Career and Life Planning Workbook for Medical Residents

WWW . A D V E N T U R E S I N M E D I C I N E . C O M 15 Designing Your Transition from Training to Life & Career Exercise: Developing a Career Planning Roadmap What to do and when it needs to get done. A little planning goes a long way. Learn how to build the foundation for your customized roadmap around critical milestones and action items to ensure a smooth and organized transition. We’ve identified five phases between passing your exams and for first day on the job. Within each of these phases are milestones and action items for you to consider. Depending on where you are in your journey and what you’ve already accomplished, you’ll be able to easily identify which next steps are best for you. OBJECTIVES: By the end of this exercise you will be able to Utilize the five phases and reverse planning to develop a customized roadmap Use the information from this exercise to populate the Job Timeline Worksheet HOWTO USE THIS TOOL Identify the milestones within each of the five phases that you need to address to personalize your roadmap. Plot the critical milestone[s] you’ve selected into your 24 month plan (E-03). Place the action items supporting your milestones into the 24 month plan. We recommend working backward from the main milestone based on the amount of time required to complete the action items. This will give you your target start date. CHAPTER 1 Identifying your milestones: 5 phases Job Search Timeline