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Defining milestones on the path to success in academic medicine The Individual Academic Plan
Summary of AAMC Minority Faculty Development Seminar Bryan C. Batch, M.D.
Duke University Medical CenterSeptember 20, 2011
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• Dr Batch has not had any financial interest or other relationship with manufacturer (s) of the product (s) that will be discussed in this presentation.
• This presentation will not include discussion of pharmaceuticals that have not been approved by the FDA. There will be no discussion or unapproved “off label” uses of pharmaceuticals.
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Background• Presentation is based on information presented at the AAMC Minority Faculty
Development Seminar in September 2010• Most of the information from presentations by:
Fernando S. Mendoza, M.D., M.P.H., Stanford University, School of MedicineProfessor and Chief, Division of General PediatricsLucile Salter Packard Children’s HospitalAssociate Dean of Minority Advising and Programs
Giselle Corbie-Smith, M.D., M.Sc., University of North Carolina-Chapel HillAssociate Professor, Department of Social Medicine, and Medicine Director, Program on Health Disparities, Sheps Center for Health Services
Research. Deputy Director, North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute,
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At the conclusion of this talk my hope is that:
• You will be able to develop an individual plan for:-Setting and tracking overall career milestones-Setting goals for writing and publishing
manuscripts
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Chapters in an academic career
Medical Instructor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor Professor
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Career Planning
• Allows you to prioritize activities for current chapter• Allows you to forcast/plan for what will be central to your
professional life during different chapters: -Research, teacher, mentor, role model, institutional change agent,
community activist-Tenure
• Having choices depends on focusing on scholarly productivity early
Rockequemore and Laszolffy, The Black Academics Guide to Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul
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The ABC’s of success
Awareness• Identify your career goals and match your goals to choice in
career pathBelief• Believe that you can succeedConfidence• Have confidence in your scholarship skills
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What skills are required for success?• Teaching• Leadership skills• Asking important research
questions and hypothesis development
• Study design• Epidemiology• Biostatistics• Primary data collection• Database management and
statistical programming• Ethics and regulatory issues
involving human subjects
•Critical appraisal and literature synthesis•Scientific writing•Grant writing•Presentation skills•Survival skills-(e.g. human resource management, budgeting, job seeking, negotiation)•Genomics and proteomics•Other -behavioral, HSR, cost-effectiveness
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Preparing for Productivity
• Find passion and niche• Manage career, life and time• Understand the rules of the game
-Currency of academia-Tenure clock
• Understand what opportunities there are at each phase of your career
• Concentrate on different skills at different phases
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Preparing for Productivity• Learn collaborative skills and collaborate with senior
faculty• Be intellectually curious • Respect diversity-appreciate differences among your
peers, staff and mentees• Look critically at oneself• Network• Persistence and tenacity
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Your 5-year planDeveloping and executing a strategic plan
• Identify your professional goals• Outline your projects and tasks• Map your projects onto time• Execute the plan on a daily basis• Create accountability and support
Rockequemore and Laszolffy, The Black Academics Guide to Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul
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Individual Academic Plan
• Putting it all together means putting yourself on the line to meet a time table.
• The more realistic the more valuable• Seek support from chief and chair with the help of your
mentor(s)• Frequent reviews of your IAP by you and outside reviewer
(senior faculty, chief, chair) will be most valuable.
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Writing Strategies
• Must know number and type of manuscripts needed for promotion (First author, journal type, conceptual or data driven)
• IAP should include number per year and from which projects
• Outline main papers at the beginning of a research project
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Writing Strategies
• Block out 30-60 min everyday to write and only write-Identify target journals early in writing process-Understand surface and deep structure for journal
• Create a plan for completion-Create accountability in writing groups, mentors
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Sample Publication List
Paper Brief Description
Data Source
Current Authors
Journal Submission
Submitted Papers
Ready for Submission (Date)
Priority Papers
Additional Papers to be Written
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Time Management Top 10 List10. Do not check e-mail every 10 minutes9. Automate repetitive tasks8. Limit times to communicate with patients7. No national meetings unless you are presenting and published
last year’s abstract6. When you fall behind work backwards5. Titrate effort to importance, not time available, break large tasks
into small chunks4. Allow yourself to procrastinate productively3. Schedule first important things that lack “official” deadlines.
“Sharpen the Saw”2. Be balanced, create mandatory fun and personal time1. Treat depression and dysthymia aggressively
David Newman-Toker, J. of Invest Med. May 2004