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School of Medicine  :  Office of Professional Development and Faculty Affairs : Mentoring Initiative

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KUMC Department Based, Center or Organization:

  • Junior Faculty Mentoring Programs

  • Faculty Development Directors (FDD)

  • On-Boarding Ambassadors

The "GO TO" PEOPLE

Departments assign an On-Boarding AMBASSADOR to serve as the individual to help with all administrative and basic logistical orientation to work questions: logistical issues, facility tours, and introduction to people in the department.   Ambassadors may be department chairs, division directors, department administrators, administrative assistants or anyone within a department who is best qualified to handle this responsibility. If you are a newly hired faculty member, please go to On-Boarding New Faculty for more details.

Once a new faculty member is on-board all effort will be made to find them a faculty MENTOR; a faculty member who will answer professional questions and address career issues.  In many situations more than one MENTOR is assigned but only one will oversee a junior faculty member's career through promotion. The department chair or designated individual identified below for each department will assist with finding the new faculty member a MENTOR.

The Department Faculty Development Director (DFDD)

 

The title Department Faculty Development Director (DFDD) is the individual who oversees the program in each department and are listed below if someone other than the department chair.

 

BASIC SCIENCE Departments

 

CLINICAL Departments

Anesthesiology

Emergency Medicine

Family Medicine

Internal Medicine

Neurology

Neurosurgery

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ophthalmology

Orthopedic Surgery

Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Pediatrics

Plastic Surgery

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences  

Radiation Oncology

Radiology

Rehabilitation Medicine

Surgery

Urological Surgery 

 

CENTER or PROGRAM PLANS for MENTORING

HICTR CTREC Mentoring Program~ Revisions posted soon

 

KU Women in Medicine & Science (WIMS) Mentoring Program ~ Under construction

 

Cultural Enhancement and Diversity (OCED) Mentoring Program

Cancer Center Mentoring Program~ Under construction

Department chairs and their Faculty Development Committees ~ Under construction   are currently working with PDFA to develop a website for their respective Faculty Development and Mentoring guidelines.  All other departments are welcome to contact PDFA for assistance or to have their existing mentoring program link added.  Programs and websites do not have to be based upon the School of Medicine's Faculty Mentoring Initiative.  Marty McLaughlin, the Associate Director of PDFA is available to facilitate the department committee or chair through the process of establishing a new program, assist with determining what each department wants on their website, and creating the website for them.

A FACULTY MEMBERS CAREER IS HIS OR HER RESPONSIBILITY.
THE MENTORING PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO HELP THEM BE SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING THE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREER.

MERIT, ADVANCEMENT AND/OR PROMOTION ARE ASSESSED ACCORDING TO THE MISSION CRITERIA OF EACH ACADEMIC TRACK IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

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