Career Talk is an on-line resource initiated in 2002 by the ATS Women's Mentoring Program. It is designed to serve physicians and other professionals seeking to establish a career in pulmonary medicine. While many articles are written with an academic focus, most are applicable to professional advancement in any field. This site aims to define the values and expectations important for professional and personal success, alert the reader to potential pitfalls along the way as well as discuss strategies for navigating these problems. The columns feature links and bibliographies that will aid you in obtaining the information you need to proactively manage and negotiate your career. Many of the original articles were written between 2002-2005. This year, in addition to updating the archive, occasional new articles will continue to appear. Please send me your ideas and comments. The feedback I have received has been very valuable.
Angela Wang
Column Editor
Please send comments and ideas for future topics to Dr. Wang at careertalk@thoracic.org.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not those of the American Thoracic Society.
Useful Websites I Have Found
Family and Career
- A Tale of Three Nannies, Finding Good Childcare, Part III. Looking for Mary Poppins?
- A Tale of Three Nannies, Finding Good Childcare, Part II. What Are the Options?
- A Tale of Three Nannies, Finding Good Childcare, Part I. Looking for Mary Poppins: A Real Life saga
- Having It All: Parenthood, Marriage and Career II
- Wanting It All: Parenthood, Marriage and Career
Academia
- The Fellow As Consumer, Building Bridges and Other Wishes for a New Year
- For the Love of Science
- Dr. Polly Parsons' Acceptance Speech at the ATS Women's Luncheon
- Life without Tenure, Part 1
- Life with Tenure, Part II: The Fading Promise of Academic Medicine?
- An Academic Roadmap
- Climbing the Academic Ladder and Why People Fall Off
- MENTORS AND MENTORING
- What Every Junior Faculty Needs to Know: A Quiz
Professional Skills
Community-building (a.k.a. Networking)
- The ATS Forum
- How to Prepare for and Survive the International Conference
- Power of Friendship
- Establishing a Professional Identity
- Getting to Know You
- Why Go to the ATS International Conference?
Management/Leadership
- Training Physician Leaders: Rethinking the Paradigm
- Hiring Good Help
- Managing People
- Being a Leader
- Resolving Conflicts
- How to Run an Effective Meeting
Poster Presentations
- Let Your Poster Do the Talking: Designing an Effective Poster Presentation
- Giving an Effective Presentation (Part II): Practice, Practice, Practice!
- How to Give an Effective Presentation or Overcoming Your Fear of Death and Dying
Job Hunting
- Negotiation: More than a Bargain
- Job Hunting (Part II): Let the Negotiations Begin!
- Job Hunting (Part I): Let the Negotiations Begin!
- The Successful Interview
- Writing a Curriculum Vitae
Communications
- On Netiquette: A Guide to Effective Email, Part II
- On Netiquette: A Guide to Effective Email, Part I
