BookLaura Weiss Roberts, editor.
Summary: Attaining professional success and finding personal happiness in academic medicine is not an easy path, yet both are critical if the future is to be brighter through better science, better clinical care, better training, better responsiveness to communities, and better stewardship and leadership in the health professions. This concise, easy to read title consists of "mini" chapters intended as a resource to assist early- and middle-career physicians, clinicians, and scientists in understanding the unique mission of academic medicine and building creative, effective, and inspiring careers in a challenging field.
Contents:
Part I: Approaching the Profession of Academic Medicine
How to Find Your Path in Academic Medicine
How to Build the Foundation for a Successful Career in Academia
How to Be Organized and Manage Time
How to Align Individual Goals with Institutional Goals
Part II: Getting Established
How to Prepare the Best Possible Curriculum Vitae
How to Interview for a First Academic Position
How to Evaluate a Letter of Offer or Contract
How to Give a Lecture
How to Build Assessments for Clinical Learners
How to Approach Clinical Supervision
How to Evaluate and Give Feedback
How to Teach in Busy Clinical Settings
How to Write Effective Letters of Recommendation
How to Teach Creatively
How to Use Technology in Educational Innovation
How to Maintain Excellent Clinical Documentation
How to Avoid Medicolegal Problems
Part III: Approaching Work with Colleagues
How to Network and Be a Good Colleague
How to Collaborate Interprofessionally
How to Approach Mentorship as a Mentee
How to Be a Good Mentor
How to Participate in Institutional Review Board Activities
How to Participate in Ethics Committees
How to Intervene with Unethical and Unprofessional Colleagues
Part IV: Writing and Evaluating Manuscripts
How to Write and Publish an Empirical Report
How to Write a Case Report
How to Review a Manuscript
How to Evaluate Biomedical Research Publications Rigorously
How to Understand Flaws in Clinical Research
Part V: Conducting Empirical Research
How to Conceptualize a Research Project
How to Prepare an IRB Application
How to Engage Communities in Research
How to Approach a First Grant Application
How to Fund Your Research While Maintaining Your Curiosity
How to Review Grant Applications
How to Prepare a Poster
How to Prepare and Give a Scholarly Oral Presentation
Part VI: Developing Administrative Skills
How to Be an Effective Team Leader and Committee Member or Chair
How to Negotiate
How to Think About Money in Academic Settings
How to Engage in Departmental Strategic Planning
How to Read a Basic Budget
How to Strengthen Your Own and Others' Morale
Part VII: Advancing Your Academic Career
How to Create Your Package for Promotion
How to Understand Promotion Criteria for "Traditional" and "Research" Tracks
How to Understand Promotion Criteria for "Clinician Educator" and "Teaching" Tracks
How to Develop an Educator's Portfolio
How to Build a National Reputation for Academic Promotion
How to Recognize and Address Unconscious Bias
How to Address Challenges and Opportunities as an International Medical Graduate
How to "Pitch" a Nontraditional Career Path
Part VIII: Balancing Professional and Personal Life
How to Have a Healthy Life Balance as an Academic Physician
How to Care for the Basics: Sleep, Nutrition, Exercise, Health
How to Recognize and Avoid Burnout
How to Manage Personal Finances
How to Develop Professional Relationships.