AAMC Seminars for Women and Minorities

The Office of Faculty Affairs funds the registration fees for faculty to participate in professional development seminars for women and minorities organized by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Click on the links below for more information about each seminar:

Currently Accepting OFA Registration Funding Applications

Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar - OFA is actively accepting applications through June 28, 2012 for registration funding to the Minority Faculty Career Development Seminar. OFA Registration Funding Instructions (including link to application).

Application for Support

Faculty are selected for support through an internal review process requiring an application that typically includes the following materials:

Office of Faculty Affairs Registration Funding Application
Current Curriculum Vitae
Letter of Support from Chair, Vice Chair, or Department Head

Please watch for announcements from the OFA and follow the specific instructions for each seminar. Applications are reviewed by an internal committee who will select the applicants who will most benefit from attending the seminar. Typically, two applicants are funded each year for each seminar. Selected faculty are responsible for securing additional funding to cover travel and other expenses. Selected applicants are informed in sufficient time so that they can complete their application to AAMC.

Faculty who do not seek OFA financial support may apply directly to AAMC for the seminars. If you do apply please inform OFA at faculty.affairs@umassmed.edu, so that we can keep a list of faculty planning to attend the seminars.

Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar

This four-day professional development seminar is designed for women assistant professors and focuses on academic medicine career building, skills in curriculum vitae development and basic management skills. Attendees are encouraged to develop their social network through the career mapping sessions. The seminar is targeted primarily at physicians. CME credit is offered.
OFA Applications for this event are closed.
Next meeting: July 7–10, 2012, Bolger Center, Potomac MD.

Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar

This three and a half-day program is designed for women primarily at the associate professor level. The program goal is to enhance knowledge and skills needed to support progress along the path to leadership in academic medicine.
Next meeting: December 1-4, 2012, AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Austin TX
OFA Application Deadline: Watch for Announcements for the 2012 Seminar!
AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar.

Minority Faculty Professional Development Seminar

This three-day professional development seminar is designed for junior faculty (senior fellows, instructors, and assistant professors) who are members of underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups and who aspire to leadership positions in academic medicine.
OFA Application Deadline: June 21, 2012. OFA Registration Funding Instructions.
AAMC Minority Faculty Professional Development Seminar. AAMC Deadline not yet been determined.
Next Meeting: September 7-10, West Chicago City Center, Chicago IL