Career and Life Planning Workbook for Medical Residents

68 WWW . A D V E N T U R E S I N M E D I C I N E . C O M Exercise: Decision-Making Worksheet Decision-making is never easy, but decisions can be made easier! In this exercise you will learn how to identify, prioritize and quantify fundamental values to aid you in your decision-making process. OBJECTIVES: By the end of this exercise you will be able to: Utilize the tool to quantify their personal values, career, and workplace priorities: Determine the probability of each hospital or group’s ability to meet the priority/values: • Identify and assign a numerical value to their priorities/values. • Identify and assign a numerical value to career and workplace priorities. • Assess the ability of each hospital/group to meet the level of importance of the priority/value. • Assign a number value to express that probability (likelihood). • Leverage the “importance” and the “probability” value algorithm to determine the “value score” • Use the highest “value score” to quantify decision-making. CHAPTER 7 Job Selection HOWTO USE THIS TOOL Review the tool to become familiar with its general structure and mechanics. Place your top three hospital or group names in the three group headings at the top of the table. <UKLY [OL ÄYZ[ *VS\TU SPZ[ \W [V [LU ]HS\LZ VY WYPVYP[PLZ [OH[ HYL PTWVY[HU[ [V `V\ WLYZVUHSS` HUK WYVMLZZPVUHSS` See the examples in Table 1. Assign a number value between 1-5 indicating the level of importance that value or priority has to you and put the score in the “Importance” column. (1=Not Very Important; 5=Absolutely Critical to you). 9LÅLJ[ VU LHJO VM `V\Y PU[LY]PL^Z HUK KL[LYTPUL LHJO OVZWP[HS»Z VY NYV\W»Z HIPSP[` [V TLL[ [OL SL]LS VM PTWVY[HUJL MVY each value or priority you have listed. Assign a “probability” value between 1-5 for each hospital or group (1=Very little probability the value or priority will be M\SÄSSLK I` [OL OVZWP[HS NYV\W" $5V KV\I[ [OL ]HS\L VY WYPVYP[` ^PSS IL M\SÄSSLK I` [OL OVZWP[HS VY NYV\W Multiply the “Importance Value” by the “Probability Value” to determine the “Value Score.” Use the “Value Score” as the basis to quantify the decision-making process. 64 WWW . A D V E N T U R E S I I I