The Academic Medicine Handbook

Part I. Approaching the Profession of Academic Medicine

1. How to Find Your Path in Academic Medicine
Laura Weiss Roberts

2. How to Build the Foundation for a Successful Career in Academia
Upinder Singh, Linda M. Boxer

3. How to Be Organized and Manage Time
Robert K. Jackler

4. How to Align Individual Goals with Institutional Goals
Sabine C. Girod

Part II. Getting Established

5. How to Prepare the Best Possible Curriculum Vitae
Heather Kenna

6. How to Interview for a First Academic Position
Robert Chayer, Jon A. Lehrmann

7. How to Evaluate a Letter of Offer or Contract
Andrew Norton

8. How to Give a Lecture
Sallie G. DeGolia

9. How to Build Assessments for Clinical Learners
Teresita McCarty

10. How to Approach Clinical Supervision
Michael D. Jibson, Michael I. Casher, Sara R. Figueroa

11. How to Evaluate and Give Feedback
Jennifer R. Kogan

12. How to Teach in Busy Clinical Settings
James T. Hardee, Frederic W. Platt

13. How to Write Effective Letters of Recommendation
Joseph B. Layde

14. How to Teach Creatively
Hendry Ton, Shelly Henderson, Wetona S. Eidson-Ton

15. How to Use Technology in Educational Innovation
John Luo, Robert Boland, Carlyle H. Chan

16. How to Maintain Excellent Clinical Documentation
Justin A. Birnbaum

17. How to Avoid Medicolegal Problems
Liliana Kalogjera Barry

Part III. Approaching Work with Colleagues

18. How to Network and Be a Good Colleague
Edward Kass, Laura B. Dunn

19. How to Collaborate Interprofessionally
Nathan Hantke, Penelope Zeifert

20. How to Approach Mentorship as a Mentee
Amy Becker, Joel Yager

21. How to Be a Good Mentor
Jonathan F. Borus

22. How to Participate in Institutional Review Board Activities
Ann Freeman Cook, Helena Hoas

23. How to Participate in Ethics Committees
Ryan Spellecy, Cynthiane Morgenweck, Arthur R. Derse

24. How to Intervene with Unethical and Unprofessional Colleagues
Jerald Belitz

Part IV. Writing and Evaluating Manuscripts

25. How to Write and Publish an Empirical Report
Alan Louie, Laura Weiss Roberts

26. How to Write a Case Report
Richard Balon, Eugene Beresin

27. How to Review a Manuscript
Thomas W. Heinrich

28. How to Evaluate Biomedical Research Publications Rigorously
Teddy D. Warner

29. How to Understand Flaws in Clinical Research
Teddy D. Warner

Part V. Conducting Empirical Research

30. How to Conceptualize a Research Project
Shaili Jain, Steven E. Lindley, Craig S. Rosen

31. How to Prepare an IRB Application
Melinda Hantke

32. How to Engage Communities in Research
Emmanuel M. Ngui

33. How to Approach a First Grant Application
Cheryl Koopman

34. How to Fund Your Research While Maintaining Your Curiosity
Michele T. Pato, Carlos N. Pato, Colin P. Dias

35. How to Review Grant Applications
Ruth O’Hara, Shelli Kesler

36. How to Prepare a Poster
Manpreet K. Singh

37. How to Prepare and Give a Scholarly Oral Presentation
Cheryl Gore-Felton

Part VI. Developing Administrative Skills

38. How to Be an Effective Team Leader and Committee Member or Chair
Sabine C. Girod

39. How to Negotiate
Mickey Trockel

40. How to Think About Money in Academic Settings
Marcia J. Cohen

41. How to Engage in Departmental Strategic Planning
Robert C. Robbins, Diana Carmichael, David O’Brien

42. How to Read a Basic Budget
David J. Peterson

43. How to Strengthen Your Own and Others’ Morale
Michael D. Jibson

Part VII. Advancing Your Academic Career

44. How to Create Your Package for Promotion
Judith P. Cain, David K. Stevenson

45. How to Understand Promotion Criteria for “Traditional” and “Research” Tracks
Cheryl Gore-Felton

46. How to Understand Promotion Criteria for “Clinician Educator” and “Teaching” Tracks
Michelle Goldsmith

47. How to Develop an Educator’s Portfolio
Deborah Simpson

48. How to Build a National Reputation for Academic Promotion
Sidney Zisook, Laura B. Dunn

49. How to Recognize and Address Unconscious Bias
Daisy Grewal, Manwai Candy Ku, Sabine C. Girod, Hannah Valantine

50. How to Address Challenges and Opportunities as an International Medical Graduate
Nyapati R. Rao

51. How to “Pitch” a Nontraditional Career Path
Margaret S. Chisolm

Part VIII. Balancing Professional and Personal Life

52. How to Have a Healthy Life Balance as an Academic Physician
Christine Moutier

53. How to Care for the Basics: Sleep, Nutrition, Exercise, Health
Christopher Guest, Rebecca Smith-Coggins

54. How to Recognize and Avoid Burnout
Andreea L. Seritan

55. How to Manage Personal Finances
David J. Peterson, Roger Strode

56. How to Develop Professional Relationships
Oscar Salvatierra

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology