Boston Children ’ s Hospital (BCH) Office of Faculty Development (OFD)

1. Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH)Office of Faculty Development (OFD) Mid-Career Faculty Development S. Jean Emans, MD, Faculty Director Maxine Milstein, MBA, Administrative Director

2. www.bostonchildrens.org/research/ofd www.childrenshospital.org/research/ofd

3. Mid-career faculty at HMS No mandatory limits on time at rank or tenure at HMS affiliated hospitals Definition variable – proposed Instructor > 15 years Assistant Professor > 10 years Associate Professor < 5 years • 2009 Mentoring survey of HMS and HSDM women faculty • Areas of mentoring concerns • - Important • - Not met or met • - Gap = important and unmet • Participants identified a desire for more comprehensive and targeted mentoring to address gaps that varied by rank, research focus, parenting, and work time status. Blood EA, Ullrich NJ, Hirshfeld-Becker DR, Seely EW, Connelly MT, Warfield CA, Emans SJ. Academic women faculty: are they finding the mentoring they need? J Womens Health. 2012 Nov; 21(11):1201-8.

4. Results from 2009 Survey • Mentoring gaps • Most common - identified by 52% of respondents • Developing and achieving career goals • Negotiation skills • Assistant Professors – writing and publishing articles • Associate Professors – program development/strategic planning • Other Findings • - Lower ranks – desire for mentorship for advancement (research and lecturing skills, getting national recognition) • - Instructors >15 years – were less likely to have mentors • - Part-time faculty – older children, less mentorship, in rank longer • Strategies to enhance mentoring need to address career stages and include a framework for assessing mentoring gaps

5. BCH OFD Initiatives Annual career conferences – form on website including career customization One-on-one meetings for mid-career faculty to review career trajectory and CV with S. Jean Emans, MD One-on-one meetings for department heads to review faculty progress with S. Jean Emans, MD Mentoring – consultation, programs, guides Cultural awareness and competency training specifically designed for faculty The Academy at Children’s (Medical Education) Harvard Medical School/Hospital Courses - Mentoring - Leadership Development

6. Examples of OFD Mid-Career Faculty Seminars • Promotion seminars co-presented by Harvard Medical School Office for Faculty Affairs – Carol Bates, MD, • Bethany Westlund, PhD – and BCH Faculty • Successful Strategies for Writing and Renewing your R01 – Ellen Grant, MD, Wayne Lencer, MD, • Scott Pomeroy, MD, PhD • Medical Leadership: Managing in Uncertain Times – Vincent Chiang, MD • Authorship and Best Practices for Addressing Disputes – Melissa Brodrick, MEd • Managing Up – Melissa Brodrick, MEd • Recommendations and References: Navigating Challenging Situations – Theodore Sectish, MD, • Ellen Rothstein, JD, Carolyn Stetson • Running Effective Meetings – Frederick Lovejoy, MD