Portfolio :Teaching Portfolio Projects Teaching Activities: Courses, Rounds, Lectures Advising Other Educational Activities: Committees, Presentations Educational Scholarship Professional Development Honors/Awards


What is the currency of an academic career? :What is the currency of an academic career? The written word Whatever you do you must write Advancing through the ranks is based on establishing your reputation


Reputation Builders :Reputation Builders Writing Teaching/Lecturing Awards Organizations NIH grants/ Research Initiating research – have a question-take small steps-work with others (PRIS) Mentoring


What Do You Do? :What Do You Do? Patient Care Teaching Research Administration Advocacy


Document What You Do :Document What You Do Patient Volume/Description Teaching Efforts: Rounds Lectures Research Involvement: pt recruitment or care Committees, Task Forces, etc


Measure What You Do :Measure What You Do Patient Outcomes or Costs Teaching Evaluations from Residents or Students Abstracts and Publications Committee Work


Publication Possibilities :Publication Possibilities Research NEJM, JAMA, Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatrics, Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Ambulatory Pediatrics, Subspecialty journals such as Pediatric Emergency Care Journal of Hospital Medicine Case Reports Pediatrics Contemporary Pediatrics, Pediatrics in Review Reviews School and Regional journals


Slide 15:Career Development Leadership Mentoring Participation


Ask Yourself :Ask Yourself What do I like to do? How can I do it? What are the required steps? What brings me joy and fulfillment? Does my job advance my career goals?


Mentor :Mentor Derivation –In Homer’s Odyssey – Mentor was a loyal advisor of Odysseus entrusted with the care and education of Telemachus


Mentoring per Ludwig :Mentoring per Ludwig Someone who will treat your career as his/her own


Find a Mentor :Find a Mentor Task Mentor vs. Career Mentor


Mentoring =Parental :Mentoring =Parental Perceptive Accepting Responsible Enthusiastic Nurturing Trustworthy Authority Listener


Why Be a Mentor? :Why Be a Mentor? Achieve Satisfaction Attract Good Students Stay on Top of Your Field Develop Your Professional Network Extend Your Contribution It Is a Kick


Why You May Not Want To Be A Mentor :Why You May Not Want To Be A Mentor Time Consuming Detracts From Your Own Career Requires Sharing Requires Thought and Action Requires Honesty Responsibility of Being a Role Model


Qualities of a Leader :Qualities of a Leader Knowledge / Skills Trust / Trustworthiness Integrity / Standards Decisiveness Assertiveness Optimism Vision Charisma Emotional Intelligence


“If it is not fun – it is not worth doing” :“If it is not fun – it is not worth doing”