Career development young scientists Erasmus MC
Prof. dr. Claire Wyman Department of Radiotherapy
Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam The Netherlands
Erasmus MC facts 2012
Employees: ± 12,000
Scientific staff: ± 1,300 FTE Medical students: 2290
PhD students: ± 1100 Postdocs: ± 400
Graduations: 231
Career tracks
Scientists
PhD postdoc assistant prof associate prof
full professor
MD-PhDs
PhD resident staff member associate prof
full professor MD
Career perspectives of young scientists
Career perspectives
academic
Erasmus MC elsewhere
Erasmus MC elsewhere
Research non-research
non-academic
The roles of supervisors and young scientists in career development
Networking
Open minded Pro-active
attitude
Competences Mentoring
Transparency
Feedback Support
PI Young scientist
The role of Erasmus MC as employer
Transparancy
• Criteria for promotion associate professorship
– Education – Research
– Management, competencies, leadership, growth potential
• Transparent criteria, but no simple
‘formula’
Talent review: HR meets research strategy
Grower
Goal: development into high performance
Excellent performer (top talent)
Goal: retention, empowerment, growth, promotion
Underperformer
Goal: development or departure
Solid performer
Goal: development in current position, career switch
Current Performance Potential
Mentoring
Goal: support talented staff in their scientific career
Mentee: 3-5 years post-PhD, ambition and
potential for academic career, both clinical staff and non-clinical scientists
Mentor: more senior, similar career, similar work profile
Mentor shares experience, competencies, knowledge and network with mentee
Programme runs 1 year, minimum of 4 meetings
Started in 2011, 50 mentees, excellent evaluations
Erasmus MC Fellowship programme
Goal: support senior postdocs building own research line with a research Fellowship € 400,000
Clinical staff: boost research along with clinical work
Postdoc own line of research
Minimum of 50% female
Maximum of 5 years (clinical staff 8 years) after PhD
International experience (before or during fellowship)
4 or 5 fellows each year
Started in 2006, 31 Fellows
2013: 4 associate professor (2 women) and 3 full professor promotions (2 women)
Female Career Development
Goal: Promotion of women to highest positions
Selected female Erasmus MC talents
Training and coaching: management skills, negotiation, presentation
Intervision, Individual coaching, mentor
2 years
network
Started in 2006, 89 women, 50% promotion
Leadership development
Goal: create an environment of learning and development in which talents will grow and excel
Associate and full professors: 1 year of training, 5 full days and individual support;
management skills, individual coaching, peer groups, network
In addition: 2-day training for talented clinical staff in (early) leadership positions
Just started: 2-day training for starting group leaders
Erasmus MC networks
Promeras (PhD-students)
Postdoc Network Erasmus MC Women’s network (Vena)
Own board
Meetings, network, workshops
Liasion between target groups, Board of directors, administrators,
management
Platform for (inter)national activities/platforms
Career centre
Goal: career development, career switch
Career sevices, counseling, workshops
Currently a pilot workshop career
orientation for researchers, specifically for PhD-students and postdocs
Future
Focus on:
International orientation
Interdisciplinarity
Broad skills
Associate professors: line for research and education
Research
quality and quantiy of scientific publications acquire external research funding
supervision and coaching of graduate/PhD students impact in the research field, international position
Teaching
Education qualification
range of teaching (lecturing, tutorships, working groups) range of target groups (medical students, research master, postgraduate, residents)
Management, competencies
management of own group
management assignments beyond the own group coaching, motivation, team play
vision and strategy
