Balance: Blink vs Tipping Point

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Balance Blink vs Tipping Point

• Academic Pursuit in Residency
• Teri Gunnarson, MD
• Navigating the Academic Waters

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Priorities

• Make a list
• Take time for serious reflection
• What are things I do to be happy?
• Do not use words like job or career
• Priorities may change with life events
• You can not borrow time from this list

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Goals

• Make a 5 and 10 year plan
• Look at others in your department
• Be realistic
• Be open to new possibilities

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Reconcile Goals Priorities

• Goals

Priorities
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Role-Modeling

• The Cult of Personality
• Charismatic leader that has it all
• May not share your priorities
• Title Envy
• Why do I want to be Program Director?
• Do I need this to accomplish my goals?

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Focus without Fellowship

• What is your interest in EM?
• Membership in other organizations
• Journal reading
• Individualize you residency
• Use your elective time wisely
• CME, courses, mini-fellowships
• Residency Project

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Niche-dom Contribution

• Sell yourself
• Geriatric curriculum
• Geriatric research
• QI/departmental liaison/EBM
• Back it up
• Portfolio
• CV

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Summary

• Set your priorities
• Write 5 to 10 year plan
• Individualize your residency