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- Presenters: Curtis Billings from Veterans Affairs in Portland Health Care System and Bonnie Martin-Harris from Northwestern University.
Step 1: Defining Your Research Mission
- Identify your research mission and contribution to science.
- Example given: Improving lives of people with swallowing problems (dysphagia).
- Importance of formulating and updating your contribution to science for NIH Biosketch.
Step 2: Assessing Your Skills
- Evaluate skills in areas like scientific knowledge, research skills, communication, professionalism, management, leadership, and responsible conduct of research.
- Use skills assessment templates to rate competency and track progress.
Step 3: Establishing a Mentoring Team
- Instead of relying on one mentor, build a team with diverse skills and expertise.
- Mentors can provide professional development, emotional support, feedback, accountability, and networking opportunities.
Step 4: Making a Plan
- Use the Individualized Development Plan (IDP) tool, such as myIDP website.
- Set SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Realistic, Time-bound).
- Develop a five-year plan with yearly goals in teaching, research, and service.
Step 5: Implementation
- Regularly revisit and revise your plans.
- Be flexible and adjust goals as needed.
Tips for Developing Programmatic Research:
- Identify your unique research topic and gap to fill.
- Determine necessary resources and work with mentors to acquire them.
- Become an expert in your area’s theoretical aspects.
- Collaborate, present research, and know the literature well.
- Be persistent but know when to move on from unproductive experiments.
- Establish a mentoring team to help navigate obstacles.
The presenters emphasize the importance of planning, self-assessment, mentorship, and flexibility in developing a successful research career. They also provide resources for further guidance on programmatic research development.
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