Associate Professor Guidebook

Laura Weiss Roberts, MD, MA (editor)Chairman and Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial ProfessorStanford UniversityDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences401 Quarry RoadStanford, CA 94305 USARobertsL@stanford.edu

• Preface.- 1 How to Find Your Path in Academic Medicine.- 2 How to Build the Foundation for a Successful Career in Academia.- 3 How to Be Organized and Manage Time.- 4 How to Have a Healthy Life Balance as an Academic Faculty Member.- 5 How to Care for the Basics: Sleep, Nutrition, Exercise, Health.- 6 How to Manage Personal Finances.- 7 How to Create Your Package for Promotion.- 8 How to Build a National Reputation for Academic Promotion.- 9 How to “Pitch” a Nontraditional Career Path.- 10 How to Be an Effective Team Leader and Committee Member or Chair.- 11 How to Collaborate Interprofessionally.- 12 How to Evaluate and Give Feedback.- 13 How to Be a Good Mentor.- 14 How to Strengthen Your Own and Others’ Morale.- 15 How to Network and Be a Good Colleague.- 16 How to Recognize and Address Unconscious Bias.- 17 How to Intervene with Unethical and Unprofessional Colleagues.- 18 How to Participate in Ethics Committees.- 19 How to Participate in Institutional Review Board Activities.- 20How to Think About Money in Academic Settings.- 21 How to Negotiate.- 22 How to Read a Basic Budget.- 23 How to Engage in Departmental Strategic Planning.