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Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar
The Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar is a three-day professional
Development seminar designed for junior faculty (senior fellows, instructors,
and assistant professors) who are members of underrepresented racial and
ethnic minority groups and who aspire to leadership positions in academic
medicine.
The objectives of this program are:
- to assist participants in identifying their professional development
goals and designing a career paths
- to provide attendees with an understanding of the realities of advancement
in academic medicine through the exploration of the requirements for
appointment, promotion, and tenure, as well as to assist attendees in
planning their own progress through the system
- to assist attendees in developing key professional competencies in
academic and organizational leadership
- to identify personal and professional skills and are vital to academic
advancement and provide opportunities for their development
- to assist participants in identifying and coping with special challenges
facing underrepresented racial and ethnic minority faculty
- to provide an overview of the grant-making process of foundations
and their respective funding priorities
- to present National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) research funding and training
opportunities for faculty
- to help participants expand their network of colleagues and role models.
Information about registration will be available in late spring, 2009.
The next seminar will be held September 11-14, 2009,
in the San Juan Hotel and Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
For more information, contact:
Lily May Johnson: (202) 828-0573, lmjohnson@aamc.org
Laura Castillo Page: (202) 828-0579, lcastillopage@aamc.org
Angela R. Moses: (202) 862-6203, amoses@aamc.org
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