APA Combined SIG: Faculty Development and Well-being and Vitality | a Values-based Approach to Negotiating Toward the Career You Really Want (Part 1)

Sunday, April 27, 2025

2:00pm – 3:30pm HST

Location: Convention Center: 308

CE: 1.5

SIG Chair(s)

Kajal Khanna, MD, JD, MSc (she/her/hers)

Clinical Associate Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
San Francisco, California, United States
Lauren Anderson, MD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Sylvia Lim, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics/Associate Fellowship Director of AGP
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, New York, United States
Deborah Rana, MD, MS

HS Associate Clinical Profesor
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, California, United States
Jennifer Takagishi, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Pediatrics
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, United States

Disclosure(s):

Kajal Khanna, MD, JD, MSc: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Lauren R. Anderson, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Sylvia W. Lim, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Deborah Rana, MD, MS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Jennifer Takagishi, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Many studies suggest that to achieve a sense of wellness and job satisfaction, it is essential to be in a role where the assigned tasks are meaningful and aligned with one's core values. The Faculty Development and Well-Being and Vitality SIGs invite you to join us in our workshop to discuss a values-based approach to negotiating for the career you really want. Our workshop will address three topics: Clarifying Core Values, Job Crafting to Optimize Your Career, and Strategies for Negotiating Toward Ideal State.

A core values clarification exercise will help participants identify their own values, priorities, and life goals. The framework of job crafting will then be introduced to help participants mindfully redesign their roles to ensure they are meaningful and aligned with values. Job crafting involves three key components: task crafting, relational crafting and cognitive crafting. After being introduced to the concept, workshop participants will work in pairs to apply this concept to their own job tasks. With areas of desired change identified, participants will learn how to negotiate to create the career that is in alignment with their values and goals. Participants will practice utilizing negotiation strategies in small groups and leave prepared to use these skills at their own institutions.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the concept of the core values and assess whether current job position is aligned with core values after completion of a values clarification exercise.
Identify assigned tasks that are not in alignment with their core values and utilize the job crafting model to redesign them.
Describe and demonstrate the steps to successfully negotiate for their desired career change.

Presentations:

2:00pm – 2:10pm HST

Clarifying Core Values
SIG Speaker: Kajal Khanna, MD, JD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
2:10pm – 2:25pm HST

Job Crafting to Optimize Your Career
SIG Speaker: Lauren R. Anderson, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado School of Medicine
2:25pm – 2:40pm HST

Job Crafting to Optimize Your Career
SIG Speaker: Sylvia W. Lim, MD (she/her/hers) – The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
2:40pm – 3:05pm HST

Strategies for Negotiating Toward Ideal State
SIG Speaker: Deborah Rana, MD, MS – University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
3:05pm – 3:30pm HST

Strategies for Negotiating Toward Ideal State
SIG Speaker: Jennifer Takagishi, MD (she/her/hers) – University of South Florida