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OFD Professional Development
The Office of Faculty Development in the CHOP Research Institute has curated resources to help you succeed and grow professionally. Resources yield from the Perelman School of Medicine, select Penn Master's programs, and a hand-selected list of useful items to explore opportunities to further your career.
Perelman School of Medicine Faculty Affairs & Professional Development
The Office of Faculty Development in the CHOP Research Institute works closely with Faculty Affairs and Professional Development (FAPD) within PSOM to aid in faculty success. Faculty Affairs will help you navigate appointments, promotions, and more. FAPD professional development resources can help you reach the next level in your career. For more information, view the Perelman School of Medicine Faculty Affairs & Professional Development site.
Penn Master's Programs
Clinicians and basic scientists alike may benefit from seeking training or additional, supplemental training in clinical research, bioethics, and/or public health. This tool can help you identify which Clinical Research or Public Health Master's Program may be right for you. If you pursue a Master's program, familiarize yourself with tuition assistance for University of Pennsylvania faculty.
Learn more about these programs:
- Bioethics (MBE)
- Health Care Innovation (MHCI)
- Law: Health Law Track (ML/Health Law Track)
- Medical Education (MS.Ed)
- Public Health (MPH)
- Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE)
- Health and Policy Research (MSHP)
- Medical Ethics (MSME)
- Translational Research (MTR)
Curated Internal and External Professional Development Resources
There is a wealth of professional development opportunities available through various schools, associations, societies, and other organizations. We have hand-selected a list of useful items for your consideration as you explore opportunities to further your career. Broken down by career-stage or identity, we hope you will find something perfect for you.
Submit a program for consideration to this section
Career Guidance
Included in the Career Guidance document are various resources that offers ideas, advice, and opportunities to help plan the next steps in your professional journey.
Recommended Resources by Career-Stage Identity
- Your First Years as PSOM Faculty: Connection to Success
- Advance Faculty Professional Development Program, Perelman School of Medicine
- Leadership and Management Foundations for Academic Medicine and Science (AAMC)
- Early-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Transforming Conflict into Collaboration (AAMC)
- Successful Strategies for Women in Academic Medicine, FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women, Perelman School of Medicine
- Burrough's Welcome Fund Career Tools
- iBiology Courses
- myIDP - Science Careers Individual Development Plan
- ORCID - Connecting Research and Researchers
- HHMI Career Resources
- Science Careers Articles
- Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) Resources
- How to Mentor Graduate Students - A Guide for Faculty
- Nature's Guide for Mentors
- Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Mid-Career Minority Faculty Leadership Seminar
- Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women, Drexel University College of Medicine
- FOCUS - Successful Strategies for Women in Academic Medicine, FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women, Perelman School of Medicine
- Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers, Harvard School of Public Health
- Leadership Strategies for Evolving Health Care Executives, Harvard School of Public Health
- Program for Leading Innovations in Health Care and Education, Harvard Macy Institute
- Program for Chairs of Clinical Services, Harvard School of Public Health
- Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Leadership Training for Women, campuses across the US including Bryn Mawr College
- Early-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM), Drexel University College of Medicine (Open to women from all institutions)
- Summer Institutes for Women in Higher Education Administration, Higher Education Resource Services (HERS), Bryn Mawr, PA and other US locations
- Successful Strategies for Women in Academic Medicine Annual conference: FOCUS on Health and Leadership for Women in Academic Medicine
- Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare
- Physician Affairs supports a select number of attendees annually with Department nomination. Contact Michelle DeLucia for more information.