First Lecture 2008

The First Lecture Really Achieving Your Career Dreams Emil Chuck, Ph.D. Health Professions Advisor Term Assistant Professor of Biology

All the thank yous ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Introducing and thanking those who helped

With great homage and apology Randy Pausch (died July 25, 2008)

George Mason University ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A Habit of Excellence

What is a premed? ,[object Object],[object Object],Austin (Inside Higher Education)

Fear of failure “ The elephant in the room”

Attaining the right goal Perfect is the enemy of good (but not better).

Attaining the right goal Really Achieving Your Career Dreams

Think beyond the white coat Really Achieving Your Career Dreams

Think beyond the white coat ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Did you know...?

Think beyond the white coat ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Really Achieving Your Career Dreams

The brick walls The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop other pe ople. ... Sometimes the brick walls are made of flesh. (Pausch)

Think beyond the lecture “ Large lecture courses... often fail to keep the attention of so me students.”

Caveat emptor ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],GMU students at www.ratemyprofessor.com

Let the buyer beware! ,[object Object],GMU students at www.ratemyprofessor.com

Am I a “recovering jerk”? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ ... Higher education too often feels like it is all about customer service.” GMU students at www.ratemyprofessor.com Is this a “pragmatic, statistically valid way” to evaluate my teaching or my advising?

The premed pipeline Welcome Week surveys (excluding postbacs)

It is our job to be demanding. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Students should be aware of cutting-edge discovery. “ A professor’s job is to teach students ho w to see their minds growing...”

Erich Jarvis Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center

How many students attended? George Mason University lecture, September 19, 2007

The whiners build your walls. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Brick walls built by GMU premed students.

I want climate change. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Or else, surrender your dreams to the whiners.

Honor code ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Cheating hurts Mason prehealth applicants.

Learn to study smarter ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Becoming a “real man/woman of genius”

Study smarter not harder ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Morse and Jutra CBE Life Sciences Education (2008)

Study smarter not harder ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Morse and Jutra CBE Life Sciences Education (2008) Barbeau, Montini, Roy (1997). Tracer les chemins de la connaissance – la motivation scolaire. Association Quebecoise de pedagogie collegiale.

Why students fail ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Freeman et al., CBE Life Science Education (2007): UWash

Study smarter not harder ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Morse and Jutra CBE Life Sciences Education (2008)

How to ask for help ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Making the best of mentors

Exchanging emails with me PhDcomics.com

The number one goal of professors ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Help students judge themselves.

How to succeed ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Core competencies for health professionals

Would you make a great doctor? Educators best serve students by helping them be more self-reflective.

Communications Skills You can be smart, but if you can’t communicate...

Communications Skills ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The future of the MCAT... be afraid, be very afraid. The preliminary test material is centered on three broad objectives: extracting, processing, and responding to information. Some specific assessment objectives include: http://www.aamc.org/students/mcat/research /comskillfaq.htm

“ The Dreams Will Come to You” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ The Lost Art of Thank-You Notes”

“ The Dreams Will Come to You” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Enabling the dreams of others

Prehealth orientation It h elps to know where you’re going.

Your roadmap and guide ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],If you don’t have copies, we’re making more.

Your roadmap and guide ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Health Professions Advising Office

Applicant Timeline ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],24 months to go...

Get engaged to Mason! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ It’s how you live your [University] life.”

Raffle Rules ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],How this works, how you win...

Bio 2010 excerpts Extra text slides

National Academies Bio 2010 ,[object Object],[object Object],Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Biologists

Bio 2010 ,[object Object],The Future of Biology Requires Interdisciplinary Science

Bio 2010 ,[object Object],[object Object],Students should be aware of cutting-edge discovery.

Functional study groups ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Peer feedback (Pausch’s Building Virtual Worlds class)

Lifelong homework ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What I wished others would tell me (as a premed student).

Independent Study ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The First Lecture’s Last Slide

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