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Taking Ownership of Your Career: Professional Development Through Experiential Learning

Version 1 : Received: 16 February 2021 / Approved: 18 February 2021 / Online: 18 February 2021 (10:43:19 CET)

A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.

Segarra VA, Gentry WA. Taking ownership of your career: professional development through experiential learning. In BMC proceedings 2021 Jun (Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 1-7). BioMed Central. Segarra VA, Gentry WA. Taking ownership of your career: professional development through experiential learning. In BMC proceedings 2021 Jun (Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 1-7). BioMed Central.

Abstract

Experiential learning can facilitate the development of transferrable skills necessary for success in attaining tenure and promotion in academia. In this article, we discuss the benefits of designing and implementing an individualized professional development experience or practicum. By doing this, we describe the experiential learning component of the Accomplishing Career Transitions (ACT) Program of the American Society for Cell Biology. The ACT program aims to assist postdoctoral trainees and junior faculty from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM as they strive to transition into tenure-track positions and ultimately attain tenure at research-intensive or teaching-intensive academic institutions.

Keywords

Professional development for scientists; tenure-track faculty; tenure; professoriate; professional development practicum; professional development experiential learning; Accomplishing Career Transitions; American Society for Cell Biology; Minorities Affairs Committee

Subject

Social Sciences, Education

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