Education Scholarship Collaborative
Second Friday of each month starting September 8, 2023, noon-1 pm (Virtual)
Dates: 9/8/2023, 10/13/2023, 11/10/2023, 12/8/2023, 1/12/2024, 2/9/2024, 3/8/2024, 4/12/2024, 5/10/2024, 6/14/2024, 7/12/2024, 8/9/2024
Link to registration
Outcomes for participants:
- Development of foundational knowledge for conducting education scholarship and research
- Support for career development as an educational scholar
- An interdepartmental community of practice within UW of those interested in education scholarship that can be harnessed to assist with projects
- Opportunity to compete for pilot research funding
The purpose of these workshops are to develop skills and confidence in education scholarship through a productive community of practice. We welcome applications from all faculty, fellows, residents, or other academic staff of varying levels of education and research scholarship experience and expertise. Early-mid career faculty will be prioritized in the application process. Education research experience is a plus.
Please send questions to ofad@med.wisc.edu.
New Faculty Orientation and Welcome Event
Annual Event – Third Tuesday in September
Our goal is to welcome new faculty to our community, introduce them to the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and UW Health Resources, and learn about the relationship between UW Health and the SMPH. The event also provides an excellent opportunity to connect new faculty members with leadership and colleagues.
Please contact nfo@med.wisc.edu with any questions.
Pathways to Promotion 102 for CHS/CT Faculty
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 1:00-5:00pm Hybrid (Virtual & In-Person)
This interactive workshop is tailored to CHS and CT track faculty who expect to go up for promotion within the next year or two. Mentors are also welcome.
This course includes:
- Emphasis on what you need to do in the last year before you go up for promotion
- Logistics of putting your packet together
- Overview of the promotions committees function and process by current members
- Opportunity to sign up for a 15 minute one-on-one consultation on your personal statement and/or dossier
Click here to register for this workshop.
Pathways to Promotion may be attended multiple times. Contact ofad@med.wisc.edu for questions.
Past Events
Pathways to Promotion 201
Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 12:00-1:15pm (Virtual)
*Registration has closed for this event.
Participants joined the Office for Faculty Affairs and Development (OFAD) to learn more about faculty promotions. This workshop was designed for Associate level faculty and the promotion to Full professor. All tracks were addressed during this workshop.
Discussion points included:
- myths about promotion
- the benefits of promotion
- requirements for letters of recommendation
Contact ofad@med.wisc.edu for questions.
Education Scholarship Retreat
April 26, 2023, 8:30 am-12:30 pm
In person at HSLC ILC 3110C
Registration has closed for this event.
Retreat Objectives:
-Describe education scholarship concepts for approaching projects
-Explore resources to get you moving forward with education scholarship projects
-Create a plan to move a teaching activity to scholarship
-Build your community of education scholars
Are you wondering how to get your innovative curriculum or teaching activity published?
Do you have an educational intervention idea but not sure how to move the project forward?
Does the thought of moving your teaching activities to scholarship keep you awake at night?
Would you like to know how to develop your teaching experiences so they count for promotion?
Do you want to know more about education scholarship?
If you answered yes to any of these questions you should have attend the UWSMPH Education Scholarship Retreat (registration link) to learn more about education scholarship and move your ideas and projects to the next step. We recognize people have varying levels of experience with education and education scholarship. To get the most out of this workshop you should have an educational idea or project you can actively work on or think about.
Registration has closed for this event.
Please send questions to ofad@med.wisc.edu.
Searching For Excellence & Diversity Workshop
Thursday, April 20, 2023, 1:00-4:00pm (In-Person, HSLC 3110 ILC A&C)
Registration for this event has closed.
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Development (OFAD), the Office for Diversity and Equity Transformation, and Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) collaborated on presenting Searching For Excellence & Diversity Workshop.
If you are serving on a faculty search committee, launching a search this fall semester, please plan to participate in WISELI’s workshop for faculty search committees. This workshop (as described on the WISELI website) focused on the following topics:
• Recruiting a highly qualified pool of diverse applicants
• Understanding the potential influence of unconscious bias on evaluation of applicants
• Ensuring a fair and thorough review of applicants
• Developing and implementing an effective interview process
• Successfully hiring selected candidates
PRE-WORKSHOP PREPARATION
Prior to participating in the workshop, search committees should engage in an online module together. The module will stimulate conversations about “running an effective and efficient search committee” and will provide advice about writing and assessing the Position Vacancy Listing (PVL). Please complete this module before releasing your PVL! If the committee cannot engage in the module together, individual members should step through the content on their own prior to attending the April 20th workshop.
