Success in Academic Surgery Part 1 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chen, Herbert (Editor), Kao, Lillian S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.

How does one become a successful academic surgeon?  The Association for Academic Surgery  has been teaching this to medical students, residents, and young faculty for the over 20 years and this is the first time the experience and lessons learned have been summarized in a book format.  Success in Ac...

Table of Contents:

• Why Be an Academic Surgeon? Impetus and Options for the Emerging Surgeon-Scientist
• Timeline for Promotion/Overview of an Academic Career
• Reviewing the Literature/Developing a Hypothesis, Study Design
• Ethics in Surgical Research
• Analyzing Your Data
• Animal Models for Surgical Research
• Health Services Research
• Surgical Educational Research: Getting Started
• Translational Research and New Approaches: Genomics, Proteomics, and Metabolomics
• How to Write and Revise a Manuscript for Peer Review Publication
• Choosing, and Being, a Good Mentor
• Writing a Grant/Obtaining Funding
• Setting Up a “Lab” (Clinical or Basic Science Research Program) and Managing a Research Team
• Work-Life Balance and Burnout
• Time Management.