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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Individual Development Plan (IDP): Strategically Navigate Your Scientific Career
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Career Planning Workshop for Graduate Students & Postdocs using myIDP from
<i>Science News</i> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>Monday, May 19, 2014, 10:30am-12:30pm, Rm 37-212</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>Taught by myIDP co$B!>(Bauthor Cynthia Fuhrmann, PhD</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Register on CareerBridge: </b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student" target="_blank">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Prior to attending the workshop, </b>take <span style="color:#1F497D">
the<b> </b></span><b>skills, interests, and values self-assessment exercises </b>
found in myIDP<b> </b>online here<b>:</b> <a href="http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/" target="_blank">
http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/</a><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Navigating toward your future can be daunting. Whether pursuing the tenure track or another career path, today$B!G(Bs scientist faces a competitive job market that rewards productivity in the lab, stellar communication
skills, a strong professional network, and professional confidence. Creating an Individual Development Plan (IDP) is one way to help you strategically work toward these goals.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b>AAAS$B!G(Bs <i>Science </i>Careers$B!G(B myIDP is an online tool for helping you create an IDP</b>. In this workshop, you will use the results from your myIDP self-assessments, to
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; text-autospace:none">(b) customize your professional networking strategy to learn more about your top choice careers, and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in; text-autospace:none">(c) engage your mentors in career-related discussions.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Learn practical strategies for how to set goals tailored to your own skills development and career advancement needs. This interactive workshop will propel you toward the next step along your career trajectory.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i>Biography: </i>Cynthia Fuhrmann</b>, Ph.D. is Assistant Dean, Career & Professional Development in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), where
she leads the university$B!G(Bs NIH$B!>(Bfunded career development programs. Dr. Fuhrmann transitioned to UMMS from University of California, San Francisco, where she founded the Preparing Future Faculty program and oversaw development of professional skills programs
and resources for biomedical scientists. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Dr. Fuhrmann received her Bachelors degree in Chemistry from University of California, Davis and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UCSF. As a graduate student and during postdoctoral training,
she studied enzyme mechanisms using ultra$B!>(Bhigh resolution x-ray crystallography. Her scholarly interests now focus on the career development of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the biomedical sciences. Her research has been highlighted in
<i>Science, Nature </i>Careers<i>, NIH Biomedical Workforce Working Group Report, Inside Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education,
</i>and <i>Tomorrow's Professor. S</i>he co-authored and coordinated technical development of
<i>myIDP </i>(<a href="http://myIDP.sciencecareers.org" target="_blank">http://myIDP.sciencecareers.org</a>), an interactive career-planning website launched by
<i>Science </i>Careers with funding from AAAS and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. </p>
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