Career development for early career academics: benefits of networking and the role of professional societies

Affiliations

• ¹ Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science (IMVR), Faculty of Human Science and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: lena.ansmann@uk-koeln.de.
• ² Division of General Medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
• ³ Faculty of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
• ⁵ Institute of Communication and Health, University of Lugano, Switzerland.
• ⁶ Clinical and Communication Skills Office, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, UK.
• ⁷ Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Lucerne, Switzerland; Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland.
• ⁸ Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium.