Faculty Development

Objectives: 

  • To develop knowledge, skills and attitudes related to Faculty Development.
  • Allow informal mentoring through open exchange of ideas and information.
  • Promote relationships that could lead to collaborations inside and outside department.

Topics areas:

  • Academic promotion in the Clinical, Clinical Scholar and Tenure Tracks
  • Academic promotion in the Research Track
  • Faculty development for women and ethnic minorities
  • Faculty development and road maps for junior faculty
  • Faculty development for road maps for senior faculty
  • Organization, prioritization and time management
  • Bedside and classroom teaching skills
  • Success and prioritizing administrative responsibilities
  • Involvement with professional organizations
  • Leadership and mentorship
  • Grantsmanship
  • Academic writing
  • Medical student course development
  • Research budgets and collaborations
  • Key concepts with biostatistics and epidemiology
  • Research professionalism and teamwork
  • Research ethics
  • Personal finance
  • Office and mobile computing