Both Feet In: Maintaining an Academic Focus During the Transition from Residency to a First Military Assignment

Objective Maintenance of an academic focus is difficult for military residents transitioning into their first duty assignment. Method Building upon previous work on this subject, the authors present an updated and expanded junior faculty development model organized around seven overlapping domains:...

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Published in:Academic psychiatry 2015-08, Vol.39 (4), p.372-375
Main Authors: Schnitzlein, Carla W., Lee, Daniel J., Wise, Joseph E., Warner, Christopher H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Armed forces
Career Choice
Career development planning
Career Planning
Careers
Collaboration
Faculty Development
Faculty, Medical
Humans
In Depth Article: Commentary
Internship and Residency
Leadership
Medical Education
Medical libraries
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Mentors
Military Personnel
Military Psychiatry
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Psychologists
Responsibilities
Teaching
Teaching Skills
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Summary:Objective Maintenance of an academic focus is difficult for military residents transitioning into their first duty assignment. Method Building upon previous work on this subject, the authors present an updated and expanded junior faculty development model organized around seven overlapping domains: mentorship, scholarship, research, career planning, openness to experience, networking with other disciplines, and responsibility seeking. Using these seven domains as a platform for discussion, the authors focus on challenges facing early-career military psychiatrists and provide guidance based upon personal experience and limited applicable research. Results The authors believe that highly successful early-career psychiatrists wishing to maintain an academic focus possess a proactive attitude, obtain skillful mentoring, work well with others, and are able to adapt to new environments. Conclusion Through conscious planning and goal setting, they are able to capitalize on opportunities as they become available.
ISSN:1042-9670
1545-7230
DOI:10.1007/s40596-015-0369-y