University of Virginia Health System

• Thriving in Academic Medicine  (Promotion & Tenure, New Faculty Orientation, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, & Annual Reviews)
• Teaching the Teachers (Teaching Portfolios, Developing & Improving Medical Education Proposals, Teaching with Style)
• Physician Wellness (Promoting Wellness, Mindfulness for Physicians & Health Care Professionals, Reflective Writing, Time Management, The Healer's Art)
• Leadership in Humanistic Medicine (Mindfulness, Illness Narrative, Reflective Writing, & Palliative Care)
• Getting Started in Research (Grants & Research Support, Effective Scientific Writing, Ethics & Compliance, Grantsmanship, Clinical Research)
• Transitions & Changes (Pyschological Exploration of Change, Money & Meaning)
• Clinical Faculty Retreat (January 6-7, 2006)
• Dean's Leadership Seminars
• Women in Medicine (WIM) Conference (October 27-28, 2005)
• Registration/Information
• Accreditation

P&T Candidates:
Polishing the Portfolio
(2 CME credits)

P&T Candidates:
Polishing the Portfolio
(2 CME credits)

Wednesday, August 17, 2005
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Howard Kutchai, PhD and Sharon Hostler, MD
This interactive session is an opportunity for identified candidates proposed for promotion and/or tenure this year to meet informally to review the various elements required for the portfolio
and ask questions about their individual portfolios.

Wednesday, September 14, 2005
5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. General Faculty Meeting in the Old Medical School Auditorium
6:00 p.m. Reception in Honor of New Faculty in Jordan Hall Conference Center (JHCC) 1st Floor Lobby
7:00 p.m. Dinner for New Faculty with Dean Garson, Rooms 2ABC, JHCC

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Thursday, September 15, 2005 A Three-Part Series
7:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Sharon Hostler, MD, Juliet Trail, Howard Kutchai, PhD, William G. Wilson, MD, Karen Knight, MSL, Alan Cohn, LCSW, John Schorling, MD, and Steven S. Wasserman, PhD
This session will focus on Organizational and Generational Orientation, New Faculty Survey, Library Survival, ADE and the Teaching Portfolio, Getting Started with Research, and Balance vs. Burnout.

Monday, October 10, 2005 A Three-Part Series
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Sharon Hostler, MD, Juliet Trail, Howard Kutchai, PhD, Karen Johnston, MD, Karen Knight, MSL, Alan Cohn, LCSW, John Schorling, MD, and Steven S. Wasserman, PhD
This session will focus on Organizational and Generational Orientation, New Faculty Survey, Library Survival, ADE and the Teaching Portfolio, Getting Started with Research, and Balance vs. Burnout

Thursday, November 3, 2005 A Three-Part Series
7:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Mary Parish and Sharon Hostler, MD
This session will focus on Effective Communication and Teambuilding.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 A Three-Part Series
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Linda Snelling, MD and Sharon Hostler, MD
The Metrics of Medicine: How to Read the Report; The Meaning of Money; Negotiations; Balance: Managing Time, Energy, and Money; Supervision: How to Manage People.

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Thursday, February 23, 2006
4:00-7:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Marc Modica, Lecturer in Business Administration ( Darden Graduate School of Business Administration)
A case study highlights the components of conflict management and the skills required for conflict resolution.

Monday, March 6, 2006
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Sharon Hostler, MD
Round table or square table? The real question is getting to “yes.” Come practice your negotiation skills.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. G1/G2, JHCC
Sharon Hostler, MD
The performance review process should engage the faculty member and supervisor/Chair in a meaningful discussion around performance and professional development/advancement. This session focuses on how the
faculty member can maximize the professional value of his or her annual review.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Lawrence H. Phillips, MD
This program is designed to help UVa School of Medicine faculty prepare effectively for promotion and/or tenure and covers the various faculty tracks, criteria for P&T, the kinds of documentation required, and preparing the P&T portfolio.

Thursday, August 3, 2006
7:00 p.m.-9:00 a.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Lawrence H. Phillips, MD and Sharon Hostler, MD
This interactive session is an opportunity for identified candidates proposed for promotion and/or tenure this year to meet informally to review the various elements required for the portfolio and ask questions about their individual portfolios.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Lawrence H. Phillips, MD and Sharon Hostler, MD
This interactive session is an opportunity for identified candidates proposed for promotion and/or tenure this year to meet informally to review the various elements required for the portfolio and ask questions about their individual portfolios.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. G1/G2, JHCC
Hilary Sanfey, MD and William G. Wilson, MD
This workshop will describe the preparation of the new teaching portfolio for P&T purposes as well as for use in applying for admission to the Academy of Distinguished Educators. Participants will have an opportunity to review sample teaching portfolios.

Thursday, February 9, 2006
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Jerry Short, PhD, Robert Bloodgood, PhD, and Karen Johnston, MD
Internal and external funds are available for undergraduate medical education (UME) research. For example, the Academy of Distinguished Educators annually requests proposals for UME medical education research. This session will focus on developing proposals to seek these funds.

