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Lessons from 30 Years in Academic Medicine
Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
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Disclosures
None
Objectives
• To enhance your appreciation of the centrality of personal growth
• To encourage intentional thinking about your career, but also nimbleness
• To promote mindfulness about your journey
My Career Path
• Brown University:6 ½ years - assistant professor
• Tufts University:3 ¾ years - assistant, associate professor
• Boston University:19 ¾ years - associate, professor, section chief
Objective #1
To enhance your appreciation of the centrality of personal
growth
Learn from Your Patients
• Don’t get stuck
• Recognize that there are seasons to life
Get to Know Yourself
• Learn your strengths and use them
• Don’t aspire to be someone that you are not (but keep growing)
Learn about People
• Learn what motivates them
• Choose to work with those who share your values
• Read Quiet
Objective #2
To encourage intentional thinking about your career, but
also nimbleness
Follow Your Heart and Your Passions, but be Nimble
• A role model:Sid Katz
• Sometimes you will be in the right place at the wrong time.
• Sometimes you will be in the right place at the right time.
Learn from Your Mistakes
• Tough environments
• Poor mentors
Look at Other Jobs for the Right Reasons
Right Reasons
Person/environment mismatch
Leadership/policy changes
New opportunities
Personal/family
Wrong Reasons
Job opportunity in which you have no serious interest
Leveraging for pay/status increases
Be Strategic and Efficient
• Don’t apply for grants when the odds are infinitesimal
• Pick journal homes that are the right fit
• Know when and how you work most efficiently
• Manage technology
Objective #3
To promote mindfulness about your journey
Remember That We are Not All Survivors
• Our patients are survivors, but we may not be -
Dennis Jahnigen
• What if you were diagnosed with a glioblastoma today?
What Would You Do?
Take Care of Your Body, Mind, and Soul
Be Generous
• Time
• Talents
• Praise
• Thanks
Summary Points
• Personal growth
• Intentional thinking
• Mindfulness
Thoughts and Questions?(What are these Critters?)
Thank You!