Resources for Professional Development

Programs, workshops and resources designed to enhance your general professional skills.

College of Medicine/Hershey Medical Center

• Junior Faculty Development Program
  A year-long program incorporating an intensive curriculum in professional development and a project conducted under the guidance of a senior faculty mentor.

Penn State University

• Administrative Fellows Program
  The Administrative Fellows Program provides professional development opportunities for faculty and staff. By serving under the mentorship of a senior level administrator, fellows receive opportunities to broaden their perspectives and experiences in higher education administration.

• Penn State Commission for Women
  The Commission for Women initiates, supports, and endorses activities and initiatives that will benefit all women in the University - staff, faculty, and students. The site includes projects and events, as well as helpful links on women's issues.

External Opportunities & Resources

• American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)
  • AAMC Faculty Development & Leadership Programs
    Faculty development programs targeted to a wide spectrum of faculty from early career through senior leadership.
  • National Leadership Development Programs
    Download list of national programs compiled by AAMC.
  • Faculty Vitae
    Online newsletter on professional development for academic medical faculty.

• Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women
  For senior women faculty in medicine and dentistry who aspire to significant positions of leadership within their academic health centers.

• Science Careers
  Career development resource for scientists sponsored by the journal Science.

Programs, workshops and resources designed to enhance your educational skills.

College of Medicine/Hershey Medical Center

• Woodward Endowment for Medical Science Education
  Provides support for research and professional development in education.
• Enhancing Your Teaching Skills
  Teaching Modules for faculty.
• EdVenture
  The annual celebration of education at Penn State College of Medicine.
• Society of Distinguished Educators
  Recipients of the Distinguished Educator Award.

Penn State University

• Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
  Resource for innovative teaching and learning at Penn State.

External Opportunities & Resources

• Harvard Macy Institute
  • Leading Innovation in Healthcare
    In this program, educational leaders develop their own action plans for leading and managing change to fulfill their institution's educational mission.
  • Program for Educators in Health Sciences 
    The goal of this program is to enhance the professional development of physicians, basic scientists and other healthcare professionals as educators.
  • Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Science Education
    This program is designed to help participants employ a system approach to the design and implementation of assessment strategies.
• Carnegie Mellon University: Enhancing Education
  • Excellent website with information on many areas of education, including teaching & learning principles, course design and use of educational tecnology.

Programs, workshops and resources designed to enhance your research skills.

College of Medicine/Hershey Medical Center

• Office of Research Affairs
  For information about sponsored programs at the College of Medicine and Hershey Medical Center.
• Office of Research Development
  Provide resources to find funding opportunities for faculty.
  • Internal grant programs
• Grants Academy
  An annual program for postdocs and faculty who plan to submit a grant application. Contact Dr. Kent Vrana for more information.
• Clinical Research Training Programs
  The K30 Program for Physicians offers a one year Certificate in Clinical Research or a two year Master of Science degree in Public Health Sciences.

Penn State University

• Office of the Senior Vice-President for Research
  Resources for research at Penn State.

External Opportunities & Resources

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Resources for Lab Management
    Includes the guide: Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty (download pdf)
    
• Community of Science
  Resources for research including funding opportunities, expertise search.

Programs, workshops and resources designed to enhance your clinical skills.

College of Medicine/Hershey Medical Center

• Continuing Medical Education
  Educational programs for health-care professionals.

External Opportunities & Resources

• Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
  Designed to augment clinical training by providing new skills and perspectives necessary to achieving leadership positions.
• Clinician-Patient Communication
  Course offered by the UCSD Physician Assessment and Clinical Education (PACE) Program.

Programs, workshops and resources designed to enhance your community outreach skills.

College of Medicine/Hershey Medical Center

• Outreach and Public Service Programs
  Activities coordinated and supported by the Office of Professional Development.
  

Penn State University

• PennState Outreach Programs
  Resources for outreach and community service at Penn State.