Faculty Development Summit

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Registration is now open for this year's Faculty Development Summit, which will be held on Friday, May 23, from 8 a.m. - noon.

The Summit will be an in-person event, held on 博彩网站’s Marquam Hill campus.

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Description

The Faculty Development Summit convenes faculty development stakeholders from across 博彩网站 School of Medicine departments and institutes for peer-to-peer learning, discussion, discovery and planning.

Whether meticulously designed and researched, or informal in their original formation, faculty development efforts that have a proven track record of success or offer lessons for others are worth sharing. Likewise, given the numerous individual or departmental level efforts in faculty development, there is a good chance that many unique approaches to faculty development are otherwise unknown to many who could benefit from that knowledge and experience.

Poster for the 2025 Faculty Development Summit
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For these reasons, the yearly Faculty Development Summit seeks to be a place where good ideas can be shared, productive conversations can be had, and the seeds for new faculty development initiatives can be planted.

Summit objectives

By the end of this activity, participants will be able to: 

  • Identify partners in a FD community of practice.
  • Define opportunities for cross-departmental collaboration in FD efforts.
  • List barriers and opportunities for faculty development programming.
  • Construct an inventory of highlighted faculty development efforts.
  • Generate metrics for evaluation of faculty development programs.
  • Participate in strategic planning for SoM faculty development efforts.

2025 Summit Information

This year's summit will take place on Friday, May 23, from 8 a.m. - noon.

The meeting will take place in the 博彩网站 Auditorium on the Marquam Hill campus.

This year's summit will be broken up into three sessions, including an awards ceremony to recognize excellence in faculty development over the past year, a workshop and brainstorming session, and an interactive session designed to let participants practice new skills.

More information about each session, including a full detailed schedule, will be added soon.

Anyone who currently has, or plans to have, responsibility to support the development of faculty within individual departments, divisions or across the School of Medicine more broadly, is encouraged to participate in the Faculty Development Summit.

This would include Department Chairs, Vice-chairs for Faculty Development, Department Promotion and Tenure Committee Chairs/Champions, faculty development program managers, and other faculty or staff responsible for planning and administering faculty development initiatives and supporting  the career development of School of Medicine faculty members.

This year's Faculty Development Summit will include an Awards Ceremony to recognize individuals who have excelled in developing the skills and competencies of School of Medicine faculty across a number of domains. Details for each award, as well as the process for nominating individuals, can be found below.

Outstanding Mentor Award

The Outstanding Mentor Award recognizes the depth and breadth of mentorship from an individual faculty member in the School of Medicine over the past year. The award will be given to a faculty member from any department who models the value that mentorship of one’s peers and future medical professionals has on the success of academic health. Successful candidates will have contributed to the success of individuals by mentoring and promoting them in any domain at 博彩网站, including clinical, education, research, and administration.

Educator Development Award

The Educator Development Award recognizes individual efforts to advance the skill of educators within one’s department, division or the School of Medicine more broadly. The award will be given to a faculty member from any department who, over the past year, has gone above and beyond to develop their peer’s ability to effectively teach in the classroom and/or clinical setting.

Clinician Development Award

The Clinician Development Award recognizes individual efforts to advance the skill of clinicians within one’s department, division or the School of Medicine more broadly. The award will be given to a faculty member from any department who, over the past year, has gone above and beyond to develop their peer’s ability to more effectively perform their clinical roles.

Scientist Development Award

The Scientist Development Award recognizes individual efforts to advance the skill of scientists within one’s department, division or the School of Medicine more broadly. The award will be given to a faculty member from any department who, over the past year, has gone above and beyond to develop their peer’s ability to more effectively perform in their roles as scientists.

Leader Development Award

The Leader Development Award recognizes an individual who has expanded the competencies of existing and emerging leaders in 博彩网站’s School of Medicine. The award will be given to a faculty member from any department who, over the past year, has both modeled exemplary leadership and gone above and beyond to develop the potential of others. Successful candidates will have contributed to a culture of effective leadership at 博彩网站 through their efforts as an educator, mentor, and/or team leader.

Faculty Development Champion Award (Faculty Awardee)

The Faculty Development Champion Award recognizes exemplary efforts by a faculty member in the School of Medicine to promote and support an environment of ongoing faculty development and life-long learning. The award will be given to a faculty member from any department who, over the past year, has gone above and beyond to create or support programs and initiatives designed to develop the skills and competencies of 博彩网站 faculty across any and all faculty development domains.

Faculty Development Champion Award (Staff Awardee)

The Faculty Development Champion Award recognizes exemplary efforts by a non-faculty staff member in the School of Medicine to promote and support an environment of ongoing faculty development and life-long learning. The award will be given to a member of staff from any department who, over the past year, has gone above and beyond to create or support programs and initiatives designed to develop the skills and competencies of 博彩网站 faculty across any and all faculty development domains.

