Chapter 15

Time Management

Carla M. Pugh

Keywords  Time management • Planning • Prioritizing

• Goal setting • Maximizing efficiency

Introduction

Becoming a successful faculty member in an academic medical­ center is not a trivial undertaking. Success requires strong effort in three major areas including patient care, teaching, and research. A commonality amongst the great achievers in academia, and other professions, is excellent time manage- ment skills.While no one is born knowing how to prepare and deliver effective scientific presentations; write a successful research grant; build a world-class research program; manage research assistants;and balance the endless and often conflict- ing time demands imposed by clinical practice, teaching, research,and administrative service– a time management plan will greatly facilitate achievement in these areas.

C.M. Pugh

Department of Surgery, Northwestern University,

Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago,

IL, USA

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