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Career Development
Office of Faculty Affairs, Human Resources, and Professional Development -
Opportunities for Career Development
For information about the following opportunities, please contact:
Linda Roth, Ph.D.
Director of Professional Development
lroth@med.wayne.edu
phone: 313-577-6854
WSU/SOM Faculty Career Development Programs
New Faculty Orientation (offered annually, Fall and Spring)
"Welcome to Wayne" is an orientation program for new faculty and those faculty who are interested in learning how they can revitalize their career. The half-day program provides overviews of the School of Medicine, career management and development resources, education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and research. A resources information fair is included.
Kenneth C.Palmer, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, Human Resources and Professional Development
Linda M. Roth, Ph.D., Director, Professional Development - (pdf)
Robert R. Frank, M.D., Executive Vice Dean - (pdf)
Tom Roe, M.D., Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education - (pdf)
Mark S. Juzych, M.D., Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education - (pdf)
Robert Pauley, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Graduate Programs - (pdf)
Daniel Walz, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Programs - (pdf)
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Academic Documentation
Workshop (offered annually in January)
The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate conducts this workshop on preparing materials for the annual merit review process and for promotion and tenure.
Annual Workshop
Elizabeth Puscheck, M.D.
Judith Whittum-Hudson, Ph.D.
Kenneth Palmer, Ph.D. - (pdf)
Peer Reviewing for Journals (Contact Linda Roth at 577-6854 for more information.)
This workshop provides an overview of the journal peer review process, an understanding of what editors look for in a good peer review, and practice in analyzing and critiquing examples of peer reviews.
Peer Review - April 2, 2008 session
Shiffman Medical Library Education and Training
The Shiffman Medical Library offers a variety of educational programs for Wayne State University health sciences faculty, students and staff. The library also offers workshops and customized training programs for members of the community. The Shiffman Library librarians are also pleased to assist individuals in learning about health sciences information resources that can be useful in research, papers, presentations, instruction and clinical care. Assistance is available at our Reference Desk and appointments are encouraged for one-to-one consultation.
These topics include, but are not limited to:
- MEDLINE via OVID or PubMed
- The variety of biomedical databases
- File management (e.g., EndNote)
- Finding journals
- Custom programs for research or administrative assistants
- Finding funding information
- Effectively searching the Internet for health sciences information
- Custom programs about critical health matters including HIV/AIDS
To plan and schedule a class, workshop or demonstration, please contact:
La Ventra Ellis-Danquah
Shiffman Medical Library
313-577-9083
askmed @wayne.edu
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Offsite Programs
If you are interested in assistance or advice from the School of Medicine on any of these programs, please contact Kenneth C. Palmer, Ph.D., Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, Human Resources, and Professional Development, kpalmer@med.wayne.edu, 313-577-9877.
American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Index to programs and publications targeted to faculty from early career through senior leadership levels.
National Leadership Development Programs 
Society-based Faculty Development Programs
AAMC Meetings & Conferences
Harvard Macy Institute
The Harvard Macy Institute offers a variety of programs to create and foster a community of scholars who work to promote innovative change in medical education.
Includes:
Educators in the Health Professions
Leading Innovations in Healthcare Education
Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM)
ELAM offers an intensive, year-long program of personal and professional development, with extensive networking and mentoring opportunities, aimed at expanding the national pool of women candidates for leadership positions in academic medicine and dentistry.
Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine ( SELAM)
The Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine is committed to the advancement and promotion of women to executive positions in academic health professions through programs that enhance professional development and provide networking and mentoring opportunities. The society promotes collaboration and networking among its members and other organizations that share common goals.
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
This program fosters the development of leaders who will transform health and health care in this country. These future leaders will be equipped to work with communities and to conduct innovative research as a result of the didactic and experiential learning they receive at each of four training sites.
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Online Resources
Career Development Resource Guide
Funded by the Kellogg Foundation, this brief monograph addresses several key topics for young (and not-so-young) faculty:
- Mentoring
- Negotiation Skills
- Gender
- Minority Faculty
Career Development Articles:
Academic Physician and Scientist
Peruse the past "Features" in Academic Physician and Scientist for articles such as, "Organize your Work and Time," "Managing Conflicting Demands," "Five Potential Pitfalls for Junior Faculty at Academic Health Centers," and "Becoming a Productive Academic Writer"
Career Development Articles:
Faculty Vitae
Includes:
Browse the archives for articles on topics such as leadership and negotiation skills
Scholarship Toolkit:
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
While this site is oriented toward community-engaged scholarship, all faculty can benefit from exercises in the toolkit related to creating and sustaining a career vision, working with mentors, writing a career statement, and creating a portfolio.
How-To Guides from the journal, Science
In these collections, writers and editorial and business staff from the journal Science offer practical advice on a variety of topics related to finding a job and building a career in the sciences.
Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty
This 248-page guide is a PDF document that may be downloaded for free in its entirety or, more manageably, by chapter. Making the Right Moves provides practical advice from experienced bio-medical investigators and other professionals. Topics cover the gamut of academic skills for faculty and fellows, from negotiating a faculty position and staffing a laboratory, to project management, understanding technology transfer, setting up collaborations, and getting funded.
The book is based on presentations and discussions from a course developed by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Faculty Guide
Book Web site
Career resources
Survival Skills & Ethics Program
University of Pittsburgh
Attending Professional Meetings
Components of a Research Article 
20 Steps to Writing a Research Article
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