Development of a systematic career coaching program for medical students

Abstract

PurposeThis study aimed to develop a systematic career-coaching program (SCCP) that can be used by medical teaching schools to address a growing need for career-coaching. The program objectives were to help students (1) develop a comprehensive self-understanding of their aptitudes, interests, and personality traits; (2) explore possible career choices and decide on a career path; and (3) develop the competencies needed to prepare for their future careers. MethodsThe SCCP was based on the ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) model and decision-making questioning model. Medical professionals, medical education and career counseling experts, and students participated in designing the program. ResultsThe SCCP describes coaching content, tools, operational methods, and appropriate timing, and identifies the professionals and specialists who can offer their expertise in the different coaching phases. It is designed to allow medical schools to offer the program in segments or in its entirety, depending on the curriculum and environment. ConclusionThe SCCP represents a viable career-coaching program for medical students that can be applied in part or in its entirety, depending on a medical school’s curriculum and educational environment.

Becoming a coach: experiences of faculty educators learning to coach medical students

“…Coaching is a well-accepted method of developing leaders in the business community and is increasingly used in developing educators [1,2]. In recent years, coaching learners has become more common in medical education curricula [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. One-on-one coaching is proven to support medical learners' success academically and to facilitate individual self-knowledge, goal-setting, work-life balance, and reflection [3,9,10].…”

“…One-on-one coaching is proven to support medical learners' success academically and to facilitate individual self-knowledge, goal-setting, work-life balance, and reflection [3,9,10]. Coaching contributes to protection against burnout [1,[11][12][13] and fosters professionalism [4,7,11] by helping learners develop healthy habits and by addressing concerns early within the context of a trusted relationship. The American Medical Association (AMA) Coaching handbook has identified coaching as a "new and significant opportunity in medical education" [9].…”

A Multifaceted Approach to Public Health Career and Professional Development Training

“…Public health (PH) as a discipline has not given sufficient attention to workforce development as evidenced by the limited research available compared to other fields (Sellers et al, 2015). Career and professional development training programs for graduate students in other disciplines such as psychology (Ducheny, Alletzhauser, Crandell, & Schneider, 1997), life sciences (Hobin, Clifford, Dunn, Rich, & Justement, 2014), and medicine (Hur, Cho, & Kwon, 2018) appear to be receiving greater incorporation into academic training programs by allocating resources such as dedicated staff and faculty, funding, and full courses. Published research on best practices for career and professional development training for PH academic programs is limited, making it challenging for these institutions to further develop their own effective training programs.…”

Evaluation of a systematic career coaching program for medical students in Korea using the Career Readiness Inventory

“…Second, the effects of a career coaching program can be assessed via various frameworks, such as career decision self-efficacy and career maturity, whereas we only evaluated the career readiness level. However, we have developed a SCCP [ 3 ] and suggested more specific programs for each grade [ 4 ]. To conclude, we confirmed the effect of our SCCP by running a 1-semester program in a medical college as a follow-up study.…”

“…One-on-one career counseling initiatives have been reported to lead to significant levels of unmet needs [ 2 ]. Therefore, we developed a SCCP for medical students in each academic year based on the career coaching model [ 3 , 4 ]. In this study, we applied an SCCP to career guidance in medical education as a pilot course and examined the effect of the program by analyzing changes in career readiness level.…”