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Securing a first job after training is a necessary endeavor that has potentially serious ramifications for one's overall career trajectory. Yet many early career psychiatrists cite lack of adequate guidance when seeking their first job and find the prospect of obtaining gainful employment at the end of the formal training period in psychiatry daunting. The sub-specialty nature of psychosomatic medicine can make identification of appropriate positions even more challenging. Financial and geographic pressures may lead to graduating psychosomatic medicine psychiatrists accepting general psychiatry positions, with the hope of making the best of this position or leaving it for something better when the right opportunity arises. Due to the changing nature of how healthcare is delivered, and the potential demand for psychosomatically trained physicians to fit into highly integrated and evolving systems of care, there is an increasing need to help bridge the trainee-to-attending psychiatrist for both "ideal" as well as "acceptable" positions for their careers. Additionally, there are few resources for early career psychiatrists on how to maintain professionalism while looking for alternative jobs that may be more in line with the psychiatrist's overall career goals.
Drs. Park and Surber will spend 20-30 minutes discussing the process of identifying and obtaining the first job following training. Dr. Wong will spend 20-30 minutes discussing the process of making the best out of a non-specialist clinical appointment. Dr. Ravindranath will spend 20-30 minutes discussing the process of interviewing for and obtaining a new position when the first job does not seem to fit. All presentations will draw upon a review of the available literature and on personal experience and will include interactive elements. The remainder of the presentation time will be devoted to large group discussion.
