Academy for Faculty Advancement 2015-2016 Curriculum
Date
9/21/15
9/28/15
10/5/15
Topic
Introduction
Presenter(s)
All facilitators
Readings & Resources
Assignment
Chapman AB, GuayPrepare your
Woodford LM. 2008.
elevator speech
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.
Small group work
Meet in learning communities: 
 Expectations – what do you
hope to get out of this group
experience?

 Mentors and projects –
approaches to obstacles and
expectations

 Discuss roles of project, peer
and career mentors
 Goal setting
Dear Future Participant…
 Each person commits to one
thing they are going to do
before the next session
Understanding Laura Pendlebury Stybel, LJ et al. 2005.
Take DISC personality Review personality inventory

your personality
Friend, Foe, Ally,
inventory
results in learning communities:
style in the
Adversary……or Somethi
 Which aspects of the results 
context of the
ng else? MIT
had the biggest impact on
organization
Sloan Management
you?

Review; 46(4), 13-16.
 Did anything surprise you?
Will it influence your actions
in any way?
Developing
Mike McClean
Higgins MC, Kram KE
Complete
In learning communities

mentoring and
2008. A New Approach to Developmental
 Share reactions to the process
strategic
Mentoring. Wall Street
Network Map © S.
of developing network map
relationships
Journal; September 22.
Jean Emans, MD;
 Review and discuss case-based 
Gillespie SM, et al. 2012. Maxine Milstein,
scenarios
Love Letters: An
MBA; Ellen W. Seely,  Provide feedback on tips for
anthology of constructive MD; and Audrey
mentors and mentees
relationship advice shared Haas, MBA;

