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My best attempt to summarize key points from the truly outstanding #ASNR19 YPS Transition to Early Career session for @walterfwiggins and any others unable to attend:
Talk 1 – Getting Ahead in Your Practice from Early On – Dr. Mark Mamlouk (@MarkMamloukMD)

Challenges faced and strategies to succeed:

Self – be confident but embrace humility; find good mentors; be willing to take chances (and to take them again after failure)
Dealing with others – understand group’s culture; don’t just identify problems – offer solutions!; be professional; invest in relationships
Path to success – find your niche, ideally aligning clinical and research efforts; continue growing (e.g. leadership classes, learn new skills); remain faithful to the little things; networking – just introduce yourself!; work-life integration; be patient
Talk 2 – Tips for Getting Your First Promotion - Dr. Tabby Kennedy (@tabby_kennedy)

Substantial variation in promotion guidelines/criteria between institutions – understand those for your institution early and work toward satisfying them.
Start with 1 year goals, then think about longer term. Intimidating challenges can be opportunities to make your mark. Re-evaluate annually and work to identify/overcome barriers.
If research focused, publications and grants carry most weight. If education focused, it’s about more than giving lectures – develop curricula, collect evaluation data to (hopefully) show effectiveness, and ideally transform this data to scholarship (e.g. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29162420)
Talk 3 – The Mentor-Mentee Relationship: One Way or Two Way Street? – Dr. Christie Lincoln (@CMLincolnMD)

Short answer – Two Way Street!
Professional mentorship is a dynamic reciprocal relationship aimed at promoting career development of both mentee and mentor.

Types of professional mentors – traditional mentor as developer; sponsor as advocate; coach as honer of skills.
Diversity of mentors desirable (e.g. national societies, local clinical referrers, basic scientists, peers). Give minimum 1 or 2 weeks for mentor to review your grant/paper/etc; be energy donor; come to meetings prepared with agenda and clear goals; under-promise & over-deliver
Talk 4 – Personal Finance for Early Career Physicians – Dr. David Yousem (@dyousem1)

Ten pieces of advice: 1) pay down high interest loans, 2) build a rainy (90) day fund
3) assess personal investment risk tolerance in context of physicians are highly privileged and likely able to assume more risk (median family income ~53k), 4) diversity with no more than 30-40% in any 1 thing, 5) enjoy life’s experiences and invest in yourself
6) maximize contributions of others (employer, etc), 7) plan for retirement aiming to reduce tax burden, 8) if wealthy parents, discuss gifting, 9) appropriately insure – disability, life, personal liability, malpractice, 10) have a budget – know where your money is going
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