In-house to home base – striking a balance that
matters to survive residency
Tom Appleton, MD, PhD – PGY4 Rheumatology
October 25, 2014
Je n’ai aucune affiliation (financière ou autre)
avec une entreprise pharmaceutique, un fabricant
d’appareils médicaux ou un cabinet de communication.
I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise)
with a pharmaceutical, medical device or
communications organization.
Tom Appleton, MD, PhD
October 25, 2014
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A bit about me…
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Clinician-scientist career path
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Family life
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Internal medicine >> rheumatology
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Chief resident
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2004
2014
?Clinician-scientist
MD/PhD Program
Fellowship
2007
2011
PhD
Residency
Married
Child #1
Child #2
2008
MD
BSc
Chief
Resident
2009
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Balancing family and profession
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Challenge #1: “Daddy, are you coming to my soccer game
on Saturday?”
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Balancing family and profession
Survival strategy #1: Recognize you can’t do it all, but you
can do your best at what you choose to accomplish.
Set your priorities and uphold them when challenged with
competing tasks.
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Leadership challenges
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Challenge #2: You wanted an opportunity to lead – well,
here it is!
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Leadership challenges
Survival strategy #2: Plan, re-evaluate, plan again, then
execute.
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Lessons learned
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Lesson #1: Need to identify the problem before it can be
fixed
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Lesson #2: Ask for help – use available resources
effectively
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Lesson #3: Organization is essential for success (plus lots
of hard work)
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Lesson #4: Hard work is not the same as smart work
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Lesson #5: Recognize when you’ve done enough and be
willing to hand over to others
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“Differences between experts and weaker problem-solvers
are due to their repertoire of experiences, not in the
problem-solving heuristics they employ.”
- Einstein, 1978
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Resident Survival Stories
Author: Ruth Vilayil, PGY-V OB/GYN
Date: October 25, 2014
Je n’ai aucune affiliation (financière ou autre)
avec une entreprise pharmaceutique, un fabricant
d’appareils médicaux ou un cabinet de communication.
I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise)
with a pharmaceutical, medical device or
communications organization.
Author: Ruth Vilayil
Date: October 25, 2014
1. Choose
wisely:
The biggest
mistake is to
fail to learn
from your
3. Always
grow:
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“The best things are the most difficult.”
Resident Survival Stories:
A different way to get there
Author: Abdullah Saleh
Date: Oct 25, 2014
Je n’ai aucune affiliation (financière ou autre)
avec une entreprise pharmaceutique, un fabricant
d’appareils médicaux ou un cabinet de communication.
I do not have an affiliation (financial or otherwise)
with a pharmaceutical, medical device or
communications organization.
Author: Abdullah Saleh
Date: Oct 25, 2014
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The many hats we wear
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Leading a double life – reconciliation?
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Finding the overlap
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Pursuing passion w/out sacrificing training
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Culture of “surgeon first”
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Clinical/academic responsibilities
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Avoiding being fringe – making it mainstream
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Managers versus leaders
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What does resident leadership look like?
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Building resiliency in the program/day to day
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Aligning research interest
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Novel program/projects/collaborations
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Staying employed….
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Pursuing competitive fellowship
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Path less traveled
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Research and grants
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Clear purpose for applying to fellowship
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Distinctive application
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Supportive reference letters
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Finding your balance
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