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Questionnaire Design & Survey Methodology for Medical Education Research Proposals I (1 CME credit)

AND

Questionnaire Design & Survey Methodology for Medical Education Research Proposals 2 (1 CME credit)

Tuesday, February 14, 2006 A Two-Part Series
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Wendy Cohn, PhD, Jim Martindale, PhD, Lisa Rollins, PhD, and Natalie May, PhD
These sessions will cover the basic elements of questionnaire design and survey methodology. The first session will provide information to assist investigators in designing good questions and using methodologically sound administration procedures for mail, telephone and web-based surveys.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
During the second session, investigators are encouraged to bring survey ideas, questions and drafts for feedback and group discussion.

Tuesday, March 7, 2006
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Addeane S. Caelleigh, MA
This program will review the elements of what constitutes an excellent medical education research proposal and what questions authors should ask themselves about their proposals prior to submission. Although individual proposals cannot be reviewed, participants are encouraged to bring specific questions about their proposals for discussion with the group.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Hilary Sanfey, MD
This workshop will describe the preparation of the new teaching portfolio for P&T purposes as well as for use in applying for admission to the Academy of Distinguished Educators. Participants will have an opportunity to review sample teaching portfolios.

Wednesdays, March 29-April 12, 2006
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. 2783 Old Medical School
Addeane S. Caelleigh, MA
The former editor of Academic Medicine, Addeane Caelleigh, will be available for 20 minute individual consultations to review various aspects of your medical education research proposal prior to submission.
To reserve a slot, please contact Elizabeth Graham (phone: 4-8497; e-mail: eg4e@virginia.edu).

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Thursday, March 30, 2006
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. HSL Carter Classroom
John Jackson, MA
Limited to 14 Participants. Upon completion of this interactive hands-on educational activity, participants will be able to identify teaching situations appropriate to the use of multimedia, discuss the various types of educational multimedia, and be able to explain the pros and cons of using multimedia in PowerPoint on the web.

Adult Learning I: Read, Listen, and Act Your Way into Learning (2 CME credits)

AND

Adult Learning II: Teaching with Style (2 CME credits)

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 A Two-Part Series
4:00 p.m-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Diane Magrane, MD and Lisa Rollins, PhD
How do I learn? This session uses a simple inventory to help put our learning preferences into practice.


Wednesday, September 6, 2006
4:00 p.m-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
Diane Magrane, MD and Lisa Rollins, PhD
Incorporating results of the Kolb learning style inventory into lessons for students, patients, and peers.

Ongoing
Members of the Academy of Distinguished Educators and the Teaching Resource Center.

Not yet scheduled: April/May 2006
(Dates/Location TBA)
Eugene Corbett, MD and Michael Rein, MD

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Thursday, September 15, 2005
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
John Schorling, MD and Daniel Becker, MD
This session will focus on what constitutes physician wellness and how to best maintain it.

Wednesdays, September 28, 2005
November 16, 2005
6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. The Mindfulness Center
853 West Main Street, 103 Republic Plaza,
or visit the website: www.uvamindfulnesscenter.org
Matthew Goodman, MD and John Schorling, MD
NOTE: Registration fee is $400 for physicians; to register, call Rachel Kelly at 924-1190

Self-awareness and self-knowledge are frequently cited as key factors in patient-centered care. Through the practice of mindfulness (moment-to-moment nonjudgmental awareness), this eight-week program will create a frame through which to view thought processes, biases, and emotional states in patient care with a goal of enhancing empathy.

Mondays, November 7- November 28, 2005
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. 5382 Barringer
Daniel Becker, MD and David B. Morris
During this four-week program, participants will be expected to share writing in any style or form that attempts to convey what disturbs or enthralls or terrifies at the bedside. The course faculty will “referee” the
sessions and also be available to comment on revisions.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
John Schorling, MD and Susan Pollart, MD
In this two-hour workshop, the faculty will present time management techniques in both didactic and experiential formats. They will discuss how time can be more effectively utilized and provide participants the opportunity to evaluate their own use of time and to plan how they could improve the time balance in their own lives.

Saturday, December 10, 2005
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 2ABC, G1/G2, Mtg. Rm. 1
John Schorling, MD, Julia Connelly, MD, Ann Kellams, MD, Bryce Kellams, MD, Walter Davis, MD,
Matthew Goodman, MD, and Mark Mendelsohn, MD
This workshop, based on a curriculum designed by Rachel Remen, MD, Professor, UCSF School of Medicine, addresses the discipline of achieving and maintaining balance.

Wednesdays, April 12-June 7, 2006
6:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. The Mindfulness Center
853 West Main Street, 103 Republic Plaza,
or visit the website: www.uvamindfulnesscenter.org
Matthew Goodman, MD and John Schorling, MD
NOTE: Registration fee is $400 for physicians/$250 for other healthcare professionals.

