CENTER FOR
Faculty Development & Diversity

The Center for Faculty Development and Diversity offers strategies and programmatic initiatives to develop requisite skills and enhance the leadership capacity of BWH faculty and trainees.  Leadership development opportunities are offered at the hospital, in the medical school community and on national levels.

Programs for BWH Faculty and Trainees

• A collaborative initiative between BW/F and Harvard Business School, the Brigham Leadership Program was developed to enhance the leadership capacity of mid-career physicians and scientists and nursing and clinical directors.  Organized to accommodate professional schedules, participants meet for four 2.5 day modules on site at HBS.  The program is tailored to BW/F with action-learning projects and custom cases for and about the BW/F environment.
  
  
• The Office for Postdoctoral and Research Careers (OPRC) offers a semester long leadership seminar series for junior faculty investigators seeking guidance as they establish their labs at BWH.  A cohort of new Principal Investigators meets weekly to learn from the experiences of scientific leaders and build rapport with colleagues from a range of disciplines.  Contact the OPRC for more information.

Programs for HMS Faculty

• The Center collaborates with the HMS Office of Faculty Affairs to sponsor an annual 2.5 day leadership program for physicians and scientists in the early stage of leadership.  This intensive program is offered each spring and is designed for HMS instructors, assistant professors, or associate professors who currently have responsibility for a research grant, laboratory, educational course, or clinical unit.  Participants will acquire skills in institutional organization, health care economics (with a heavy concentration on finance), legal and regulatory issues, and the full spectrum of communication skills.

Programs for Academic Medical Faculty through the AAMC

• The AAMC Faculty Development and Leadership supports faculty vitality through programs and resources that build capacity for both individual and organizational vitality through a framework of comprehensive professional development that addresses responsibilities of academic service, capability to adapt to challenges, and building communities of learning and practice.