BUMC Early Career Faculty Development Program Executive Summary Mentorship Task Force

Commitment to Faculty AMCs lose 48% of their faculty every ten years – Attrition rate for assistant professors is even higher BU Faculty Climate Survey, inadequate mentoring reported by – 44% of female faculty – 37% of male faculty Most recent LCME report noted BUSM failed to offer coordinated approach to faculty development

Objective Facilitate faculty recruitment, retention, advancement, promotion and vitality Enhance networking and cross-disciplinary translational collaborations across BUMC – Education – Research – Clinical care Promote scholarly productivity, increase grants, exceed accreditation standards

Program 3 mentoring models Facilitator -led structured longitudinal mentoring sessions addressing career development topics. Senior colleagues paired with participants to promote one-on-one mentoring on a year-long project. Peer mentoring in year-long learning communities of 8 participants

Curriculum Group sessions 2.5 hours every two weeks for nine months Facilitated by Mark Braun, Francine Montemurro, Emelia Benjamin, Judith Jones Sample topics: – Writing grants and papers – Managing conflict – Working with a diverse group of people – Maintaining motivation

Implementation Information sessions in Evans 118 – September 23 at 12:00 p.m. – September 29 at 5:00 p.m. Applications due October 15, 2010 Program starts January 2011 – During the pilot year, the program will reach 16 Assistant Professors across the three schools on the medical campus. – Content posted electronically for BUMC community

Faculty Commitment Faculty commit to substantive progress on their proposed project. Faculty commit to attending 90% of sessions.

Potential Projects Develop curriculum Organize quality initiative Restructure a clinic Develop cross-disciplinary clinic Write grant Organize a lab Submit major paper Organize national society initiative

Department Chair Commitment FTE – Time commitment ~ 0.05 FTE 2/month faculty attend 2.5 hour sessions. Other weeks mentees communicate with learning communities, read assigned articles, work on projects. Chair Letter – Endorse faculty member’s project – Participation in program – Release from other duties during the 2.5 hours every other week to attend the program.

Task Force SchoolDeptPersonRank BUHuman Relations1.Mark BraunManager Ombuds1.Francine Montemurro, JDOmbuds BUSPHCommunity Health1.Deborah J. Bowen, PhDProfessor Health Policy1.Victoria A Parker, DBAAssistant BUSMGeriatrics1.Sharon A. Levine, MDAssociate Microbiology1.Stephanie M. Oberhaus, PhDAssistant Radiation Oncology1.Ariel Hirsch, MDAssistant Neurology1.Samuel A. Frank, MDAssistant Cardiology1.Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScMProfessor Biochemistry1.Barbara M. Schreiber, PhDAssociate Surgery, Trauma Section1.John M. Kofi Abbensetts, MDAssistant Surgery, Otolaryngology1.Gregory A. Grillone, MDAssociate Ophthalmology1.Stephen P. Christiansen, MDProfessor Anesthesia1.Rafael Ortega, MDProfessor Pediatrics1.Renee D. Boynton-Jarrett, MDAssistant Anatomy1.Ann C. Zumwalt, PhDAssistant Medicine1.Peter S. Cahn, PhDAssociate Surgery1.Gregory A. Antoine, MDAssociate Pulmonary1.Michael H. Ieong, MDAssistant GSDMGeneral Dental1.Judith A. Jones, DDSProfessor Restorative Dentistry1.Celeste V. Kong, DMDProfessor

Action plan Please encourage early career faculty to apply Please consider becoming a mentor For more information: