“It was such a valuable experience. The opportunity to connect with and learn from such experienced mentors was incredibly insightful and has inspired me to take the next steps in my own work in faculty development and mentoring research."

-- feedback from a participant of the CFD speed mentoring program

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Join one of the CFD's upcoming speed mentoring hours for advice about any aspect of being a mentee or mentor.

Announcements

Call for applications! A Workshop Series for Clinical Women Faculty at MGH

A 6-week online workshop series featuring internal and external speakers who have experience with a variety of topics relevant to an academic clinical career.

Peer Mentoring for Parents Program

Program increases personal well-being and professional productivity by empowering learning and problem-solving in a trusting and supportive space.



Sign up to join the Peer Mentoring Group for Clinician Educators

Learn more about peer mentoring for health profession educators, a collaboration between the Center for Faculty Development and the Peter L. Slavin, MD Academy for Applied Learning in Healthcare.

Sign up to stay connected while you step back from a full-time career

If you are cutting back to part-time or retiring at MGH but want to stay connected, sign up to hear from the OSFA.

Calling all new and expectant parents! Faculty Parental Wellness Program

Designed to improve the personal well-being and professional productivity of expectant and new faculty parents across MGB.

Call for applications! CFD Writing Support Service

Up to five hours of freelance writing and editing services for MGH faculty and trainees fully subsidized by the CFD.

Upcoming Events

LAST CHANCE - Application deadline TODAY! OSFA Leadership Skills Retreat - Mon, Mar 31 from 11:30 am-4:30 pm

Speed Mentoring Hour - Mon, Mar 17 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm

Mentoring Leaders: Erin Tracy Bradley, MD, and Pamela Schaefer, MD

OSFA Faculty Transition Webinar Series - next session is Tue, Mar 18 from 12:00-1:00 pm

A series focused on topics to help faculty transitioning to retirement.

• Successful Transition to Retirement While Balancing Continued Engagement at MGH - Mon, Nov 11 (webinar)
• Assessing and Handling Declines in Skill - Fri, Jan 24 (webinar)
• Health of Your Wealth: Financial toolkit for a successful retirement-Thu, Feb 27 (webinar)
• Crafting Your Next Chapter- Reframe, Revitalize, Reinvent - Tue, Mar 18 
• Retirement Nuts and Bolts - Tue, Apr 15
• Nuts and Bolts of Partial Retirement - Wed, May 14

Communicating Across Differences as Educators - Fri, Mar 21 from 12:00 -

1:00 pm

Facilitators: Carlos Torres, MD and Casandra McIntyre, RN

HMS Core for Mentorship Excellence - next workshop on Fri, Mar 28 from 8:30 am-5:00 pm

Learn how to optimize your clinical or basic science mentoring relationships using the collective wisdom of other HMS faculty. This case-based interactive workshop is drawn from an evidence-based curriculum endorsed by NASEM and the NIH. Both new faculty and seasoned investigators report appreciating learning helpful new approaches and concrete tools they will put into practice with their mentees.

See website to register and for a list of additional dates for in-person and online workshops.

Recorded webinars

Now available:

Parenting Series 2024-25: "Taking a COACH Approach to Parenting" with Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM on Wed, Feb 26

Faculty Transition Webinar Series 3: Health of Your Wealth: Retiring against a backdrop of change with Nora Yousif, CFP, CDFA, MBA on Thu, Feb 27

Resources

CFD Webinars and Podcasts page

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