Development of Inclusion and Belonging Award

The Development of Inclusion and Belonging Award recognizes a faculty member or group who has made significant contributions toward advancing the School of Medicine’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) goals in alignment with our mission. This award honors individuals or teams who, over the past year, have played a key role in:

  • Developing and implementing initiatives that foster an inclusive environment in academic medicine.
  • Enhancing policies, curricula, or programs to promote inclusion in health, education or research.
  • Driving institutional change to remove barriers through advocacy, scholarship or community engagement.
  • Mentoring and supporting colleagues in building essential DEIB competencies, as defined by the AAMC.
  • Advancing other critical efforts that strengthen and sustain 博彩网站’s commitment to inclusion and belonging as a core value.

By recognizing these contributions, this award reinforces 博彩网站’s dedication to cultivating a more inclusive academic community.

This award is co-sponsored by the School of Medicine's Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging.

Eligibility and nomination process

  • Nominations for the above awards should be based on relevant activity that has taken place approximately over the past one year.
  • Nominees must be affiliated with the School of Medicine.
  • Self-nominations are allowed.
  • Each written nomination narrative (up to 3,000 characters) should:
    • Give specific examples of meeting the award description.
    • Describe the resulting impact of meeting the award description.
    • Describe what you have learned about faculty development through the example of the person being nominated.

You are welcome to nominate for multiple awards and/or multiple people for the same award. Please use a new form submission for each nomination.

Nominations closed on Thursday, April 17. A review committee will determine award winners.

Awards will be announced at this year's Faculty Development Summit.

2024 Summit Archive

Save the date and call for proposals for the April 26, 2024 Faculty Development Summit

The 2024 summit was a one-day, in-person event, held in the 博彩网站 Auditorium (Old Library) on Marquam Hill, with remote participation options available.

After initial opening addresses by the Associate Dean for Faculty Development and the Interim Dean of the School of Medicine, there were a series of lightning round presentation sessions, immediately followed by panel Q&A and discussions.

Each session focused on one domain of faculty development. Presenters gave a 10-minute presentation on either their current approach to supporting faculty in that domain, or a planned approach to supporting faculty in a given domain. Each session featured up to five presentations.

Session topics for 2024 include: Mentorship; onboarding and orientation; well-being; diversity; equity and inclusion, faculty skill building; coaching; scholarship; and promotion and tenure.

April 26, 2024

  • Total number of attendees: 85
    • In-person only: 55
    • Virtual only: 16
    • Virtual and in-person: 14
  • Number of presentations: 22
    • Total number of presenters: 35
    • Departments represented: 11
    • Divisions represented: 7
    • Other schools/centers: 4
Speaker Andrea Cedfeldt on stage delivering opening remarks for 2024 FD Summit
Panelists on stage during FD Summit onboarding session
Lunch gathering in 博彩网站 Auditorium Great Hall with remarks from Mary Tanski

2023 Summit Archive

Poster for the 2023 FD Summit, held on April 14, 2023

The 2023 summit was a one-day, in-person event, be held in the 博彩网站 Auditorium (Old Library) on Marquam Hill, with external guest lectures presenting remotely.

The summit was broken up into three sessions. Each of session included a guest lecture from a national leader in faculty development, immediately followed by Q&A. 博彩网站 participants broke out into small facilitated workshop groups to discuss what they have learned and how such lessons could be applied to their own faculty development efforts.

  • Douglas Ziedonis, M.D., M.P.H. - Executive Vice President (EVP) for University of New Mexico Health Sciences and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the UNM Health System
  • Kelly Holder, Ph.D. - Chief Wellness Officer, Brown Division of Biology and Medicine

  • Cary Ward, M.D. - Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Duke University School of Medicine

Participants of the 2023 Faculty Development Summit
Participants of the 2023 Faculty Development Summit
Planning team for the 2023 Faculty Development Summit

2022 Summit Archive

Registration is open for the 2022 Faculty Development Summit

The 2022 summit was a one-day, in-person event, held in the 博彩网站 Auditorium (Old Library) on Marquam Hill, with remote participation options available.

After an initial opening address on the state of faculty development in the School of Medicine, there was a series of lightning round presentation sessions, immediately followed by panel Q&A and discussions.

Each session focused on one domain of faculty development. Presenters gave a 10-minute pitch on either their current approach to supporting faculty in that domain or a planned approach to supporting faculty in a given domain. Each session featured up to five presentations.

The aim was to select presentations in an effort to provide a balanced mix of small and large departments, while also highlighting departments who have already begun to measure outcomes from their initiatives or who have identified a problem or gap for which they have designed and implemented a new approach and have a plan in place to measure outcomes. We also hoped to highlight presenters whose departments are actively addressing diversity and inclusion and supporting equitable program design.

May 6, 2022

  • Total number of attendees: 98
    • In-person only: 48
    • Virtual only: 39
    • Virtual and in-person: 11
  • Number of presentations: 25
    • Total number of presenters: 52
    • Departments represented: 12
    • Divisions represented: 11

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