Empowering Junior Faculty: Penn State???s Faculty Development and Mentoring Program

Empowering junior faculty: Penn State's faculty development and mentoring program.

Empowerment of faculty is essential for academic success. The Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP), sponsored by the Office of Professional Development of the Penn State College of Medicine, was established in 2003 with the goal of promoting the development and advancement of junior faculty so they can achieve success in their academic careers. The program consists of two components: a cur...

The importance of mentoring in recruiting and retaining junior faculty.

Outcomes of a pilot faculty mentoring program.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether a junior faculty mentoring program is beneficial to participants and to identify particular positive and negative aspects of such a program to enable others to institute similar programs. STUDY DESIGN In 2001 a pilot program was instituted in our obstetrics and gynecology department for interested faculty members. There were 3 focus...

Junior faculty core curriculum to enhance faculty development

INTRODUCTION Senior Instructors and Assistant Professors in their first academic appointment may not have all the tools for an efficient start to their careers. Although many institutions provide access to mentoring programs and seminars on faculty development, the timing and format of the offerings often conflict with ongoing responsibilities of the faculty, particularly clinical faculty. ME...

The Junior Faculty Laboratory: an innovative model of peer mentoring.

Mentoring in academic medicine has been shown to contribute to the success of junior faculty, resulting in increased productivity, career satisfaction, and opportunities for networking. Although traditional dyadic mentoring, involving one senior faculty member and one junior protégé, is the dominant model for mentoring in the academic environment, there is increasing recognition that the sharin...