Career and Life Planning Guidebook for Medical Residents

Map Your Current Network Each and every type of network, including your success network, can be evaluated using a standardized set of dimensions. Now that you have the table completed, we can calculate these important network measures. You will get to see how a network diagram is often an instance where, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” 1 . Reviewyour list of advisors. On the diagram on the right, in the grey boxes around the outside, label what aspect of your life or social arenas your different advisors come from primarily. Examples could include labels like, Residency Program, Family, Friends, Former Colleagues, etc. Add boxes or skip grey boxes depending on the total number of social arenas used. These are your current Success Network Advisor social arenas. 2. Place each advisor name/initials in an oval on the appropriate part of your diagram considering the grey box labels from which they come. The distance from the ‘ME’ (i.e., You!) iconat thecentershouldreflect theclosenessyou feel to the person as indicated in your chart (e.g., place on closest line to ‘ME’ for Very Close, next closest line for Close, third closest for Somewhat Close, and outer line for Distant). These are your current Success Network Advisors. 3. Draw a line between the ‘ME’ icon and each advisor name/initials oval. Make this line thinner if one of the four kinds of support is provided by this person (as indicated in the Success Network Assessment Chart) and make the line thicker with each successive kind of support were provided byyour different advisors). These lines indicate the depth and breadth of support you receive from your current Advisors. 4. Now, draw lines between your advisors who know one another well. This will give you a sense of how interconnected or dense your current network is. SECTION III: T MINUS ONE YEAR CAREER AND LIFE PLANNING GUIDEBOOK FOR MEDICAL RESIDENTS 396