Under-Represented in Medicine (URiM) Faculty Development Program

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

Jada Bussey-Jones, MD

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	Identify individual and group goals for the program Get to know the cohort
September 12	Mentoring and developmental networks	Discuss potential issues impacting URiM faculty (e.g. impact of isolation, additional service requests of “tax”) Identify the strengths & gaps in your developmental network Create plan to strategically enhance your network Develop networking skills Identify personal and systemic barriers to you and others creating robust developmental networks Give and receive feedback effectively
September 26	Getting promoted – knowing and showing your value in academia	Create plan to develop and show your value through CVs and folios Understand promotion criteria Identify teaching, scholarship, service and other opportunities important for academic promotion
October 17	Time management: Strategically saying yes and no to achieve your career & life goals	Identify projects/tasks that are of highest and lowest value to your career and life goals, and map back to how you are currently spending your time Understand how and when to say yes and no
October 24	Self-reflection, awareness, and assessment: Understanding your personality & leadership style	Recognize your personality style, its strengths and vulnerabilities Identify how diversity in personality styles if honored enhances productivity Role of imposter syndrome: fighting our doubts Graceful self-promotion (“How to toot your horn without blowing it”) Develop skills to advocate effectively to get what you need to succeed
November 7	Understanding how to avoid and rise above the common pitfalls to URiM success in academia	Openly define and discuss bias, imposter syndrome, and stereotype threat and their potential implications and mitigators in academia. Identify your career goals, resources, and opportunities that will advance your career goal Strategically saying yes and no to achieve your career goals
November 28	Art and style of interpersonal communication as a URiM leader	Effectively lead meetings Communicate to gain respect without compromising your values Identify and gain buy-in from key stakeholders Give and receive feedback effectively Elevator pitches
December 5	Finale Event	Leader Coaches/ Department/ Division leaders welcome Project report out Reflections and recognitions