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Date	Topic	Presenter	Reading	Assignment	Exercise	Learning objectives
September 10, 2012	Introduction	All faculty	Chapman AB, Guay-Woodford LM. 2008. Nurturing Passion in a Time of Academic Climate Change: The Modern-Day Challenge of Junior Faculty Development. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol;3(6):1878-1883. Dear Future Participant…	One-minute elevator speech on your background and project.	Deliver elevator speech	Align expectations with the goals of the program Develop ties between participants Introduce projects
September 24, 2012	Setting career goals DLColeman_Developing Faculty Careers Longitudinal Mentoring Program	David Coleman, MD	Bickel J. 2008. Career Development as a Long-Distance Hike. J Gen Intern Med;24(1):118-121.	Self-assessment tool	Share results of self-assessment	Stimulate long-term thinking Avoid common mistakes
October 15, 2012	Developing mentoring relationships Mentoring & Career Development fall 2012 session	Vicky Parker, DBA	Higgins MC, Kram KE 2008. A New Approach to Mentoring. Wall Street Journal; September 22.	Developmental network map	Panel on past mentees	Establish a productive mentoring relationship
November 12, 2012	Negotiating relationships Career&Personality	Stephen Brady, PhD	Stybel, LJ et al. 2005. Friend, Foe, Ally, Adversary……or Something else? MIT Sloan Management Review; 46(4), 13-16.	Take personality inventory	Analyze personality test	Recognize personality types Empathize with colleagues
November 26, 2012	Having difficult conversations	Francine Montemurro, JD	Ringer J. 2006. We Have to Talk: A Step-By-Step Checklist for Difficult Conversations. www.judyringer.com	Think of a conversation you have been putting off. Take the conflict styles survey: Conflict Styles Survey	Prepare for a difficult conversation Have the beginning of a difficult conversation	Identify the Five Conflict Styles, including your own style and when to use which style Understand how you might prepare for a difficult conversation Understand how you might want to begin a difficult conversation
December 3, 2012	Balancing personal and professional life balance 11 25 12	Judith Jones, DDS	Shrier, D et al. 2006. Over the Life Cycle Pediatricians Leading the Way: Integrating a Career and a Family/Personal Life. Pediatrics; 117, 519-522. PMID: 16452372	Write the speech from your retirement party.	Meditation exercise	Identify what recharges your batteries. Understand the important of exercise and rest to performance and health.
December 17, 2012	Progress reports on projects	All participants	Prepare one page bulleted summary on project: 1. Milestones 2. Challenges 3. Future directions	No assignment	Consultancies	Encourage forward momentum Generate solutions for common obstacles
January 7, 2013	Writing papers 2013Jan7 writing workshop_atf	Anne Fidler, ScD	Crichton M. 1975. Sounding board: medical obfuscation: structure and function. N Engl J Med;293(24):1257–1259.	Outline of paper or MedEdPORTAL submission	Editing and rewriting	Overcome writers’ block Present data in a compelling way
January 28, 2013	Getting published VR-Fac-Dev-getting-Published_Jan-2012	Vasan Ramachandran, MD	Audisio RA. 2009. Successful Publishing: How to Get Your Paper Accepted. Surgical Oncology; 18:350-356. PMID: 18849161	Bring in instructions to authors from a journal	Recreate an editorial meeting	Target papers to the proper journal Respond to peer review
February 4, 2013	Getting promoted Career Planning Outline	Bob Witzburg, MD	Review: School of Medicine guidelines BU faculty handbook	Bring CV	CV review	Become familiar with promotion criteria Prepare a CV suitable for promotion
February 11, 2013	Finding funding Carter Cornwall’s presentation on grant writing	Marianne Prout, MD, MPH David Center, MD Carter Cornwall, PhD	Campbell EG. 2009. The Future of Research Funding in Academic Medicine. N Engl J Med; 360(15):1482-3.	Locate possible funding source using: www.grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/grants-for-education-research/ http://www.bu.edu/dental-research/funding-opportunities/	Consider various funding sources for your ideas Ask questions to panel	Navigate online databases Identify appropriate sources of funding
February 25, 2013	Pitching a project Emelia’s Presentation John Wiecha’s presentation	Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM John M. Wiecha, MD, MPH	Porter R. 2007. Why Academics Have a Hard Time Writing Good Research Proposals. J of Res Admin; 38(2):37-43.	Prepare one page specific aims of research, quality or educational grant or proposal	Critique specific aims	Follow guidelines for NIH grant Craft compelling specific aims
March 11, 2013	Designing a curriculum Celste Kong_Developing a Curriculum	Celeste Kong, DMD	Prideaux D. 2003. Curriculum design. BMJ;326(7383):268-270. Windish DM et al. 2007. A Ten Month Program in Curriculum Development for Medical Educators. Society of General Internal Medicine; 22:655-661. Dreyfus SE. 2004. The Five Stage Model of Adult Skill Aquisition. Bulletin of Science Technology & Society. 24: 177 BUSM Office of Medical Education Focusing Your Syllabus on the Learner BUSM Office of Medical Education Writing A Course Syllabus BUSM Office of Medical Education Writing Learning Objectives	Prepare learning objectives for a course, precepting session, or curriculum	Peer critique	Differentiate between levels of learning (Bloom’s Taxonomy) Distinguish between skills tests and competencies, formative vs. summative evaluations
March 25, 2013	Creative teaching strategies Creative Teaching and Learning Strategies	Lisa Sullivan, PhD	Hesketh EA, Laidlaw JM. 2002. Facilitating Learning. Med Teach; 24(5):479-482.	Think of a lecture you give and how it could be done in a non-lecture format and still effectively meet your objectives. Come prepared to share your ideas with your colleagues.	Generate ideas for innovative teaching in learning communities.	Promote active learning Match student and faculty expectations Stimulate learning in trainees
April 8, 2013	Turning education into scholarship	Sharon Levine, MD	Fincher RE. et al. 2000. Scholarship in Teaching: An Imperative for the 21^st Century. Acad Med; 75:887-894.	Access three MedEd Portal publications	Small group discussion	Assess educational interventions Share pedagogical innovations with a wide audience
April 22, 2013	Giving oral presentations	Carl McManama, DDS	Heath D. 2010. Made to Stick: Presentations that Stick. Fast Company. April 7.	Bring talk you’ve given. Six slides per handout. Break into small groups	Practice delivering talk	Organize a talk into a narrative format Format visual materials to illustrate a talk
May 6, 2013	Project presentations	All participants	Prepare 8 minute presentation of project: Accomplishments Next steps Lessons learned	No assignment	Provide feedback to presenters	Present primary findings to a lay audience
May 20, 2013	Project presentations and graduation	All faculty, mentors, and mentees. Provost Antman addresses group at 4:00 p.m.	Prepare presentation	No assignment	Provide feedback to presenters	Celebrate milestones.

All sessions take place from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Wilkins Board Room