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The Professional Mission
Statement: Defining Your Career Goals
OSUCOM Center for FAME John D. Mahan MDRyan Nash, MD, MA
12.3.14
Chinese Proverb
If we don’t change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed!
The Vision: Key to Defining Your Professional Mission
StatementIdentify personal goals and interests What do you value? What does the organization value? What can you share with mentor and
colleagues Revisit often ?Post in office
Define your Professional Mission Statement to address your Vision/GoalsEnact your Plan Set priorities! Ensure productivity – minimize surprises
Vision/MissionVision
Defines the optimal desired future state - the mental picture - of what you want to accomplish, what the future should beProvides guidance and inspiration for you mission and efforts in the next 1, 5 , 10 or more yearsIs written succinctly, in an inspirational manner, and is also useful for sharing with supervisors, mentors and colleagues
MissionDefines your purpose – what you want to be and do in your professionAnswers 3 questions about youWHAT you will doWHO it is forHOW you will do itIt is written succinctly in one sentence It is something that you can share with supervisors, mentors and colleagues and use to assess the value of any new activities (asked of you or in your interest)
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Defining Your
Professional Mission
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Professional Mission Statement: Undesirable Examples
PMS: To be the best cardiologist I can bePMS: To be the best faculty teacher of medical studentsPMS: To be outstanding in research, clinical care and education
Professional Mission Statement: Desirable Examples
PMS: To become an expert in incorporating patient/parent education in improving care of children with sickle cell diseasePMS: To be a leader in the field of developing new anti-cancer compounds for treatment of patients with leukemiaPMS: To be a national leader in developing evidence based education in cardiology training
Professional Mission Statement: Desirable Examples
VisionChildren with sickle cell disease will have better clinical outcomes as a result of better patient/parent education
Patients with leukemia will benefit from new anti-cancer drugs developed at OSU
Professional Mission Statement
To become an expert in incorporating patient/parent education in improving care of children with sickle cell diseaseTo be a leader in the field of developing new anti-cancer compounds for treatment of patients with leukemia
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Defining Your
Professional Mission
Statement
Current Projects List
Specific Project / Activity Completion Date
PMS Supervisor Priority
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1. List your current working projects. 2. Rate degree of congruence (H, M, L, Not) with your PMS and Perceived Priority of YOUR Supervisor (Division Chief/Department Chair)
Matching MissionReflect and Align What motivates your professional mission
statement? Why do you want to do what you want to do? - is this part of a belief, experience, value, etc.?
What is your institutional mission statement? And that of your Department, Division, Center, etc? Usually it is general and allows diversity.
How does your mission statement and underlying values align with that of your institution?
When busy or stressed can you recognize this alignment?
HomeworkDevelop and refine your Professional Mission Statement
Develop your PMS – share with your Supervisor/Boss, with your Mentor within next month
Re-visit your PMS with your Mentor/Supervisor every 6-12 months
Re-visit your Professional Mission Statement quarterly as a junior faculty; at least every 6 months as senior faculty
Share concerns with your supervisor
Create/use your Current Projects List Understanding your projects/priorities
Live your plan!
“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”
Dwight Eisenhower
“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.”Peter Drucker
ReferencesSimpson DE, Fincher RM. Making a case for the teaching scholar. Acad Med. 1999 Dec;74(12):1296-9. Umiker W. Developing a mission statement for self and family. Health Care Superv. 1998 Dec;17(2):39-44. McCurdy FA. Marcdante K. Setting a personal career direction. J Cardiovasc Manag. 2003 Mar-Apr;14(2):18-21. Rojas-Guyler L, Murnan J, Cottrell RR. Networking for career-long success: a powerful strategy for health education professionals. Health Promot Pract. 2007 Jul;8(3):229-33.
Thanks!!!Deborah Simpson, Ph.D. Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Associate Dean for Educational Support and Evaluation Medical College of Wisconsin Lewis R. First, M.D. Professor and Chair, Pediatrics, University of Vermont School of MedicineEd Zalneraitis, MD. Pediatric Program Director, Professor and Associate Dean, University of ConnecticutBill Smoyer, MD. VP Clinical and Translational Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Professor Pediatrics, OSU COM