Category: Career Development
The Art of Thinking on Your Feet: Advanced Communication Skills Workshop
While interactions with patients, peers, and loved ones can be structured, they are never scripted … and health care professionals need to have finely honed communications skills to deal with all types of situations. Our advanced communication skills workshops provide strategies to enhance on-the-spot thinking, hone your instincts to accurately read emotions and intent, and […]
Oct 10, 2018
Microaggressions and Their Macro Impact
What everyone needs to know about these hidden messages Microaggressions (instances of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination) occur all around us, including in the classroom, clinic, and day-to-day activities with colleagues. You’ve probably experienced them yourself or been an unknowing perpetrator. While these minor slights can seem inconsequential in the moment, they can become a […]
Aug 16, 2018
Thinking Outside the Box: Building a Culture of Workplace Flexibility
Growing a culture of flexibility to support faculty work-life satisfaction, recruitment and retention, and support academic and clinical productivity requires a multi-prong approach. This includes raising awareness of the “flexibility stigma,” addressing conflict of expectations associated with the ideal worker and gender stereotypes, and creating policies and processes on the department and institutional level that […]
Jun 6, 2018
What can the National Research Mentoring Network do for you?
Mentoring has been proven to be beneficial in professional development, allowing mentors to share wisdom and career experiences and providing mentees an opportunity to learn and grow. The National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) has sought to create an organized system for all things involving mentorship, including: Match/link programs to increase access to mentor/mentee relationships Events […]
Apr 11, 2018
Mentoring for Rank Advancement
Preparing yourself and other faculty for rank advancement and pursuit of tenure is no small task. Watch this video to learn insider tips and tricks to help you navigate the P&T process and achieve success. Keynote Speaker Dr. Steve Lisco, Chair of P&T Committee, College of Medicine Additional Information UNMC Mentoring WebsitePromotion and Tenure WebsiteSession […]
Mar 15, 2018
Coaching for Executives: Investing in Talent Development
As a faculty member in the upper ranks of the organization, you’ll often be delegating tasks and assignments to your employees. To do so, you’ll need a firm understanding on how to lead, coach, and motivate others toward accomplishing goals. Certified coach Rob Kramer presents the tools needed to be an effective leader and a source of […]
Feb 26, 2018
UNMC Faculty Development is working with Rob Kramer, certified coach and CEO of Kramer Leadership, to provide you with leadership methods that will improve the performance of teams and individuals, as well as help develop future leaders around you. In his book, Stealth Coaching: Everyday Conversations for Extraordinary Results, he gives an in-depth look at […]
Feb 21, 2018
Do what you do … and get published, too!
One of the core requirements for promotion is scholarly writing. But how do you find the time to become a successful writer? And what should you even write about? Watch this session to hear our expert panel share insider tips on how to turn your everyday activities into successful publications. Panel of Experts Angela Hewlett, MD, […]
Oct 4, 2017
The Good and Bad of Fast Brain Thinking
Understanding the Impact of Our Unconscious Biases Health care providers are specifically trained to make high stakes decisions in fast-paced, life and death situations. Every day, we rely on a host of past experiences and “our gut” to make important decisions. But sometimes these skills and behaviors can lead to unintended consequences for us as […]
Jun 6, 2017
Why YOU Should Be Using MedEdPORTAL?
MedEdPORTAL ® is a free, cross-indexed suite of services provided by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Through Publications, iCollaborative, and the CE Directory, MedEdPORTAL aims to equip healthcare professionals across the continuum with effective and efficient educational tools to improve patient care. MedEdPORTAL Publications maintains a rigorous peer review process that is based on […]
Dec 21, 2016