Self-awareness and self-knowledge are frequently cited as key factors in patient-centered care. Through the practice of mindfulness (moment-to-moment nonjudgmental awareness), this eight-week program will create
a frame through which to view thought processes, biases, and emotional states in patient care with a goal of enhancing empathy.

Saturday, June 3, 2006
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 2ABC, JHCC
John Schorling, MD, Julia Connelly, MD, and Matthew Goodman, MD
This program includes didactic presentations and practice and replicates the highly rated session this faculty presented at the Society for General Internal Medicine.

Mondays, November 6-November 27, 2006
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. 5382 Barringer
Daniel Becker, MD with others TBA
During this four-week program, participants will be expected to share writing in any style or form that attempts to convey what disturbs or enthralls or terrifies at the bedside. The course faculty will “referee” the
sessions and also be available to comment on revisions.

Not yet scheduled: Spring 2006, Date TBA
John Schorling, MD, Julia Connelly, MD, Ann Kellams, MD, Bryce Kellams, MD, Walt Davis, MD, Matthew Goodman, MD, and Mark Mendelsohn.

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Leadership in Humanistic Medicine Series

NOTE: these courses can be taken individually.

Palliative Care
(2 CME credits)

Monday, April 24, 2006
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. 5382 Barringer
Daniel Becker, MD and others TBA
This session will focus on the difference between palliative care/hospice and comfort care/standard care, and the team approach that makes palliative care successful. Its aim is to help enable physicians caring for
terminally ill patients to respond to their patients in a more complete way and help assist their patients in making end-of-life decisions.

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Friday, March 24, 2006
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Auditorium, JHCC
Erik Hewlett, MD, Ms. Sarah White, Ms. Susie Hoffman, Ms. Inhye Son, and Patricia Foley, DVM
The overall objective of this program is to help participants prepare effective grant proposals. The workshop will explore strategies for writing applications, identify new types of NIH grants available, provide an overview of grant submission procedures through SOM Grants and Contracts, and review the SOM HIC and Animal Research requirements.

Friday, April 7, 2006
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. General Purpose Room Darden (Limited to 25)
Constance D. Baldwin, PhD
This course will help participants improve their skill in writing clear, concise, and effective prose suitable for all scholarly documents. The course is highly interactive, with constructive group critique of“live” writing samples excerpted from typical early drafts of articles and grant proposals. Handouts summarize principles and techniques, list online writing resources, and offer an array of exercises for postworkshop
practice.

Not yet scheduled, April-June 2006:
These half-day programs are designed for new faculty engaged in research here in the School of Medicine.

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Psychological Exploration of Change

Money and Meaning

Coping with Loss

Tuesday, February 21, 2006
12:00 noon-1:30 p.m. G1/G2, JHCC
This bi-monthly series will include lunch and discussion with faculty, across all ranks, who have successfully made great change or are facing a major transition. Conversations may include track changes, time allocations, retirement, taking on leadership roles, or becoming a working parent. Session 1 will focus on challenges of preparing, practicing, and making change in our professional lives.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006
12:00 noon-1:30 p.m. G1/G2, JHCC
The second session will focus on the financial implications of transitions and changes.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006
12:00 noon-1:30 p.m. G1/G2, JHCC
The session will focus on personal stories and experiences around the theme of loss. Please visit our new web page dedicated to this seminar series.

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Friday-Saturday, January 6-7, 2006
Friday: 5:30-7:30, JHCC
Presented by the senior leadership of the School of Medicine/Medical Center with an opening session presentation by David C. Leach, MD, Executive Director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Darden Education, with a reception to follow.

Saturday: 7:00-2:30 p.m. Abbott Center Auditorium, Darden
Saturday’s program will be focus on Graduate Medical Education today, including the institutional vision, UVa’s program strengths, and models for the future.

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This five-part program is a series of case-based interactive seminars lead by Alexander Horniman, PhD, Killgallon Ohio Art Professor of Business
Administration, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, and UVa Senior Fellow, Olsson Center for Applied Ethics John Schorling,
MD, Harry T. Peters, Sr. Professor of Internal Medicine, and Public Health Sciences, and Patricia P. Cormier, EdD, President, Longwood University.

Tuesday, January 31, 2006
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.3023 McKim Hall
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. 3023 McKim Hall
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. 3023 McKim Hall
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. 3023 McKim Hall
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. 3023 McKim Hall

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1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

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These programs are free of charge but we ask that you register in advance so that we have sufficient materials for all participants. To register for these programs, please go to www.cmevillage.com and click on “Faculty Leadership Programs” (programs are listed in chronological order) or to register for multiple conferences, please use the attached registration form.

If you have questions, please contact Elizabeth Hale Graham (phone: 924-8497; e-mail: eg4e@virginia.edu).

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The University of Virginia School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Virginia School of Medicine designates these educational activities, depending on the program, for 1-20 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

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