Develop Your CORE₂ for Career Flourishing: A Career Development Workshop for Hospitalists

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Physician Career Development
• Positive Psychology

Background:

• Appreciative inquiry and flourishing mindsets support physician well-being and career planning.
• Integration into faculty career development is limited, particularly in graduate medical education.

Purpose of the Study:

• To design and evaluate a workshop for hospitalist career development using the CORE2 framework.
• To nurture hospitalist career development through strengths-based approaches and structured goal setting.

Main Methods:

• A 1.5-hour workshop was presented at Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) annual conferences.
• The workshop included modules on character strengths, professional vision, role assessment, and SMART goal development.
• Participants engaged in small-group activities for practical application.

Main Results:

• 36 participants attended the 2023 workshop, with 32 completing pre- and post-surveys (89% completion).
• Significant increases in self-assessed familiarity with character strengths, knowledge of SMART goal principles, and confidence in vision/goal writing were observed (p < .05).

Conclusions:

• The workshop offers a valuable framework for self-directed, longitudinal career development and reflection.
• It guides participants from identity to vision, role evaluation, goal creation, and iterative assessment.
• The principles are generalizable to clinician-educators across medical disciplines.