Presented by Dr. Cynthia Brown June 22, 2016

1. Leadership Training
Opportunities
Presented by Dr. Cynthia Brown
June 22, 2016

2. Outline
 Statistics regarding women in leadership
 Sample of UAB and national leadership training opportunities
 Pearls and thoughts from women who have attended

3. Thanks to our speakers
 Dr. Blayke Gibson
 Dr. Cynthia Brown
 Dr. Lauren Walters
 Dr. Katrina Booth
 Dr. Marquita Hicks
 Dr. Sonya Heath
 Dr. Mona Fouad

4. Date of download: 6/10/2016
Copyright © 2016 American Medical
Association. All rights reserved.
From: Sex Differences in Academic Rank in US Medical Schools in 2014
JAMA. 2015;314(11):1149-1158. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.10680

5. AAMC The State of Women in Academic
Medicine, 2013-2014

6. https://members.aamc.org/eweb/upload/The%20State%20of%20Women%20in%20A
cademic%20Medicine%202013-2014%20FINAL.pdf

7. Executive Leadership in Academic
Medicine® (ELAM®) program
 Purpose: Program dedicated to developing professional and personal
skills required to lead and manage in today's complex health care
environment, with special attention to unique challenges facing
women in leadership positions.
 Intended Audience: Senior women faculty at the associate or full
professor level in academic medicine, dentistry and public health who
demonstrate greatest potential for assuming executive leadership
positions at academic health centers within the next five years.
 Time Commitment and Cost: A year-long part-time fellowship for
women faculty in schools of medicine, dentistry and public health.
Program fee is $12,900, plus travel and lodging.

8. UAB Medicine Quality and Safety
Academy
 Purpose: to disseminate knowledge of the why and the how of
process management and performance improvement.
 Intended Audience: Physicians, nurses, clinicians and administrators,
and students and trainees with an interest in quality and safety
 Time Commitment and Cost: Academy uses a blended format that
meets on campus each semester for 4 weekend-long intensive sessions
plus outside readings. No cost.
 The UAB Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality and Safety is an
online, four course program designed to extend knowledge and skills
in the areas of quality improvement and patient safety. Certificate
course credits can be applied to the Master’s in Healthcare Quality
and Safety program.

9. UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy
 Purpose: to identify and develop future leaders of the UAB academic
health center.
 Intended Audience: Division directors, section chiefs, vice chairs,
medical directors, assistant/associate deans, and others who have
been in demanding positions for 2-4 years. 24 participants per year.
 Time Commitment and Cost: Begins each year in October with 1.5
day retreat as well as a one day per month commitment. No charge
 Nominations are sought from deans and center directors from the
health profession schools.
 Information available through David Rogers, M.D., Co-Director, School
of Medicine at darogers@uab.edu.

10. Harvard-Macy Program
 Purpose: to enhance professional development of physicians, basic
scientists and other healthcare professionals as educators.
 Intended Audience: Faculty at all levels with an interest in: learning
and teaching, curriculum, evaluation, leadership, and information
technology.
 Time Commitment and Cost: Program requires a total of three weeks
of training. $5,900 registration, approximately $7,900, travel and
lodging expenses.
 http://www.harvardmacy.org/Programs/Programs-Educators.aspx;
application deadline, late September.

11. AAMC Early Career Women Faculty
Professional Development Seminar
 Purpose: to enhance professional development of physicians, basic
scientists and other healthcare professionals as educators.
 Intended Audience: Designed for women physicians and scientists
holding medical school appointments in early stages of leadership
positions within their discipline, department or institution, ideally
with at least 1-2 years in academic medicine.
 Time Commitment and Cost: Three and a half-day seminar.
Registration fee is $1,796 plus travel and lodging.
 Focus on career building skills: communication, conflict management,
financial acumen, employ strategic thinking about career and
leadership development.

12. AAMC Minority Faculty Seminar
 Purpose: Addresses specific needs of mid-career faculty from a
culturally responsive approach offering skill building and strategies for
pursuing career advancement in academic medicine. This professional
development seminar
 Provides networking opportunities, Executive coaching sessions,
CV review for career development planning, observational learning
opportunities where participants matched with a senior faculty
member outside their institution.
 Intended Audience: Individuals at associate professor level who
aspire to leadership positions in academic medicine.
 Time Commitment and Cost: Seminar delivered through blended
learning model that consists of: virtual learning sessions/webinars; a
“brick and mortar” one and a half-day in-person meeting; post-
seminar activities.

13. Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional
Development Seminar
 Purpose: Covers a variety of leadership topics, emphasizes the skills
needed to advance to senior roles within academic medicine, and
provides time for participants to strategically reinvigorate and realign
their career with their goals.
 Provides networking opportunities, Executive coaching sessions, CV review
for career development planning, observational learning opportunities where
participants matched with a senior faculty member outside their institution.
 Intended Audience: Women physicians and scientists holding medical
school appointments at the associate professor level and holding
leadership positions within their discipline, department or institution.
 Time Commitment and Cost: Three and a half day curriculum designed
to provide mid-career faculty with the knowledge and skills required to
continue advancing to leadership roles in academic medicine.
Registration $1817 plus travel and lodging.