Learning Communities IMM Unit 5: Setting Priorities

School of Medicine

We are all busy – busy doing important things. But how many of us take the time to reflect on whether we are busy doing the right important things? The farther you progress in medicine, the more opportunity you will have to choose how you spend your time. Optimally, those choices should reflect your core values that define your life and help guide you to the vision of the future that you want for yourself and those close to you. On a related note, highly effective leaders are able to focus their energy and efforts on selected projects to allow for the maximum benefit, while avoiding being pulled in multiple different directions. Effective leaders are able to clearly articulate their guiding principles and focus that allows them to say ‘yes’ to projects that align with their goals and mission, while saying ‘no’ and avoiding projects that don’t align. This session builds on the Time Management session during the LC-FMK course. Students will explore their core values and develop their own vision statements for use both now, and in your future careers.