Contact
Please contact Somnath Mookherjee with any questions.
Registration for the 2023–2024 Professional Development Certificate is now closed.
Recordings of the certificate sessions and other FDP seminars are available on YouTube.
Program overview
- Find the “missing piece” for an authentic and impactful career!
- Develop areas of strength and interest
- Progress in areas of growth and work toward promotion
For many junior faculty, particularly full-time clinical faculty (FTCF), it can be challenging to develop an academic career. The UW Medicine FTCF promotion criteria add an additional layer of complexity by requiring at least some participation in an “additional contribution” alongside clinical care, professionalism, and teaching.
This professional development series (10 Fridays, 12PM, on Zoom) is structured as a Certificate in order to integrate mentorship, encourage discussion and community among the certificate cohort, include completion of a career enhancement project, encourage regular attendance of sessions, and recognize participation in professional development by awarding a Certificate that can be noted in the participant’s CV. Content areas are organized around teaching, scholarship, leadership, and growth—topics covered in 2023–2024 will include mentorship, menteeship, running a meeting, writing an abstract, leading a team, optimizing teaching, and more.
requirements
- Participants must attend a minimum of 5 live sessions and view any missed sessions online.
- Participants will complete a mentored career enhancement project. (Examples: teaching portfolio, abstract submission, workshop proposal, quality improvement proposal, manuscript submission)
- Registration is required.
certificate sessions
Zoom links to sessions are provided after registration is complete. All sessions are at noon Pacific Time.
| Date | Title | Speaker | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/06/23 | How to write an abstract | Helene Starks, PhD, MPH | Scholarship |
| 11/03/23 | How to write a letter of recommendation | Susan Merel, MD, FACP | Core Competencies |
| 12/01/23 | How to create a project protocol | Helene Starks, PhD, MPH | Scholarship |
| 01/05/24 | How to create teaching portfolio | Somnath Mookherjee, MD | Core Competencies |
| 02/02/24 | How to lead a team | Lauge Sokol-Hessner, MD | Leadership |
| 03/01/24 | How to optimize menteeship | Neha Deshpande, MD | Growth |
| 04/05/24 | How to design a workshop | Somnath Mookherjee, MD | Teaching |
| 05/03/24 | How to run a meeting | Moe Hagman, MD, FACP | Leadership |
| 06/07/24 | How to use a checklist to maximize learning | Somnath Mookherjee, MD | Teaching |
| 07/12/24 | How to optimize mentorship | Neha Deshpande, MD | Growth |
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