Program Overview
Effective interventions to improve training, academic progress and retention would include ongoing active self-assessment and greater discussion of academic career tracks, career development by mentors, formal orientation and career development meetings, processes to increase professional visibility, and implementing professional development methods and departmental oversight to reduce the concern about career success in the long term. The overall approach in the development and implementation of this plan is to maximize existing resources for early faculty within pediatric divisions and institutes, the Department, the School of Medicine and the University while creating the framework to a successful and satisfying academic career plan for our early faculty. The Early Faculty Development and Mentorship Program is based on the following premises to ensure a successful academic career:
- Self-assessment and pro-active professional planning is essential
- Scholarly/creative activity is core to a successful academic career
- Appropriate mentorship is key to early faculty development
- Establishing professional networks of colleagues accelerates early faculty development
- Academic skills building experiences through professional development programs including workshops, courses, specific mentored experiences, among others are important components to early faculty success
Contact:
Robert Goldsby MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Office: 415-476-3831
Email: [email protected]