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Roberts Academic Medicine Handbook

A Guide to Achievement and Fulfillment for Academic Faculty

  • Comprehensive, fully updated, expanded book designed to assist current or aspiring academic medicine faculty with their distinct professional development issues

  • Strategic guide developed under the expert editorship of one of the foremost experts on medical academic career achievement and fulfillment, as well as ethics in medicine

  • Written by a panel of distinguished physicians

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Table of contents (67 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
  2. Approaching the Profession of Academic Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. How to Find Your Path in Academic Medicine

      • Laura Weiss Roberts
      Pages 3-7
    3. How to Build the Foundation for a Successful Career in Academia

      • Upinder Singh, Linda M. Boxer
      Pages 9-15
    4. How to Cultivate a Culture of Belonging in Academic Medicine

      • Kyle Lane-McKinley, Laura Turner-Essel
      Pages 17-29
  3. Getting Established

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
    2. How to Prepare the Best Possible Curriculum Vitae

      • Heather Kenna Hall
      Pages 33-37
    3. How to Interview for a First Academic Position

      • Robert P. Chayer, Jon A. Lehrmann
      Pages 39-43
    4. How to Evaluate a Letter of Offer or Contract

      • Laura Weiss Roberts
      Pages 45-53
    5. How to Be Organized and Manage Time

      • Robert K. Jackler
      Pages 55-63
    6. How to Give a Lecture

      • Sallie G. De Golia
      Pages 65-81
    7. How to Build Assessments for Clinical Learners

      • Teresita McCarty
      Pages 83-90
    8. How to Approach Clinical Supervision

      • Michael D. Jibson, Michael I. Casher, Sara R. Figueroa
      Pages 91-103
    9. How to Teach in Busy Clinical Settings

      • James T. Hardee, Frederic W. Platt
      Pages 121-127
    10. How to Teach Creatively

      • Hendry Ton, Shelly L. Henderson, W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton
      Pages 129-133
    11. How to Write Effective Letters of Recommendation

      • Joseph B. Layde, Laura Weiss Roberts
      Pages 135-140
    12. How to Use Technology in Educational Innovation

      • John Luo, Robert Boland, Carlyle H. Chan
      Pages 141-147
    13. How to Maintain Excellent Clinical Documentation

      • Sharon E. Williams
      Pages 149-154
    14. How to Avoid Medicolegal Problems

      • Liliana Kalogjera Barry
      Pages 155-162

About this book

This authoritative, updated and expanded title serves as the gold-standard resource to assist physicians, clinicians, and scientists in developing effective and satisfactory careers in academic medicine. Covering such critical topics as finding one's path in academic medicine, getting established at an institution, approaching work with colleagues, writing and reviewing manuscripts, conducting empirical research, developing administrative skills, advancing one's academic career, and balancing one's professional and personal life, each chapter includes valuable career pointers and best practice strategies, as well as pithy words to the wise and questions to ask a mentor or colleague.  Building on the success of the first edition, the Roberts Academic Medicine Handbook: A Guide to Achievement and Fulfillment for Academic Faculty, 2nd Edition includes new case examples and updated references, as well as many new and timely chapters on topics such as public speaking, working with the media, working with community-based organizations, philanthropy, and finding meaning and a sense of belonging in one's work. The Roberts Academic Medicine Handbook, 2nd Edition is an indispensable resource for all professionals entering or already established in academic medicine who wish to achieve a fulfilling career. 


Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

    Laura Weiss Roberts

About the editor

Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A.
Katharine Dexter McCormick and Stanley McCormick Memorial Professor and Chairman
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
401 Quarry Road, Room 3215
Stanford, California 94305-5717



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Roberts Academic Medicine Handbook

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide to Achievement and Fulfillment for Academic Faculty

  • Editors: Laura Weiss Roberts

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31957-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-31956-4Published: 01 January 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-31957-1Published: 31 December 2019

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 621

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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