Programs

The Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) was launched in July 2017, in partnership with Columbia's Business School and the Department of Health Policy & Management (HPM). LEAD delivers strategic management and health policy training to rising-star physicians in the NYP health system.

The LEAD program provides a tailored, applied education for future physician leaders to gain competencies and capabilities valued by NYP and our medical partners, including respect-based leadership, management skills, team-building, healthcare policy, and applied business skills. In addition to coursework, participants complete a capstone project preparing them to effectively work and collaborate in our institutions, with a focus on addressing structural inequities in healthcare.

For information, please contact LEAD@nyp.org.

The new application is out, with a deadline of November 16, 2022.   leadapplicationannouncementseptember2022.pdf

The Mentored Clinical Research Training Program (MCRTP) offers junior physicians at Weill Cornell and Houston Methodist a fast-track program to acquire the skillset to develop a clinical research project proposal and embark on a clinical research career pathway.

The MCRTP begins with an intensive, four-day workshop, held during July in NYC. Drawing on courses adapted from the Weill Cornell CTSC, the workshop provides an introduction to the foundations of clinical research, including research design and methodologies, data management and analysis, and the regulatory process. Following the workshop, trainees will develop their own clinical research projects with guidance from experienced clinical researchers at Weill Cornell and/or Houston Methodist.

Please direct questions to ctsc@med.cornell.edu.

In 2016, Quality University-Weill Department of Medicine (QUDoM) was the first program established at NYP/WCM to provide a pathway for junior faculty who are not traditional researchers to obtain mentorship and achieve academic scholarship while improving the quality and safety of hospital and ambulatory patient care. As of fall 2019, 14 WDOM physician and 4 nurses have graduated from the program. Fifteen projects have been completed across WCM uptown and Lower Manhattan campuses; 93% were integrated into standard practice with an additional two projects ongoing. Due to interest from other departments as well as NYP Nursing, we have expanded to include physician and nurse participants from the Departments of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Surgery starting with the Class of 2019.

Since the start of the program, faculty mentorship of residents in QI has increased by fivefold in the Weill Department of Medicine. In addition, more than a third of the sponsored projects have included a total of 24 residents and fellows which help our department meet the CLER program core competency for direct faculty and resident project participation in quality improvement.

As of 2019, QUDoM has expanded across Weill Cornell Medicine as part of the College’s larger faculty development and mentorship efforts. It has been rebranded as Quality Improvement Academy-Weill Cornell Medicine (QIA-WCM) to reflect involvement of all departments. QIA-WCM will continue to prioritize the quality and safety goals of WCM and NYP while increasing the productivity and visibility of the institution’s commitment to high value, high quality care as a high reliability organization. 

Contact Dr. Jennifer I. Lee (Vice Chair), Ericka Fong (Program Manager), Sawilda Worley (Administrative Specialist) via QIA-DOM@med.cornell.edu

Now Accepting Applications for Quality Improvement Academy Class of 2025! 

The Mid-Career Minority Faculty Leadership Seminar (Mid-Career MinFac) addresses the specific needs of mid-career faculty from a culturally responsive approach. This professional development seminar provides networking opportunities, small-group executive coaching sessions and CV review for career planning, as well as observational learning opportunities where participants are matched with senior faculty members from outside of their institution.

This four-day leadership development seminar focuses on female physicians and scientists who hold medical school appointments at the associate professor level as well as leadership positions within their discipline, department or institution. The seminar covers leadership topics relevant to mid-career faculty, including: communication, overcoming challenges in the changing landscape of academic medicine, negotiation, wellness, politics and more.

The Association of American Medical Colleges Minority Faculty Leadership Development Seminar is designed for junior faculty (senior clinical and research fellows, instructors and assistant professors) and postdoctoral researchers (with M.D.s and/or Ph.D.s) who aspire to hold leadership positions in academic medicine.

This three-day seminar provides participants with real-world guidance and tools for academic medical career advancement, key professional competency development, grant writing and communications, and professional network expansion.

This four-day, interactive seminar provides women at the assistant professor or instructor level with the knowledge and skills required to navigate the landscape of academic medicine enterprise and continue on a path to leadership. Attendees develop academic medical and scientific career-building skills, including: communication, conflict management, financial acumen and strategic thinking.

The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program is a year-long, part-time fellowship for female faculty in schools of medicine, dentistry and public health. The program is dedicated to developing the professional and personal skills required to lead and manage in today's complex healthcare environment, with special attention given to the unique challenges facing women in leadership positions. More than 1,000 ELAM alumni hold leadership positions in institutions around the world. Individual women are nominated in order to participate.

We are pleased to share an outstanding opportunity for early-career faculty in academic medicine at your institution for their professional development. In a collaboration between Rush University Medical Center, Rosalind Franklin University, and Southern Illinois University, we have created innovative, continuing education credits-eligible courses that address crucial leadership and professional issues for faculty in different stages of their careers. This Early Career Faculty Development Bootcamp is specifically tailored to the needs of instructors and assistant professors. Further information is provided in the attached flyer.

We would be grateful if you would share the information with your colleagues and others in your network. 

This event will be held virtually on the Zoom platform from May 30th to June 1st, 2023 (2 – 5 PM Central Daylight Time).

To register, please click this link. https://cmetracker.net/RUSH/Publisher?page=pubOpenSub#/event/487837/

Please contact mentoringprograms@rush.edu if you have any questions.

Thank you for your help and support.

Kind regards.

_________________________________________________________________

Amarjit S. Virdi, PhD

Director, Office of Mentoring Programs

Faculty Affairs, Rush University

Armour Academic Center|600 S. Paulina St., Suite 1037A |Chicago, IL 60612

P: 312.942.5143 |F: 312.563.3141|E: amarjit_virdi@rush.edu

eCornell is Cornell University’s online education department which resides in Ithaca.  eCornell courses, including certificate programs, are available to WCM faculty at a very special rate and can be accessed through the employee portal.