AAMC Seminars for Women and Minorities

The Office of Faculty Affairs funds the registration fees for two faculty to participate in professional development seminars for women and minorities organized by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Active links are added to each section in conjunction with Calls for Applications. If there are no current calls for applications and you have questions, please contact Faculty.Affairs@umassmed.edu.

The OFA is currently taking applications for Registration Funding to the AAMC Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar. Deadline: Friday, May 17, 2013. Download Application details.

Faculty are selected for support through an internal review process requiring a complete application that includes the following components:

Office of Faculty Affairs Registration Funding Application
Current Curriculum Vitae
Letter of Support from your Chair, Vice Chair, or Department Head
Email Pdf versions of the CV and LOS to kathleen.rancourt@umassmed.edu

Please watch for announcements from the OFA and follow the specific instructions for each seminar. Applications are reviewed by an internal committee who will select the applicants who will most benefit from attending the seminar. Typically, two applicants are funded each year for each seminar. Selected faculty are responsible for securing additional funding to cover travel and other expenses. Selected applicants are informed in sufficient time so that they can complete their application to AAMC.

Faculty who do not seek OFA financial support may apply directly to AAMC for the seminars. If you do apply please inform OFA at kathleen.rancourt@umassmed.edu, so that we can keep a list of all faculty planning to attend the seminars.

Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar

This four-day professional development seminar is designed for women assistant professors and focuses on academic medicine career building, skills in curriculum vitae development and basic management skills. Attendees are encouraged to develop their social network through the career mapping sessions. The seminar is targeted primarily at physicians. CME credit is offered.
AAMC Seminar: July 13-16, 2013; The Iverness, Englewood CO
AAMC Early Career Faculty Professional Development Seminar (AAMC Website)

Minority Faculty Professional Development Seminar

This three-day professional development seminar is designed for junior faculty (senior fellows, instructors, and assistant professors) who are members of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups and who aspire to leadership positions in academic medicine.
AAMC Seminar: September 20-23, 2013; New Orleans LA
AAMC Minority Faculty Professional Development Seminar. (AAMC Website)

Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar

This three and a half-day program is designed for women primarily at the associate professor level. The program goal is to enhance knowledge and skills needed to support progress along the path to leadership in academic medicine.
AAMC Seminar: December 14-17, 20123 AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Austin TX
AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar (AAMC Website)