Registration has closed for this event.
QUESTIONS
Please contact Dr. Dessie Clark (dlclark4@wisc.edu).
Pathways to Promotion 101 for CHS/CT track faculty
Monday, March 6, 2023, 1:00-5:00pm Hybrid (Virtual & In-Person)
***Registration for this event has closed.***
This interactive course was tailored to CHS and CT track faculty who would like an introduction to promotion processes or have never attended a Pathways to Promotion seminar. We advise taking this course in your first two or three years at SMPH. Mentors were welcome to attend.
This course included:
- Introductory information regarding the CHS and CT tracks
- Guidance on mapping your career trajectory
- Identifying a purpose and major goals for your career
- Guidance on how to jump start the process of organizing and collecting your accomplishments
Contact ofad@med.wisc.edu for questions.
Pathways to Promotion-Tenure
Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 4:30-6:30pm Hybrid (Virtual & In-Person)
Co-hosted by the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty
**Registration for this event has ended.**
This workshop offered an in-depth examination of the UW Madison promotion and tenure process from the perspective of central campus and SMPH. This course covered:
- Building a tenure portfolio
- Learning to get the most from your mentors
- First-hand accounts from recently tenured faculty about preparing for tenure
- Guidance from divisional committee leadership about how the divisional committee operates and what the committee looks for in successful tenure cases.
Click here to view agenda and workshop materials.
Pathways to Promotion workshops may be attended multiple times.
Contact ofad@med.wisc.edu for questions.
Early Career Grant Proposals Writing Seminar
In conjunction with the UWSMPH, the DOM partnered with Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops to provide the virtual “Early Career Grant Writing” seminar on February 2 & 3, 2023, from 9 am to 12:30 pm each day. This is the same company and presenter that has brought to the department the popular “Write Winning NIH Grant Proposals” seminar.
This newest seminar is designed to demystify the National Institutes of Health (NIH) K and, to a lesser extent, F32 grant writing process for early-career faculty, researchers/scientists (MD/PhD level), research administrators, postdocs primarily involved in research-oriented study, and fellows on T32s or in the Physician-Scientist Training Program (PSTP).
The seminar was no cost to all attendees. A required textbook, The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook – NIH version, is provided at no cost to UWSMPH faculty.
Registrants who didn’t attend the “Write Winning NIH Grant Proposals” seminar in April 2022 and aren’t faculty with UWSMPH needed to provide a funding string for a $95 required textbook fee in order to complete the registration process.
For more information, please see the seminar webpage.
Faculty Mentoring Faculty— Cultivating Effective Mentoring Relationships to Promote Faculty Development
—Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (In-person)
—Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (In-person)
Link to workshop materials.
The event was held in-person at the Health Sciences Learning Center HSLC 3110 B&D. Participants needed to attend both sessions if they registered.
Presented by trained ICTR facilitators, Christine A. Sorkness, PharmD, RPh, Distinguished Professor, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine and Public Health, ICTR Senior Associate Executive Director and Angela Byars-Winston, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, SMPH, Associate Director, ICTR Collaborative Center for Health Equity. The mentor training workshop sessions were based on the published and evidence-based Entering Mentoring curriculum. Participants were introduced to key mentoring competencies and skills to cultivate effective mentoring relationships and learned about available mentoring resources and tools. The seminar used a case-based approach to provide opportunities for reflection on mentoring skills, and a forum for participants to discuss mentoring dilemmas and share strategies for success.
This workshop was best suited for Associate and Full Professors in SMPH on the Tenure and CHS tracks.
This workshop was co-hosted by the Office for Faculty Affairs and Development (OFAD) and the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW ICTR).
Contact ofad@med.wisc.edu for questions.
Pathways to Promotion 102 for CHS/CT Faculty
Thursday, October 20, 2022, 1:00-5:00pm Hybrid (Virtual & In-Person)
Registration is closed for this event.
