CLIMBING THE LADDER

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CLIMBING THE LADDER

• Its Never Too Early
• Planning Your Career

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WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

• Understand Career Options
• Learn How to Package Yourself
• Identify Value of Mentors/Opportunities
• Learn Which Activities Likely Lead to Academic
  Advancement
• Plan Your Career Path for Next Several Years

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VISIONING

• Where will you be in the next 15.10 years??

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Goals In 10 Years

• Career Goals
• Academic Rank
• Career Focus
• Most Notable Achievements
• Personal Goals
• Family
• Location
• Lifestyle

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How To Vision

• Write an award nomination for yourself
• Write an acceptance speech
• Write a future CV/Resume
• Write a feldschrift or obituary

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ACADEMIC FACULTY RANKS

• Instructor
• Assistant Professor
• Associate Professor
• Professor
• Other Titles
• Division Director
• Chairman/Center Director
• Dean

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CAREER OPTIONS

• Institution Specific
• Described in Faculty Handbook
• Tenure Vs Non-Tenure
• Academic Vs Clinical
• Part-time Vs Full-time
• Opportunities to Switch?

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PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS

• Tenure Track
• Excellence in 2 of 3 areas
• Research
• Teaching
• Service/Clinical Care
• Evidence of Scholarship

• Non-Tenure Track
• Excellence in 1 area
• Research
• Teaching
• Service/Clinical Care
• Evidence of Scholarship

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RECIPE FOR PROMOTION

• Basic Ingredients
• Area of Career Focus
• Develop Expertise
• Cultivate Champions-Internal and External
• Generate Revenue
• Community Citizenship
• Package Your Credentials Proudly

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INITIAL HIRE LETTER

• Expectations Clearly Stated?
• Protected Time?
• Start-up Funding?
• Faculty Development/Review?

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IDENTIFY MENTOR/MENTORS WHO

• Facilitates Progress
• Identifies Support Sources
• Introduces to Potential
• Collaborators
• Promotes Progress with other Faculty

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IDENTIFY MENTOR/MENTORS WHO

• Stimulates Intellectual Growth
• Informs about Institution
• Assists with Goal Setting
• Protects from Excessive Demands
• Develops Skills

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DEVELOP A FOCUS

• Document Productivity
• Publications
• Patient Referrals/Revenue Produced
• Recognition by Peers/Trainees as Expert
• Achieve Leadership
• New or Essential Activity
• Independence from Mentor ?

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TEACHING PORTFOLIO

• Describe Teaching Activities
• of Trainees/Time Commitment
• Type of Activity
• Evaluations of Teaching Ability by Students/Peers
• Lectures
• Small Group
• Bedside
• Peer Comparison

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TEACHING PORTFOLIO

• Teaching Awards/Nominations
• Extramural Activities
• Visiting Lectures
• Community
• CME
• Supervision/Advising

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TEACHING PORTFOLIO

• Participation on Education Committees
• Product Development
• Syllabi/Curricula
• Power Points
• Computer Programs
• Review Articles/Chapters

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CHOOSE ACTIVITIES WISELY

• Examine Purpose of Activity
• Research, Teaching, Service
• Evaluate Time Commitment
• Meeting Frequency, Number of Committee Members

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CHOOSE ACTIVITIES WISELY

• Are There Opportunities for Leadership?
• Are There Opportunities for Networking
• Is It New or Essential Position ?

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GENERATE REVENUE

• Clinical Service
• Grants and Contracts
• 10,000 Vs 100,000
• Respond - Re-submit

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FUNDING SOURCES

• Federal
• NIH
• AHCRQ
• Foundation
• Industrial
• Institutional

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GET PUBLISHED

• Avoid Academic Constipation
• Complete Move from Abstract to Publication
• Peer Reviewed
• Articles or Case Reports Not Abstracts or Letters

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COMMON PITFALLS

• Poor Understanding of Process
• What Promotion Committees Look For
• How Grants are Funded
• How Much Revenue is Possible
• How to Negotiate for Protected Time
• Over-extending Service Commitments
• Learn to Say No

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COMMON PITFALLS

• Poor Performance Packaging
• Dont Put Champagne in a Rusted Beer Can
• Remember it is Easy to Count Publications and
  Grant Money to Document Research Productivity,
  but More Difficult to Document Teaching Without
  Similar Evidence

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VISIONING

• Where will you be in the next 10 years??

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Goals In 10 Years

• Career Goals
• Academic Rank
• Career Focus
• Most Notable Achievements
• Personal Goals
• Family
• Location
• Lifestyle

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Learn at Lunch Jr. Faculty Development
Sessions2007-2008

• 11/7/07 Its Never Too Early Planning for
  your career
• 12/11/07 Time-Management
• 1/10/08 Balancing Personal and Professional
  Lives
• 2/12/08 Setting Up a Laboratory
• 3/11/08 Documenting Your Career Building
  Professional Portfolios
• 4/8/08 Difficult Dialogues Giving and
  Receiving Bad News
• 5/13/08 Team-Work First, Know Yourself
• 6/10/08 Media Matters

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MED-LINK

• An opportunity for faculty to gather for social
  networking and collegial activity. Food and
  drink are provided, courtesy of the Dean and the
  Health System, the first Thursday of every month
  at PCAMS from 5-7 PM.
• ALL FACULTY IN THE SOM and JHS ARE INVITED TO
  ATTEND.

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Your Success is Our Success

• How Can We Assist You?
• Office of Faculty Development
• 934-8744