Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, University of Colorado, 13121 East 17th Avenue, Mail Stop 8402, Room 4304, Aurora, Colorado, 80045, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jun 6;24(1):633. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05587-9.
A standardized approach to prepare trainees for the job search has not been described. The objective of this study was to describe and evaluate an educational series on the job search for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (NPM) fellows and identify participants' job search knowledge gaps.
During the 2020-2021 academic year, we created a virtual, seven-part job search series for NPM fellows that required no funding. The series has been repeated annually. We use REDCap surveys to register participants, collect baseline/demographic information, and evaluate the series' impact at the beginning and end of the job search timeline.
In the 2021-2022 academic year, 290 individuals registered for the series, and 89% completed the baseline/demographic survey. The majority were NPM fellows (89%). Early career neonatologists, NPM hospitalists, and pediatric residents also utilized the series (11%). Less than 25% reported being "knowledgeable" or "very knowledgeable" of core job search components, including the timeline of the job search, contract negotiation, and the general roles and responsibilities of junior faculty. Of those who completed the final job search survey and underwent a job search (60%, 97 of 162), the majority (86%) felt that career planning during training was stressful and believed that job search preparation should be structured into the NPM fellowship curriculum (81%). Many felt that the Job Search Series was helpful in elucidating components of the job search.
We identified several knowledge gaps in NPM fellows' understanding of how to find, prepare for, and negotiate their first post-training job. We strongly believe these knowledge gaps are not unique to NPM fellows and that all graduate medical education trainees would benefit from a similar, easy-to-implement, no-cost series.
目前尚未描述一种标准化方法来培训住院医师为求职做准备。本研究旨在描述和评估新生儿围产医学（NPM）住院医师求职的教育系列，并确定参与者求职知识的差距。
在 2020-2021 学年，我们为 NPM 住院医师创建了一个虚拟的、七部分的求职系列，无需资金。该系列每年重复一次。我们使用 REDCap 调查来注册参与者，收集基线/人口统计信息，并在求职时间线的开始和结束时评估该系列的影响。
在 2021-2022 学年，有 290 人注册了该系列，89%的人完成了基线/人口统计调查。大多数是 NPM 住院医师（89%）。早期职业新生儿科医生、NPM 医院医生和儿科住院医师也使用了该系列（11%）。不到 25%的人报告说对核心求职部分（包括求职时间线、合同谈判以及初级教职员工的一般角色和职责）“有知识”或“非常有知识”。在完成最终求职调查并进行求职的人中（60%，162 人中的 97 人），大多数（86%）人认为培训期间的职业规划压力很大，并认为应该将求职准备纳入 NPM 住院医师课程（81%）。许多人认为求职系列有助于阐明求职的各个组成部分。
我们发现 NPM 住院医师对如何寻找、准备和协商他们的第一份培训后工作的理解存在一些知识差距。我们坚信这些知识差距并不是 NPM 住院医师所特有的，所有的住院医师都将受益于类似的、易于实施的、无成本的系列。
