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Career planning Matt ByrneObjectives Clinical academic training General career • Integrated academic pathway • Preparation • Downsides • Opportunities • Key milestones • Outputs • Considerations at different stages • Failure • Thinking outside academia • Being organisedA bit about me MBBS – Newcastle Did an audit in 4 year Intercalated MRes AFP – Cambridge FY3 – Anatomy/Urology PGCERT in MedEd ACF – Oxford DPhil - OxfordClinical academic trainingIntegrated academic pathway Purpose: • Dedicated academic time • Pipeline to make clinical scientists • Other: Academic training, PGCert, bursariesAlternative to normal training pathway • Can play to your strengths • Medical school • Avoided SJT and decile ranking • Second chance at competitive deaneries • Later: • Run through training • Still need to benchmark • More autonomy for: locations and jobs Bodagh et al. 2017; Borelli et at. 2 Downsides? Difficult Lack of structure Time Extra applications Deadlines ?inflexible Sacrifices Unbanded Lonely Juggling with clinical Keymilestones • Fellowshipexams • CCT • Medschoolfinals • ACF interview • SFP interview • FY3? • Membership • ACL interview • Fellowship exams • Personalfunding • Consultant interviews • DPhilfunding • Clinicianscientist • Professorship &interviewKey milestones First time: Life: • Poster presentation • Friendships • Oral presentation • Marriage • Co-author paper • First author paper • Family • Prize • Specific to you (hobbies) • Grants • Supervise a project • Independent funding • Permanent positionConsiderations at different stages Early career planning: med school - foundationCareer planning: med school - foundation • Do something research related • Figure out if you like it • Pass exams / ARCPs • Prepare for foundation / core interviewsCareer planning: med school - foundation Setting a goal Research Specialty Outputs?Career planning: med school - foundation Taster week One week Any specialty you want Anywhere you wantMid career planning: core - regCareer planning: core - reg Refine interests Think about what you really want to do Prep for DPhil applications ARCP Membership examsCareer planning: core - reg Find a supervisor Plan early Talk to multiple supervisors Look at their research recordCareer planning: core - reg Find a project Pre-clinical Clinical Leadership/management EducationCareer planning: core - reg Projects What do you like? Autonomy / themed project What’s achievable? Small v big projects Don’t take on too much Finish it Back up planGeneral career planningPreparationRole model Helps to find out opportunities: Grants/prizes PositionsRole models Identify opportunities Map career pathAlways think one step ahead • Speak to people • It’s a game – read the rulebookOpportunitiesSeize good opportunitiesSeize good opportunities 6 submitted to journal MRCS Part A 4 ready to submitAnd learn to say no… PGCert Urgent Not Urgent MRCS Part A t a o DO DECIDE m I t t p i DELEGATE DROP o NOutputsWhat’s the output from the opportunity? Ologunde 2018Milk everything Publication Build a house Presentations Prize Don’t forget local Non-PMID Student journal Blog post Protocol Grant ConferencepublicationPick the low hanging fruit Find a mentor Collaborate Seek out easy publication types initially Take on more complex work laterFailureMy CV of failures • 30 submissions • 20+ publications • 10 prizes • 20+ presentations • 5 grants • 10+ prizes • 1 PhD application • PhD offer • 1 company • 1 charityRecycle waste “I never lose. I either win or learn” Nelson MandelaThinking outside academiaExtracurriculars Do something fun! Do something different Research, research, research makes for a boring read What’s your USP?Beyond the project Clinical (most important) Teaching Leadership/management Side hustles HobbiesNetworking Talk to people where you are And where you want to go Get twitterBeanorganizedperson • Use areferencemanager (Zotero -free) • Use acalendar (Fantastical) • Blockouttime • Avoid too many meetings • Getontopof emails(Spark-free) • Snooze,remind me • Trackwhatishappening(Trello, Todoist-free) • To do list • Who is doing whatandtheirdeadlines • Can’tmake adeadline –tellthem early • Don’tghost people -acknowledgemessagesSummary Clinical academic training General career planning • Integrated academic pathway • Preparation • Downsides • Opportunities • Key milestones • Outputs • Considerations at different stages • Failure • Thinking outside academia • Being organisedQuestions to reflect on Why research? Why that specialty/project/supervisor? Any missing outputs? What’s your unique selling point? What’s your plan for next 2 years?