 Discuss your strategy for
between junior mentees 2014.This
contacting the senior leader
and their mentors. Journal Developmental
of Graduate Medical
Network Exercise was
Education; September.
adapted, with
permission, from the
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Learning objectives
Get to know the 20152016 AFA cohort and
facilitators
Learn about each other’s
research interests and
projects
Establish the
expectations for the
program
Recognize personality
types
Empathize with
colleagues
Collaborate more
effectively with
colleagues
Be able to establish and
maintain a productive
mentoring relationship
Develop skills to identify
and connect with
mentors and strategic
leaders
Polish your elevator
speech and ‘the ask’
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Gallo A. 2011.
Demystifying_Mentoring.
Harvard Business Review
Blog Network; February.
Bring notes from summer
informational interviews
to the session
work of Kathy Kram,
PhD, (Boston
University School of
Management) by S.
Jean Emans, MD and
Maxine Milstein,
MBA (Boston
Children’s Hospital)
and Ellen W. Seely,
MD and Audrey
Haas, MBA (Brigham
& Women’s
Hospital). All rights
reserved. This
material cannot be
duplicated or used
without permission.
Identify one senior
leader you admire
and who you want to
add to your network
10/26/15 Peer Mentoring Mark Braun and
and Coaching Emelia Benjamin
 Practice in learning
communities
 Facilitators reflect on how it
has impacted their careers
11/2/15
 Reflect on and respond to
career mapping questions.
Then share in pairs and the
learning community.
Career Mapping Angela Jackson
11/16/15 Managing
Conflict and
Francine
Montemurro
Ringer J. 2006. We Have
to Talk: A Step-By-Step
Checklist for Difficult
 Establish short and long
term career goals
 Determine strategies for
meeting those goals
Review articles on
Practice starting difficult
 Understand and practice
conflict management conversations in groups of three principles of conflict
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Difficult
Conversations
Conversations.
www.judyringer.com
and difficult
conversations
based on your own real life
examples
Principled Negotiation
http://www.colorado.edu
/conflict/peace/treatment
/pricneg.htm
management and
negotiation
 Discuss how you might
prepare for and initiate a
difficult conversation
Active Listening
http://www.colorado.edu
/conflict/peace/treatment
/activel.htm
Understanding Interests
http://www.colorado.edu
/conflict/peace/problem/i
ntpos-p.htm
11/23/15 Writing papers Peter Cahn
Handout
Short article on
negotiation in academic
medicine
https://www.med.upenn.
edu/gastro/documents/N
egotiationinacademicmedi
cine.Anecessarycareerskill
.pdf
Required:
Questions to
Reflect on and share:
Perneger TV, Hudelson
consider:
 Your biggest challenge with
PM. Writing a research 1. When do you find
regard to finding time to
article: advice to
yourself
write
beginners. Int J Qual
procrastinating
 The best strategy you have
Health Care 2004; 16(3),
the most during a
come up with to create time
191–2. PMID: 15150149
writing project?
to write.
2. What do you read
Suggested:
for fun? What can
you learn from
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 Overcome barriers to
getting started on
writing projects
 Present scientific ideas
clearly
 Edit manuscripts to
refine the argument
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Crichton M. 1975.
Sounding board: medical
obfuscation: structure and 3.
function. N Engl J Med;
293(24): 1257–1259.
12/7/15
Mid-year
Presentations
All participants
1/11/16
Work/life
integration
Judith Jones
1/25/16
Getting
published
Vasan
Ramachandran
nonacademic
writers?
How can you use
your fellow
scholars to hold
you accountable
to your writing
goals?
The Paramedic Method.
The “Paramedic Method”
Modified from Lanham, R
(2007). Revising Prose, 5th
ed.
Complete the Mid-Year Prepare a one-page
Update template.
bulleted summary of
your update and a
Please bring copies of
specific challenge
your one-page update for you’d like the group
yourself and the
to support you in
members of your learning over the coming
community with you.
months of the
program.
Shrier, D et
Write the speech for
al. 2006. Over the Life
your retirement
Cycle Pediatricians
party or obituary
Leading the Way:
(whichever you
Integrating a Career and a prefer to write)
Family/Personal
Life. Pediatrics; 117, 519522. PMID: 16452372
Audisio RA. 2009.
Successful Publishing:
How to Get Your Paper
Accepted. Surgical
Oncology; 18:350-356.
PMID: 18849161
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 The scholarly products that
you plan to have come out of
your AFA projects.
 Encourage forward
momentum
Share project updates with the  Generate solutions for
group
common obstacles
 Meet learning needs of
Check in about project mentors
participants
Full session in small groups
 Share speeches in small
groups of 3-4 people
 Identify major themes in
speeches in learning
communities
 Identify what recharges
your batteries.
 Understand the
importance of exercise
and rest for
performance and health
Think of a topic you want to
write about in the coming year
and come prepared with 5
potential journals it could be
published in
 Target papers to the
proper journal
 Respond to peer review
 Avoid authorship
pitfalls
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Demystifying
Kitt Shaffer
the promotions
process /
Navigating your
career
development
Bring 3 questions
that you have about
the promotions
process to the
session
Discuss the experience of
interviewing an inspirational
institutional leader in learning
communities – what did you
learn?
 Recognize where your
passions lie and what
motivates you to do
your work
 Prepare a CV suitable
for promotion
Put your CV in BU CV
format (if it is not
already)
2/22/16
3/7/16
Interview an
institutional leader
who is inspiring to
you
Finding funding Panel of AFA
Campbell EG. 2009. The Locate possible
Divide into small groups
alumni – clinician Future of Research
funding sources
according to grant writing areas
educators,
Funding in Academic
using:
of interest with alumni:
clinician
Medicine. N Engl J Med;  www.grants.nih.go  How to know when you are
investigators,
360(15):1482-3.
v/grants/oer.htm
ready to apply for a grant
basic scientists
 http://www.bumc.  Study design
and BU
Wisdom JP, Riley H, Myers bu.edu/facdev Alternative funding sources
Development
N. Recommendations for
medicine/grants-  K awards
Office
writing successful grant
for-educationproposals: An information research/
synthesis. Acad Med.
 http://www.bu.ed
2015. PMID 26200582
u/dentalresearch/fundingopportunities/
Building high
performing
teams
Mark Braun
TED Talk: Build a Tower,
Build a Team
Split into learning communities
by phenotype. Think about
experiences you have had
working in teams:
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 Identify appropriate
sources of funding
 Assess when you are
ready to apply for
different kinds of
grants
 Identify the strengths
of team members
 Develop strategies to
work effectively as a
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team member and
 When they’ve succeeded,
leader
what has made them
positive?
 When they’ve struggled,
what have been the pitfalls?
Resilience in
Emelia Benjamin Brené Brown TED Talk:
 Discuss situations of setbacks  Normalize discussions
academic
The Power of Vulnerability
and opportunities for growth
of shame and
medicine
resilience in your
 Self-care strategies
career
Turning projects Sharon Levine and Fincher RE. et al. 2000.
Educators: How can
 Assess educational
into scholarship Katherine Gergen- Scholarship in Teaching: you turn a curriculum
interventions
st
Barnett
An Imperative for the 21 or education project
 Share pedagogical
Century. Acad Med;
you are working on
innovations with a
75:887-894.
into research and
wide audience
scholarship?
Investigators: How
can you turn a
research project you
are working on into a
curriculum or
educational
workshop (e.g. for a
training grant)?
4/25/16
Public speaking Rob Lowe
All: Come prepared
to share your ideas
and challenges with
your learning
community.
Telling Your Story: A How- Prepare a 1-2 minute Discuss strategies for
To Guide
talk on a topic of
presentations
your choosing.
 Strategies for engaging
the audience
 Format visual materials
to illustrate a talk
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Final
presentations
All participants
Final
All participants
presentations
and graduation
Watch this video
prior to the session
on ” life after death
by PowerPoint”
Prepare
presentation: 8
minutes long and 5
slides maximum
Prepare
presentation: 8
minutes long and 5
slides maximum
*All sessions take place in the Wilkins Board Room in the BU School of Medicine from 2:30-5:00pm.
Other Program Elements


Meet with project mentor once per month
Meet with career mentor once per quarter
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 Present to the group
the most important
aspects of the AFA for
you. This may include:
o Your project
o A particular area in
which you have
grown over the
course of your time
in the program
o How the AFA has
impacted your
career development
 Presentation can
include:
o Accomplishments
o Next steps
o Lessons learned
o What you wish you
had learned
Celebrate milestones