Course Overview
Under-Represented in Medicine (URiM) Faculty Development Program is a 5-month career development program for under-represented minority faculty and is offered by the School of Medicine in collaboration with the Department of Medicine Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration. This longitudinal program will provide resources, information and tools important for academic success. The course will feature didactic sessions from diverse speakers, experiential components, along with peer mentoring and networking. Participants will also be paired with organizational leaders as coaches during this process.
Applications for this course are currently open.
Learning Objectives
- Enhance peer mentoring and sense of community among URiM faculty members
- Develop/enhance leadership and career development skills identified by participants
- Engage in meaningful discussions about the experience of navigating academic health sciences as a URiM faculty member
- Contribute to efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive environment
Eligibility
Emory University School of Medicine Under-Represented in Medicine* (URiM) faculty.
*The NIH defines under-represented in medicine as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans/Alaska Natives who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment, Hawaiian Natives and natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands.
Content
- Experiential seminars to develop leadership and career development skills
- Participant led discussions on articles from academic journals, lay press, TED Talks, and other relevant media for discussions about the experiences, challenges, and successes faced by participants in their careers in academic health sciences.
- Peer mentoring to share challenges, strategies, and best practices in a community of colleagues
Program Components
- Experiential seminars. Senior faculty members and leaders from Emory and beyond engage with participants around career and leadership development topics.
- Discussion forums on URiM faculty experience. Articles from academic journals and the lay press, TED Talks, and other relevant media are used as launching point for discussions about the career experiences, challenges, and successes faced by participants in academic health sciences.
- Peer Mentoring. Participants meet in learning communities during each session to provide support and accountability to one another to successfully negotiate challenges, foster resiliency, and achieve personal goals.
- Leadership coach. Participants will be paired with a leader from across the school of medicine to serve as a coach and advisor through this process. These leaders will represent chiefs, chairs, deans with clinical and academic leadership roles.
- Career development project goal. Participants commit to making substantial progress on a project that advances their career development or leadership goals throughout the program, with support from a network of peer and senior mentors. They will be expected to present their work at the end.
- Participant commitment. Participants commit to actively participate in at least 6 of the sessions, to make progress and present their project, and engage in self-reflection and honest conversation with peer and senior mentors.
Time Commitment
This course encompasses eight sessions to be held from August 29 through December 5, 2023. The sessions will meet on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-8 p.m. and will include dinner. All of the sessions will be held in-person in the Grady Faculty Office Building. Faculty accepted to the program are required to complete at least 6 of the 8 sessions.Cost
There is no cost for this program.How to Apply
All interested candidates must submit an application form and CV. There is no limit to the number of nominations from a department, but final selections will be made to ensure diverse representation across the School of Medicine and will be limited to 15 individuals. The application form consists of four parts:
- Candidate information
- Candidate statement (required for all nominations)
- Chairperson or Division Chief statement (required only for nominations by leadership)
- Candidate CV (we strongly prefer CVs in the official EUSOM template)
Nominations can be made directly by applicants or by department chairs or division chiefs.
- Application deadline May 31, 2023
- All questions should be directed to monique.rainey@emory.edu
Course Director Information
Associate Dean of Professional Development, Emory at Grady
Professor and Vice Chair Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Medicine

Schedule
Date |
Topic |
Objectives |
August 29 |
Kick-off event |
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September 12 |
Mentoring and developmental networks |
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September 26 |
Getting promoted – knowing and showing your value in academia |
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October 17 |
Time management: Strategically saying yes and no to achieve your career & life goals |
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October 24 |
Self-reflection, awareness, and assessment: Understanding your personality & leadership style |
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November 7 |
Understanding how to avoid and rise above the common pitfalls to URiM success in academia |
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November 28 |
Art and style of interpersonal communication as a URiM leader
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December 5 |
Finale Event |
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