Boston University Department of Medicine Faculty Development Diversity

Under the leadership of Dr. Emelia J. Benjamin as Vice Chair of Faculty Development and Diversity and Dr. Jane Liebschutz as Chair of the Faculty Development and Diversity Committee, the Department has expanded its efforts to nurture a vibrant and diverse faculty. In April 2010, a full-time Director of Faculty Development and Diversity, Dr. Peter S. Cahn, joined the Department to coordinate the efforts to meet the faculty development goals outlined in the strategic plan.

Mentoring: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/mentoring/

Dr. Benjamin and Dr. Sharon Levine convened a Mentoring Task Force composed of 19 faculty members from across all three schools on the Boston University Medical Campus. Through consultations with visiting experts and review of the academic literature, the Task Force drafted a proposal for a structured, longitudinal Early Career Leadership Program.

·  The program will create a cohort of 16 assistant professors from throughout BU Medical Campus and provide them with resources, peer support, and mentorship to complete an academic project.

·  The program has received approval from the Provost and will solicit applications for its first class in fall 2010 and began meeting in January 2011.

·  The second class of 32 faculty will matriculate September, 2012.

Seminars: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/seminars/past-seminars/

During 2010-2011, the Department will host 24 lunchtime seminars on topics from academic advancement to e-mail management. Evaluations at seminars demonstrate consistently high satisfaction. Slides from most seminars are available at the FDD website. Three of the speakers came from outside BUMC:

·  Janet Bickel, a leadership coach and ember of the ELAM Consultation Alliance

·  Dr. Beverly Brown, chief development officer for the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology

·  Dr. Daniel O’Connell, clinical instructor in Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington Medical School.

In addition, Dr. Benjamin participated in the BUMC Faculty Development Initiative, which sponsored two BUMC-wide programs. Recordings of the seminars on positive deviance and disruptive professionals are available on-line:

http://www.bumc.bu.edu/AdminServicesIndex.html#Faculty


K Community: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/for-researchers/training-grants/

Faculty members across the Boston University Medical Campus who have received training grants from the National Institutes of Health or faculty-to-fellow awards from professional organizations are invited to participate in a collaborative network. The regular meetings of researchers include:

·  Socializing opportunities

·  Peer critique of grant applications in progress

·  Contact with university and hospital leaders in research administration

Grants: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/grants/

·  A quarterly grant program provides $40,000 of support to faculty for professional development opportunities, typically for programs costing $1000-$5000.

·  The application process has gone entirely paperless.

·  All successful applicants complete a debriefing document, which is posted on the Faculty Development and Diversity website.

2010-2011 Faculty Development and Diversity Committee Awards
Recipient / Program
Uri Avissar / Harvard Macy Program for Educators in Health Professions
Thomas Barber / American Academy on Communication in Health Care ENRICH course
Jonathan Berz / Perioperative Medicine Summit
Audrey Calderwood / AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Serena Chao / AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Theresa Cheng / Perioperative Medicine Summit
Peggy Chou / Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Executive Leadership Program
Shoumita Dasgupta / AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Suparna Dutta / Frontiers of Clinical Investigation Symposium
Francis A. Farraye / Boston University Pocket MBA for Physicians
Naomi Hamburg / AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Robin Ingalls / AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Ilona Kopits / Duke University Course on Evidence-Based Medicine
Andrea Kronman / AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Won Lee / Harvard Macy Program for Educators in Health Professions
Angela Leung / AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Katherine Lupton / McMaster University Workshop “How to Teach Evidence Based Clinical Practice“
Reiko Matsui / Aging & Healthy Lifespan Conference through the American Federation for Aging Research
Renee McKinney / Harvard Macy Program
Craig Noronha / Perioperative Medicine Summit
Richard Saitz / Transforming Healthcare Conference
Daniel Simpson / American Academy on Communication in Health Care ENRICH course
David Thornton / Harvard Macy Program for Educators in Health Professions
Ellen Weinberg / Jackson Laboratory
Renda Soylemez Wiener / AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Xuemei Zhong / AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar

Website: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/

·  Career track specific resources. As the result of focus groups with representative faculty members, Dr. Cahn revamped the Faculty Development and Diversity website to provide more robust content in a more accessible format. He added separate portals for researchers, clinicians, and educators that collect the most relevant resources on a single page.

·  Professionalism, ethics, faculty assistance. A new section devoted to professionalism highlights the Department’s code of ethical conduct. [See http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/key-documents/professionalism/].

