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Early Career Professional Development Issues for Military Academic Psychiatrists

Received February 3, 2005; revised April 14, 2005; accepted April 28, 2005. Dr. Warner is affiliated with Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Washington, DC and the Malcolm Grow Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Dr. Bobo is affiliated with Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Flynn is affiliated with the Wilford Hall Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Address correspondence to Dr. Warner, Division Mental Health, Bldg. 601 E, Fort Stewart, GA 31314; christopher.h.warner{at}us.army.mil (E-mail). Copyright © 2005 Academic Psychiatry.

OBJECTIVE: Academically motivated graduates of military psychiatric residency programs confront serious challenges. METHOD: In this article, the authors present a junior faculty development model organized around four overlapping domains: mentorship, scholarship, research, and career planning/development. Using these four domains as a platform for discussion, the authors focus on challenges facing academically oriented early-career military psychiatrists and provide guidance. CONCLUSION: The authors believe that a proactive stance, skillful mentoring, self-awareness through conscious planning and effort, ability to capitalize on existing opportunities for growth, and attention to detail are all vital to the junior military psychiatrist.

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