Planning for Happenstance: Helping Students Optimize Unexpected Career Developments.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Planning for and responding to happenstance is an important but rarely discussed part of the professional development of medical students. We noted this gap while conducting a study of career inflection points of 24 physicians who frequently mentioned how luck had shaped their unfolding careers. A review of the career counseling literature led us to a body of work known as Planned Happenstance Learning Theory (PHLT). PHLT focuses on the attitudes and skills to make happenstance a positive force in one's life. We found no reference to this work in the medical education literature and resolved to address this gap.

Methods

We created resources for an interactive, 90-minute faculty development workshop. In the workshop, the facilitator used a PowerPoint presentation

SUBMITTER: Vo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7880249 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature