Category: Career Development
Don’t Let Them Walk the Plank: Strategies for Effective Onboarding
Onboarding plays an important role in whether or not a faculty member is well prepared to succeed in their new job. Yet it is an area that may sometimes receive little attention. In this session, Dr. Vicki Kennel offers insights and strategies on how to effectively onboard your new faculty and why it is so important to do […]
Jun 13, 2019
The mentoring process is a two-way street where each individual has their own role. This will require you — the mentee — to take responsibility and be actively involved. In this session, Dr. Rowen Zetterman explains the ins and outs of mentoring and what mentees can do to get the most meaningful experience possible. Key Presenter Rowen K. […]
Apr 23, 2019
Discover ways to add “both/and” thinking to your toolbox Which comes first, your professional life or your personal life? Clinical excellence or research excellence? Mission or margin? They both do. As health care professionals, our thinking skills tend toward linear/technical problem solving that breaks issues into parts to solve them. However, many of life’s complex […]
Apr 4, 2019
Building a Department Mentoring Program for New Faculty
Having a mentor is pivotal to help new faculty members grow in their career. But many new faculty may not even know where to start to find a mentor – that’s where an established mentoring program comes in. In this session, Dr. Shannon Boerner explains the steps you can take to create a mentoring program for new […]
Mar 14, 2019
Pathways for Innovation: Partnerships Between Academia & Industry
Myths, Realities, and Possibilities! Partnerships with industry can expedite the creation and availability of health care technologies and drugs, but knowing the risks, opportunities, and processes that support innovation is essential. Watch this session with UNMC experts featuring ways to leverage the UNMC resources that will support your career and innovations. We also examine cases […]
Mar 14, 2019
Difficult Conversations: Conversations that Connect
Uncertainty, confusion, and fear can lead to difficult conversations in health care. When speaking with patients in their vulnerable moments, health care providers need skills that enable them to relate to patients, express compassion, avoid misunderstandings, and make patients feel supported and heard. Watch this session as Dr. Belinda Fu shows how to develop skills […]
Feb 8, 2019
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
