The Professional Mission Statement: Defining Your Career Goals OSUCOM Center for FAME John D. Mahan MD Ryan Nash, MD, MA 12.3.14

Chinese Proverb If we don’t change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed!

The Vision: Key to Defining Your Professional Mission Statement Identify personal goals and interests What do you value? What does the organization value? What can you share with mentor and colleagues Revisit often ?Post in office Define your Professional Mission Statement to address your Vision/Goals Enact your Plan Set priorities! Ensure productivity – minimize surprises

Vision/Mission Vision Mission Defines the optimal desired future state - the mental picture - of what you want to accomplish, what the future should be Provides guidance and inspiration for you mission and efforts in the next 1, 5 , 10 or more years Is written succinctly, in an inspirational manner, and is also useful for sharing with supervisors, mentors and colleagues Defines your purpose – what you want to be and do in your profession Answers 3 questions about you WHAT you will do WHO it is for HOW you will do it It is written succinctly in one sentence It is something that you can share with supervisors, mentors and colleagues and use to assess the value of any new activities (asked of you or in your interest)

Defining Your Professional Mission Statement

Professional Mission Statement: Undesirable Examples PMS: To be the best cardiologist I can be PMS: To be the best faculty teacher of medical students PMS: To be outstanding in research, clinical care and education

Professional Mission Statement: Desirable Examples PMS: To become an expert in incorporating patient/parent education in improving care of children with sickle cell disease PMS: To be a leader in the field of developing new anti-cancer compounds for treatment of patients with leukemia PMS: To be a national leader in developing evidence based education in cardiology training

Professional Mission Statement: Desirable Examples Vision Professional Mission Statement Children with sickle cell disease will have better clinical outcomes as a result of better patient/parent education Patients with leukemia will benefit from new anti-cancer drugs developed at OSU To become an expert in incorporating patient/parent education in improving care of children with sickle cell disease To be a leader in the field of developing new anti-cancer compounds for treatment of patients with leukemia

Defining Your Professional Mission Statement

Specific Project / Activity Current Projects List List your current working projects. Rate degree of congruence (H, M, L, Not) with your PMS and Perceived Priority of YOUR Supervisor (Division Chief/Department Chair)   Specific Project / Activity Completion Date PMS Supervisor Priority 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Matching Mission Reflect and Align What motivates your professional mission statement? Why do you want to do what you want to do? - is this part of a belief, experience, value, etc.? What is your institutional mission statement? And that of your Department, Division, Center, etc? Usually it is general and allows diversity. How does your mission statement and underlying values align with that of your institution? When busy or stressed can you recognize this alignment?

Homework Develop and refine your Professional Mission Statement Develop your PMS – share with your Supervisor/Boss, with your Mentor within next month Re-visit your PMS with your Mentor/Supervisor every 6-12 months Re-visit your Professional Mission Statement quarterly as a junior faculty; at least every 6 months as senior faculty Share concerns with your supervisor Create/use your Current Projects List Understanding your projects/priorities Live your plan!

“Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” Peter Drucker “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” Dwight Eisenhower

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