·  Blog. Dr. Cahn has provided dynamic content through a regularly updated blog and Frequently Asked Questions page.

·  Topics. The website hosts links to PubMed hotlinks for articles relevant for faculty advancement including diversity, leadership, mentoring, promotion, etc. [See http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/fdd-topics/].

·  Website traffic. The revamped site has drawn 1,777 unique visitors and over 22,000 page views since its launching in mid-April 2010.

New Faculty: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/key-documents/joining/

·  Orientations. The Department hosted two orientations for newly hired faculty over the past year. The two-hour events featured presentations by departmental leadership and opportunities for small-group interaction.

·  Self-evaluation. Attendees received a self-evaluation tool developed by members of the Faculty Development and Diversity Committee to help map their academic advancement. They also learned about an onboarding document available on the website that contained a comprehensive outline of the necessary steps to begin clinical and research activities.

·  Welcome letter. Finally, the Director of Faculty Development and Diversity worked with the Chair of the Department to draft a welcome letter sent to all incoming faculty. The letter points new members of the Department to on-line resources and assigns them a liaison in their section to facilitate the transition to Boston University.

Awards: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/awards/

·  The Department added two annual awards to recognize outstanding citizenship and exceptional junior faculty mentoring. They join existing departmental awards in research mentoring and special recognition teaching that are decided by an awards committee based on nominations.

·  Faculty, fellows, and residents also receive recognition through four awards voted on by housestaff.

·  The Faculty Development and Diversity website includes links to databases of external awards in medicine and guides on how to write a nomination letter.

2010 DOM Awards
Research Mentoring / Special Recognition Teaching / Outstanding Citizenship / Junior Faculty Mentoring / Hospital-based Faculty Teaching / Community-based Faculty Teaching / Fellow Teacher of the Year / Ariel Weisman Resident Teaching
Neil Ruderman / Harrison Farber / Christine Campbell Reardon / Marie McDonnell / Adam Segal / Catherine Rich / Stephen Humm / Mark Villalon

Diversity: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/diversity/

·  LGBT. An interest group of faculty interested in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered issues began monthly meetings in February 2009. They continue to develop ideas for making the Department more welcoming of sexual minorities, improving patient care, and building outreach to the community. To that end, the Department contributed $1,000 to the Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project, a non-profit organization based in Cambridge.

·  Diversity. The Department of Medicine hosted two diversity dinners in the last academic year to discuss how to recruit, retain, advance, promote and create a vital work life for a diverse faculty.

·  Women. The Vice Chair and the Director of Faculty Development and Diversity convened a focus group of female junior faculty to brainstorm ideas for supporting women on the faculty.

·  A new section of the website links to scholarly articles, conferences, and grants aimed at LGBT, women and minority faculty.

Resources

·  Lending Library. The Director of Faculty Development and Diversity maintains a library of books and CDs of materials relevant to professional growth. It includes 25 titles on topics ranging from grant writing to leadership skills. The complete list is available on the website, and over a dozen faculty checked out items from the library over the past year. [See http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/lending-library/.]

·  Backup Childcare. In December 2009, the Department also sponsored membership in Parents in a Pinch backup childcare service. In just a few months, faculty used the service 15 times. One pleased faculty member wrote, “I used the parents in a pinch service two days this week because my usual provider was out of town. It has been excellent. Easy to set up and the woman who is with the kids is wonderful. And it kept me fromhaving to miss days of work.” [See http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/worklife-balance/backup-childcare/.]

Departing Faculty

·  Exit Interviews. For the first time in the history of the Department, departing faculty members are asked to participate in completely anonymous exit interviews. The confidential conversations reveal trends that can help stem faculty attrition. The Director of Faculty Development and Diversity reports general trends each quarter to the Department leadership. Departing faculty may contact Peter S. Cahn.

Faculty Roster
Rank / Total / Women / URM
All / 478 / 184 (38%) / 27 (5.6%)
Professor / 95 / 18 / 7
Clinical Professor / 3 / 0 / 0
Associate Professor / 85 / 31 / 6
Res. Assoc. Professor / 2 / 0 / 0
Clinical Assoc. Prof. / 5 / 3 / 0
Assistant Professor / 151 / 68 / 11
Res. Asst. Professor / 36 / 10 / 2
Clinical Asst. Prof. / 25 / 13 / 0
Instructor / 49 / 33 / 1
Clinical Instructor / 16 / 5 / 0
Adjunct / 10 / 3 / 0

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