The university has a long history of excellence in medical education, research, and clinical care. It is consistently ranked among the top medical schools globally, and is known for its rigorous academic programs, ground-breaking research, and contributions to the advancement of medicine and scientific discovery.
As part of its professional development programme for researchers, the university brings together events, resources and other opportunities, providing trainees with tools for self-guided and mentored professional development, including for Individual Development Planning exercises using physical and web pro forma.
Through Inkpath, researchers will now be presented with an enhanced, targeted experience in a fully branded and tailored web and mobile app. Inkpath encourages a structured approach to professional development, providing innovative skills development tracking and bespoke, dynamic suggestions about which activities and pathways users should undertake based on their evolving professional profiles.
Individual Development Planning exercises will also be incorporated into Inkpath, so that researchers can complete their plan and benefit from recommendations for next steps based on their submissions.
Inkpath’s data-driven approach will help researchers to decide the next steps in their professional development and what training opportunities they should engage with that are in line with their career goals, as well as help the University to plan and develop its training programme and structure new initiatives and incentives for engagement.
Developed and run by education and technology experts Inkpath, the lifelong professional development app serves as a ‘career GPS’, helping researchers form a plan for the career trajectory and reflect on their path ahead, with automated, context-sensitive suggestions for next steps.
John Miles, CEO and Founder of Inkpath said: “When working with universities in the UK, Australia and the USA, I have encountered many different approaches to developing researchers’ professional profiles and careers. They all share a common goal, however: to help their researchers shape themselves into flexible, resilient professionals ready to deploy their singular skills and research knowhow to make a difference in a range of career contexts.”
“The team at based at the Boston-area university already delivers a world-leading program of researcher professional development, and we are collaborating with them to enhance the impact of their work even further.”
Jason Heustis, a representative for the university, added: “Inkpath has allowed us to collate a wealth of information into a single starting point for our students who are spread across a complex university landscape, but who want to benefit from the broadest set of tools. Inkpath will allow us to enhance our existing platform in a way that tailors experiences for our students, track and respond to engagement, and better evaluate our efforts. We are excited!”
The partnership between Inkpath and the university aims to inspire researchers to think about their development early, and to start shaping their approach to the opportunities around them as soon as they begin their programmes. This way, researchers can put themselves in the best possible position for whatever their next step will be, whether they stay on an academic trajectory, or go beyond it.