Faculty Mentorship
The Office of Faculty Professional Development, Diversity and Inclusion provides resources and support to departments/academic units and faculty for facilitating successful mentoring relationships for CUIMC faculty. These mentoring resources include practical guides, resources and toolkits that help facilitate and drive successful mentoring relationships. We also have a group of senior faculty who can provide guidance to faculty in one-on-one meetings. Below are some of the resources:
Mentoring Resources
In 2016, with help from faculty across the University, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion published the Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Mentoring, which provides guidance and suggestions to faculty and academic units for developing and implementing mentoring programs.
Faculty careers in academic medicine are dynamic and mentoring needs may change over time. To optimize mentorship opportunities, faculty may need to rely on a network of mentors, rather than a single mentor, to advance their goals. This worksheet provides strategies for developing a mentoring network and should be reviewed and updated regularly to ensure that the network is refreshed as needs change.
Resources:
- Guide to Best Practices in Faculty Mentoring (for academic units/departments, mentees and mentors)
- Developing Your Mentoring Network (for mentees)
- Writing SMARTER Goals (for mentees and mentors)
Mentorship from Faculty Groups
Career Guidance from the Academy of Clinical Excellence (ACE)
The Academy of Clinical Excellence (ACE) Career Guidance and Advisory Service is a resource for faculty and trainees at any level who have questions about their careers or life at Columbia. Interested in global health, need advice regarding clinical research, or having trouble negotiating a work-related interpersonal problem? ACE can offer problem-directed guidance and mentoring.
More information about the Academy of Clinical Excellence (ACE)
Mentorship from the Virginia Apgar Medical Educators
The Virginia Apgar Academy of Medical Educators is an active community of educators at VP&S who have been recognized for their excellence as educators and for their contrinutions to the eductaional life of the medical community at VP&S.
Sponsorship Opportunities
The Office of Academic Affairs provides funds to partially cover the registration costs of full-time VP&S faculty members who participate in the Association of American Medical Colleges professional development and leadership seminars. Faculty must contact the Office of Academic Affairs prior to applying to the seminars in order to take advantage of these opportunities. Opportunities are shared by email as AAMC programs are announced.
External Professional Development Sponsorship Opportunities
Early Career Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
The AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar(link is external and opens in a new window) is a three-and-a-half-day seminar designed for women physicians and scientists who hold medical school appointments at the instructor or assistant professor level and are in the early stages of leadership positions within their discipline, department or institution. This seminar presents participants with a foundation for modeling leadership behavior and assists them with creating individual leadership goals. They gain insights into the realities of building a career in academic medicine and science, and their network of colleagues is expanded though the facilitation of peer discussion, small-group career advancement toolbox sessions and various networking activities. Additionally, establishing a wellness practice and applying new skills post-seminar are covered. Attendees work on developing academic medicine and science career building skills such as communication, conflict management and financial acumen, and employ strategic thinking about their career and leadership development.
The three day AAMC Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar brings together junior faculty from across the United States and provides participants with real-world guidance and tools for pursuing career advancement in academic medicine, developing key professional competencies, building skills in grant writing and communications, and expanding their network of colleagues and role models.
The Office of Academic Affairs provides funds to partially cover the registration costs of full-time VP&S faculty members who attend this seminar. Faculty must contact the Office of Academic Affairs prior to applying to the seminar in order to take advantage of this opportunity.
Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
The AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar is a three-and-a-half-day seminar designed for women physicians and scientists who hold medical school appointments at the associate professor level and leadership positions within their discipline, department or institution. This intensive and highly interactive seminar emphasizes the skills needed to advance to senior roles within academic medicine, and provides time for participants to strategically reinvigorate and realign their career with their goals. Topics covered include: communication, overcoming challenges in the changing landscape of academic medicine, negotiation, wellness and politics. The personalized curriculum and interactivity of this seminar helps participants discover pathways to leadership and brainstorm ways to advance women in academic medicine and science.
The three day AAMC Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar brings together junior faculty from across the United States and provides participants with real-world guidance and tools for pursuing career advancement in academic medicine, developing key professional competencies, building skills in grant writing and communications, and expanding their network of colleagues and role models.
The Office of Academic Affairs provides funds to partially cover the registration costs of full-time VP&S faculty members who attend this seminar. Faculty must contact the Office of Academic Affairs prior to applying to the seminar in order to take advantage of this opportunity.
