Navigating the Workplace with MicroSkills (Plenary)-Navigating the Workplace with MicroSkills

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The plenary session titled "Navigating the Workplace with MicroSkills" by Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa Lewiss emphasizes the importance of MicroSkills as small yet impactful actions that can significantly enhance professional environments. Taking place at the CMSS Annual Meeting 2024, this session highlights the necessity of these skills and explores why they might be challenging to master, while detailing the critical actions associated with each skill area.<br /><br />**MicroSkills for Networking** involves:<br />1. Auditing personal network needs and recognizing the inadequacy of a single mentor.<br />2. Evaluating schedule and bandwidth, taking inventory of existing contacts, seeking new introductions, and maintaining follow-up plans.<br /><br />**MicroSkills for Communicating** suggests:<br />1. Engaging in conversations with teams, being sensitive to time, scheduling communications strategically, and utilizing various communication mediums.<br /><br />**MicroSkills for Self-Care** emphasize:<br />1. Understanding job expectations, auditing task lists, normalizing vulnerability, offloading non-joyful tasks, and involving supervisors early when necessary.<br /><br />**MicroSkills for Team Culture** promote the idea of:<br />1. Being an "upstander" by committing to the concept, practicing advocacy for self and others, developing prepared responses, acting promptly, and ensuring personal safety.<br /><br />Key speakers include Dr. Adaira Landry from Harvard Medical School and Dr. Resa Lewiss from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They are supported by "Society Reactors" such as Darilyn Moyer, MD from the American College of Physicians, and Salandra Thomas from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Together, they aim to shape the future of medicine by harnessing the power of MicroSkills in professional settings.

Keywords

MicroSkills

professional environments

networking

communication

self-care

team culture

CMSS Annual Meeting 2024

Dr. Adaira Landry

Dr. Resa Lewiss

medicine