Planning for Happenstance: Helping Students Optimize Unexpected Career Developments

• Main Authors: Michelle Vo (Author), Gary Beck Dallaghan (Author), Nicole Borges (Author), Anne C. Gill (Author), Brian Good (Author), Nathan Gollehon (Author), Jay J. Mehta (Author), Boyd Richards (Author), Rachel Richards (Author), Erna Serelzic (Author), Rebecca Tenney-Soeiro (Author), Jason Winward (Author), Dorene Balmer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Association of American Medical Colleges, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Planning for and responding to happenstance is an important but rarely discussed part of the professional development of medical students. We noted this gap while conducting a study of career inflection points of 24 physicians who frequently mentioned how luck had shaped their unfolding...