This interactive workshop was tailored to CHS and CT track faculty who expect to go up for promotion within the next year or two. Mentors were also welcome.
This course included:
- Emphasis on what you need to do in the last year before you go up for promotion
- Logistics of putting your packet together
- Overview of the promotions committees function and process by current members
- Opportunity to sign up for a 15 minute one-on-one consultation on your personal statement and/or dossier
Pathways to Promotion may be attended multiple times. Contact ofad@med.wisc.edu for questions.
Searching For Excellence & Diversity Workshop
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 1:00-4:00pm (In-Person)
Registration for this event has closed.
The Office of Faculty Affairs and Development (OFAD), the Office for Diversity and Equity Transformation, and Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI) did collaborate on presenting Searching For Excellence & Diversity Workshops in the 2022-23 academic year.
The workshop, for members of faculty search committees, aimed to help committees conduct effective searches and to recruit and hire excellent and diverse faculty.
Stay tuned for more dates for 2022-23!
New Faculty Orientation and Welcome Event
Annual Event – Third Tuesday in September
New Faculty Orientation Expo Guide – Provides information about programs, groups, and other resources available for faculty
Our goal is to welcome new faculty to our community, introduce them to the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and UW Health Resources, and learn about the relationship between UW Health and the SMPH. The event also provides an excellent opportunity to connect new faculty members with leadership and colleagues.
Please contact nfo@med.wisc.edu with any questions.
Pathways to Promotion 101 for CHS/CT track faculty
Monday, March 7, 2022, 1:00-5:00pm (Virtual)
Link to workshop materials
This interactive course is tailored to CHS and CT track faculty who would like an introduction to promotion processes or have never attended a Pathways to Promotion seminar. We advise taking this course in your first two or three years at SMPH. Mentors are welcome to attend.
This course includes:
- Introductory information regarding the CHS and CT tracks
- Guidance on mapping your career trajectory
- Identifying a purpose and major goals for your career
- Guidance on how to jump start the process of organizing and collecting your accomplishments
Contact ofad@med.wisc.edu for questions.
Making the Most of Your Mentoring Relationships
Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. (Virtual)
January is National Mentoring Month! To celebrate, the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development is excited to present the Making the Most of Your Mentoring Relationships workshop.
Join us to:
- Learn more about the career mentorship process
- Examine career readiness and career resilience
- Explore some career coaching tools
Registration is closed. Please email ofad@med.wisc.edu for registration information.
Pathways to Promotion 102 for CHS/CT Faculty
Monday, October 18, 2021 1:00-5:00pm (Virtual)
Link to workshop materials
This interactive workshop is tailored to CHS and CT track faculty who expect to go up for promotion within the next year or two. Mentors are also welcome.
This course includes:
- Emphasis on what you need to do in the last year before you go up for promotion
- Logistics of putting your packet together
- Overview of the promotions committees function and process by current members
- Opportunity to sign up for a 15 minute one-on-one consultation on your personal statement and/or dossier
Pathways to Promotion may be attended multiple times. Contact ofad@med.wisc.edu for questions.
Pathways to Promotion 101
Monday, March 1, 2021, 1:00-5:00pm
Virtual
Workshop Materials
This interactive course is tailored to CHS and CT track faculty who have never attended a Pathways to Promotion seminar. We advise taking this course in your first two or three years at SMPH and mentors are welcome to attend.
This course includes:
- Introductory information regarding the tracks
- Mapping your career trajectory
- Setting a purpose and major goals for your career
- How to jump start the process of organizing and collecting your accomplishments
Registration is closed. Please email ofad@med.wisc.edu for registration information.
Departmental Mentoring Committee Presentations
Wednesday, March 25, 2020; 5:15-6:30pm
Via Webex
Nancy Raymond, MD, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development, is giving presentations for Departmental Mentoring Committees about successfully achieving promotion at SMPH. The March 25 presentation was geared towards those who mentor faculty for promotion on tenure track promotions who are reviewed by the Biological Sciences Divisional Committee.
Tenure Track Updates for Departmental Mentoring Committee Slides
The April 29 presentation was geared towards those mentoring faculty on the CHS/CT track.
CHS/CT Track Updates for Departmental Mentoring Committee Slides