Mid-career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar

Audience: Women associate or full professors with clear potential for advancement to a major administrative position such as section or department head
Topics: To be determined. Check the Web site for updates.
Schedule and Costs: This year's conference will take place on December 14-17, 2013 at the AT&T Excutive Education and Conference Center in Austin, TX.

Sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges

Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women

Audience: Women associate or full professors at schools of medicine, dentistry and public health who aspire to positions of institutional leadership where they can effect positive change. Participants must be nominated by either the dean of their medical, dental or public health school or the CEO of their academic health center.
Topics: Emerging issues in leadership and academic health administration, interpersonal competencies, organizational systems, and financial analysis
Schedule and Costs: This year's program is full. There is no information currently available for the 2014-2015 year. Applicants must be nominated by the dean of the School of Medicine or by the CEO of the Academic Health Center.

Sponsored by Drexel University College of Medicine

FOCUS - Spring Conference for Senior Women in Academic Medicine

Audience: Women associate or full professors in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Topics: Mid-career issues, challenges, and opportunities particular to senior women medical faculty
Schedule and Costs: There is no cost to attend. Registration is required. Check the FOCUS Web site for updates.

Sponsored by FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women

FOCUS - Successful Strategies for Women in Academic Medicine

Audience: Women at all academic ranks in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Topics: Opportunities for skill-building and networking designed to support career progression
Schedule and Costs: The annual one-day conference is held during the fall semester at a location near the University of Pennsylvania campus. The cost of admission is $20 and the date is October 25, 2013. More details to be announced.

Sponsored by FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women

Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers

Audience: Physicians in administrative positions in academic health centers who are not chairs of clinical departments. Potential participants include individuals in positions such as chief of a clinical division or section within a clinical department, vice chair of a clinical department, medical director, etc.
Topics: The critical leadership and management issues facing physicians within academic health centers
Schedule and Costs: This 2-week program will be held from November 13-25, 2013. Tuition is $6,200.

Sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health

Harvard - Leadership Strategies for Evolving Health Care Executives

Audience: Health care executives who wish to adapt their knowledge and skills to the constantly changing healthcare field, including: CEOs, COOs, CIOs, presidents, medical directors, nurse executives, department chairs/chiefs, directors, and managers
Topics: Include negotiation skills, strategic affiliations, financial decisions based on crucial data sources, avoiding employee and patient litigation, and establishing strategic productivity plans.
Schedule and Costs: October 27-November 1, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts.
$3,100. Register online or over the phone (617) 384-8692.

Sponsored by Harvard School of Public Health

Harvard Macy Institute - Professional Development Program for Educators in Healthcare

Audience: Leaders with major responsibilities for education in healthcare settings
Topics: Vision and mission development, curricular design, strategic and operational planning
Schedule and Costs: The goal of this Harvard Macy Program is to enhance the professional development of physicians, basic scientists and other healthcare professionals as educators. The program will combine five major themes: Learning and teaching, curriculum, evaluation, leadership, and information technology. The program provides a select group of 60 healthcare professionals with the knowledge base and skills to enhance their expertise in both conducting an educational project of their own design and taking a leadership role in the educational activities at their home institutions.

• Part 1: January 12-22, 2014
• Part 2: May 18-23, 2014

Applications are due September 27, 2013 and fees are $5,800.

Sponsored by Harvard Medical School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Medical International.

Harvard Macy Institute – Program for Leading Innovations in Health Care and Education

Audience: Leaders with major responsibilities for health care education and delivery across various disciplines, especially those who will introduce or manage significant organizational change or innovation in their institutions. Past participants have included deans, program directors, and chairs of curriculum committees.
Topics: Include anticipating disruptive innovations likely to impact health care delivery and the intertwined educational programs, defining and balancing educational and other institutional missions, and designing strategic and operational plans.
Schedule and Costs: June 15-20, 2014; Application deadline, February 21, 2014; Fee: $5,700.

Sponsored by Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education.

Program for Chiefs of Clinical Services

Audience: Chiefs of clinical services
Topics: Allocating resources, developing policies, and providing leadership
Schedule and Costs: The program will be held January 12-24, 2014 in Boston, Mass.
Applications are due August 21, 2013. Late application will be reviewed if space is available. The program fee is $6,200.

Sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health

Higher Education Resource Services (HERS)

HERS 2014 schedule under development

Audience: Mid-career and senior women administrators and faculty
Topics: Intensive training in education administration
Schedule and Costs: Offered at three campuses as follows:

1. HERS Bryn Mawr Summer Institute 2012
Dates: 2014 dates to be announced
Location: Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)
Fees: $6,900 includes tuition, meals & housing, and instructional materials; $6,300 for tuition, meals and instructional materials only; $75 non-refundable application fee.

2. HERS Denver Institute 2012
Dates: 2014 dates to be announced
Location: University of Denver (Denver, CO)
Fees: $6,900 includes tuition, meals & housing, and instructional materials; $6,300 for tuition, meals and instructional materials only; $75 non-refundable application fee

3. HERS Wellesley Institute 2012-2013
Dates: October 10-12, 2013; November 7-9, 2013; February 6-8, 2014; and March 13-15, 2014
Location: Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
Fees: $5,700 includes tuition, meals and instructional materials (+ $75 non-refundable application fee)

Application Deadline: May 1, 2013. Applications submitted after May 1, 2013 will be considered for the waitlist.