It is faculty annual review time, and if I am being honest, I dread it. The reasons are not clear. I have been full professor for a while now, so the review carries less weight than it once did. I believe in the intent behind it. The process was built to support promotion, to make […]
The academic year is four weeks old. Maybe you are assembling a promotion dossier. Maybe your annual review is on the calendar and you are already rehearsing the conversation. Or maybe the promotion came through in July, and you have spent the past month quietly wondering what comes next. Opportunity is rarely the problem in […]
Ah, the familiar dance of New Year’s resolutions. As physicians, we are motivated, goal-oriented, hard-working, lifelong learners. But when it comes to setting resolutions — we have all been there — ambitious declarations of “I’ll exercise daily” or “I’ll achieve perfect work-life balance” that fade faster than our morning coffee buzz. Here is the truth: […]
