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Professional Development Opportunities
All faculty are invited and encouraged to attend monthly informal faculty development discussions planned and offered by the Office of Faculty Affairs and the Women's Faculty Development  Caucus.  All sessions are open to faculty and students.  All sessions are brown bag from noon - 1 pm and will either originate at UAMS to be broadcast to ACH and participating ACHECs or the reverse.  If you want to watch the digital recording from your desk, go to www.archildrens.org/video, click on other presentations, type "Mentor" in the search window  at the top of the page. Hit enter. 

February 17 - What to do when your clock is ticking
Dr. Jan Shorey, Associate Dean, CME and Faculty Affairs
Video-conferenced at UAMS ED 2 B 112 A/B to ACH Chairman's Hall
What to Do When your Clock is Ticking - Career Advice and the 2009 P/T Document

Digital recording link - click on the title

March 17 - Networking up for Scientists and Clinicians
Dana Gaddy, Ph.D. and Sara Tariq, M.D.
Video-conferenced at UAMS in ED 2 Room B 112 A/B to ACH Chairman's Hall

April 21 - Summertime Options for Kids
Jennifer Pyron, Associate Publisher and Editor, Little Rock Family
Video-conferenced at UAMS, IDW Room 104A to ACH Cress Board Room

May 5 - Being an Effective Parent:  Balancing Work and Family
Dr.  Nick Long, Director of the Center for Effective Parenting, ACH
Video-conferenced in ACH Cress Board Room to UAMS IDW 115 A

June 10 - Managing Generational Differences
Michelle Phillips, MA, UAMS Organizational Development
Video-conferenced from UAMS, IDW Room 115A to ACH Cress Board Room

July 27 - Career Development for Scientists
Dr. Gwen Childs, Professor and Chair, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences
Video-conferenced from UAMS IDW Room 105 A to ACH Chairman's Hall

August 19 - Letting Go of Perfectionism
Dr. Wendy Ward-Begnoche, Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Dr. Betty Jayne Bellando, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Video-conferenced from ACH Chairman's Hall to UAMS IDW Room 105A
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Faculty often write letters of reference for residents and/or co-workers.  The following link provides general guidelines and characteristics of good and bad letters - http://www.med.uiuc.edu/FacultyDev/LetterOfRef/

Contact the Office of Faculty Affairs (526.4685) for more information or with suggestions for Professional Development programs.

 

Office of Faculty Affairs
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 W. Markham # 849
Little Rock, AR 72205
Office Space 4D40
Main Number: 501.526.4661
Fax: 501.526.4683