Session Description: The emergency medicine landscape is highly dynamic but the notion that “the sky is falling” has been ongoing since the birth of the specialty. There is ample opportunity to have a rewarding career in emergency medicine but to do so you will have to reassess fundamental assumptions about what a successful career looks like. We will map out how to shift your mindset and prepare you to walk into the job market with your head up and shoulders back!
Learning Objectives:
Why the academic thinking is inherently “safe” and how the advice you get in residency about the job market may hinder your chances of success.
Disambiguating and untangling your identity from where you practice.
Curating a explorative mindset.
Why residency is only a small step in learning about how to practice emergency medicine.
Why the academic thinking is inherently “safe” and how the advice you get in residency about the job market may hinder your chances of success.