Professional Development

How To Find a Mentor

Ignite the flame of your true potential through the incredible impact of mentorship. Envision yourself being guided by a trusted advisor, who empowers you to achieve your goals and navigate the challenges that lie ahead. Uncover the strategies to discover, approach, and flourish in a mentorship that can shape the trajectory of your career and beyond.

” The right mentoring relationship can be a powerful tool for professional growth — it can lead to new career opportunities, a promotion, even a better work-life balance. One of the trickiest things about mentoring, though, is that it often happens informally. And that can make it difficult to find an entry point.”

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The Role of Mentorship in Enhancing One’s Career Development

Discover how guidance from experienced individuals can shape your decisions, propel your career, and unlock your true potential. Experience the profound benefits of mentorship, from increased confidence and professional advancement to building strong networks and achieving a fulfilling life.

“Every person would need guidance at some time while advancing in their life and career, as it is practical for influencing decisions and correcting mistakes, of which there may be many. These beneficial recommendations may come from books read, a sporadic advice from seniors or professional colleagues or simply as a result of a direct relationship with a specific person, who is frequently viewed as a mentor.”

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Role of Mentorship

TEDx The Pursuit of Happiness in the Workplace

Join Sharissa Sebastian, a Career Success Coach for Women in Corporate Leadership, learn how she helps other women fully embrace their value, gain confidence, build meaningful professional relationships, and create a career and life they truly love.

“Sharissa Sebastian is a Career Success Coach for Women in Corporate Leadership. She’s also a writer for Forbes and the Huffington Post, a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, author, and a radio show host. Her passion is helping women fully own their value, step into their confidence, get career clarity, build strong professional relationships and have a career and life they love. Her 13+ year corporate career, primarily in technology leadership, led her on a journey to discover joy and fulfillment in her career and she now helps others do the same through coaching, speaking, writing and corporate engagements.”

10 Ways to Find Happiness in Your Career

From indeed.com

There are a multitude of ways to find happiness in your career, here are the top 10 ways from indeed.com that can benefit not only your mental health but even productivity at work !

“Career and workplace priorities can be as diverse as the professionals who decide on them. Of the many metrics people use to determine which jobs to pursue, many prioritize happiness at work when determining their career path. Being happy at work can have many benefits, including increased productivity and personal wellbeing. In this article, we share ten ways to find happiness in your job, discuss finding a new job and share some of the benefits of being happy with your job to help support your career satisfaction.”

10 Ways to Find Happiness in Your Career
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Health Equity Action Collaborative

“Join Bree Collaborative Staff as a participant in the Health Equity Action Collaborative! During the collaborative, participants will reeive support in taking their chosen health project from an idea to developing an implementation plan that can be enacted within their organization. Health equity will be centered in the design process through education, discussion, and peer engagement. The action collaborative is open to individuals working within the healthcare ecosystem (clinicians, delivery sites, QI teams, purchasers, plans, etc.) interested in improving health outcomes while promoting equitable practices”.

Here are some of the examples of work that’s been accomplished in the past.

Poster flyer of health equity action collaborative.

Inspirational Black Men and Women in Medicine: Michelle Terry of University of Washington School of Medicine On 5 Things You Need To Create A Successful Career In Medicine

An Interview With Jamie Hemmings

Post originally appears on The Medium.

In this interview article, Dr. Michelle Terry describes her own experience learning and growing in the field of medicine, and shares some key takeaways.

In the United States today, Black doctors are vastly underrepresented. Only 5% of physicians nationwide are Black. Why is it so important to have better representation? What steps can be taken to fix this discrepancy? In this interview series, we are talking to successful Black men and women in medicine about their career, their accomplishments, and how others may follow their path. As a part of this series, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Michelle Terry, MD

Dr. Terry is a clinical professor and assistant dean for underrepresented in medicine and science (URMS) career development at the University of Washington School of Medicine where she leads efforts to promote success for early career faculty. She is also an attending physician the division of hospital medicine at Seattle Children’s, where she sees patients and advises medical students who want to become pediatricians. Dr. Terry received her BA in Human Biology from Stanford University, MD from Baylor College of Medicine, and completed residency in pediatrics at the University of Washington.

Learn more about Dr. Terry in the article posted on The Medium.

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UWNURF (University of Washington Network of Underrepresented Residents and Fellows)

Contact UWNURF

The University of Washington’s Network of Underrepresented Residents and Fellows (UW NURF) is a resident and fellow organization established in 2010. Our mission is to promote cultural diversity in medicine through community education, mentorship, professional networking, cultural competency education, and outreach to underrepresented medical students, residents, and fellows.

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We would love to see you at our bi-monthly meetings, town hall meetings, diversity lecture series, and other events. Please check our events calendar on our website or Facebook page. Join our listserv.

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Your interest in NURF is greatly appreciated. We value your participation! Please join us at our many recruitment events and endeavors. Have ideas for more projects? Contact us.

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