Tips on Academic Success Thomas J. Papadimos, MD, MPH, FCCM Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs Department of Anesthesiology

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1. Your success 2. Your success 3. Your success Objectives

Three important points and a definition 1. When introduced: Network. 2. When asked: Do. 3. Don’t leave anything on the cutting room floor. 4. What is scholarship? Three important points and a definition

When introduced 1. Always have a business card. 2. Never be shy about introducing yourself. 3. Follow up with emails. 4. Look for collaborators who have your interests. 5. Go to conference sessions that interest you. 6. Do not sit with your friends at conferences. When introduced

You must follow up!

ALSO, remember this. Lock onto this: A Valid Business Reason is not why you want to talk to the prospect. It’s why the prospect should want to talk to you. ALSO, remember this.

1. Do not turn down opportunities to serve, write, or give yourself public exposure When asked

Wrong public exposure

When asked 2. Do not say you don’t have time to do it. You may not ever get a phone call back from this person or organization. When asked

Remember this, too.

When asked

3. Everyone brings something to the table 3. Everyone brings something to the table. Even the weakest link has some strength in that link. Do not view people, projects, or situations as deficits. View them as opportunities for improvement, accomplishment, or success. When asked

However…

Don’t leave anything on the cutting room floor.

You see and hear things everyday that have intellectual and scholarly worth.

Don’t ignore them.

From: Ernst L. Boyer. A special report: Scholarship Reconsidered From: Ernst L. Boyer. A special report: Scholarship Reconsidered. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1990, 1997 (ch 2), 2015.

No matter where you are, things are happening. In the OR, In the clinic, No matter where you are, things are happening.

Things happen everywhere. In the field, or in the lab. Things happen everywhere.

If you see it, document it. If you don’t like it, change it. If you change it, measure it. If you measure it, report it. When you observe the human condition, always think about putting it into words and/or pictures. You are a privileged witness and scholar to the human condition. Write about it!

A word about mentors…you need one [probably more than one], and no matter how brilliant, they need to be good natured and accommodating.

A tool kit will be provided for your use.

Courtesy of FAME {not the musical}.

Seriously, the tool kit will be of use to you.

People that are accomplished rarely sit back and let things happen to them. They go out and happen to things. Leonardo da Vinci

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