As we close out our Pediatric Insight Conversations series on mentorship, the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) turns to a topic that may be the most influential and the least discussed driver of career satisfaction in academic pediatrics: the master connector.
Inspired by Malcolm Gladwell’s concept and shaped by decades of leadership experience, the panel explores how master connectors do far more than match mentors and mentees. They actively shape cultures, open doors, accelerate careers, and most importantly – help protect clinicians from burnout.
In part two of our Pediatric Insight mentorship series, we continue the conversation addressing how to measure mentorship success. In this episode, the Child Health Advisory Council (CHAC) members discuss important questions such as:
– Measuring mentoring success and impact
– Navigating common challenges
– Identifying and resolving mentor–mentee conflicts
– Mentoring and supporting new leaders and recruits
This week, we kick off three-part series about how mentorship, coaching and sponsorship is shaping the next generation of pediatric leaders.
In this first episode, moderated by Valerie Opipari, MD, our expert panel dives into what makes mentorship effective and enduring. They answer:
How does a mentor’s role differ from that of a coach or sponsor?
How can young clinicians identify the right mentors to guide their careers?
What traits define a successful mentor–mentee relationship?
Packed with practical insights and real experiences, this conversation offers inspiration and guidance for both mentors and mentees in academic medicine.
Pediatric departments are stretched by unprecedented clinical demand. How do you fully integrate full-time clinicians into the academic mission without losing alignment across the university, hospital and community?
In this episode, Dr. Arnie Strauss leads a candid discussion on what actually moves the needle.
The Child Health Advisory Council discusses what institutions can do to demonstrate a commitment to broad representation by those under-represented in medicine. Moderated by Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD with special guests, Lisa Eiland, MD and Colin Orr, MD, the panel discusses challenges in recruiting medical students to choose pediatrics and what institutions can do.
Social outings can make or break a candidate’s interest in your program. Our panel, lead by Dr. Bruce Rubin, shares unique ways to engage a candidate and his/her family during the recruitment process.
Also, hear Dr. Bruder Stapleton talk about what not to do during recruitment visits.
Host:Wesley Millican, MBA
Moderator:Bruce Rubin, MEngr, MD, MBA, FRCPC
Our panel:Craig Hillemeier, MD; Robert (Bob) Sawin, MD; F. Bruder Stapleton, MD; Valerie Opipari, MD; Arnold (Arnie) Strauss, MD and Wesley Millican, MBA
What pathways can we forge to address gender leadership and pay disparities in pediatric leadership?
Dr. Valerie Opipari brings together an esteemed group of female leaders to discuss solutions, experiences and predictions for the future in this special episode of Pediatric Insight.
Listen to hear how they’re challenging inequities and charting a new path forward for the next generation of female leaders.
Joining the Child Health Advisory Council as a special guest, Dr. Rivara shares four strategies that support a new vision for a high-quality pediatric workforce.
This special Pediatric Insight episode is filled with excellent data, workforce solutions and an informative Q&A you don’t want to miss. CareerPhysician and the Child Health Advisory Council would like to thank AMSPDC for leading and bringing the workforce issue to the forefront.
Colleagues and faculty members who are outliers can be positively disruptive because they bring innovation. On the other side of the spectrum, some outliers aren’t serving your department well, due to poor behavior or performance.
A real challenge for leaders is identifying these outliers and either supporting them through guidance and course correction or finding a new career path.
In the latest Pediatric Insight conversation, pediatric leaders tackle this topic head-on, sharing their experiences.
