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This webinar series is only available for UW affiliated faculty, staff, and students. Description of Series: Health profession educators are often called upon to help identify, support, and remediate struggling students. The root causes of student performance deficits are multifaceted and may be due to academic and non-academic factors. Deficiencies are rarely correctable through a simple solution. The Fall 2022 IAMSE (International Association of Medical Science Educators)  Webinar Se...

Despite ongoing social and political disruptions, medical education has continued to refine how we can best cultivate the professional identities of our learners and faculty. This Grand Rounds will highlight current challenges in professionalism through discussion of emerging frameworks to support an antiracist and inclusive environment to allow for all members of the medical education community to flourish. 

This workshop provides tools and strategies for working through interpersonal conflicts in the workplace with colleagues. Attendees will practice with a case study, then will have the opportunity to work through a case of their own using the tools and practices presented.

Are you thinking about retiring from the faculty in the next few years? What do you need to know to prepare? Learn about the basics from the UW Benefits Offices (UW, UWP, and CUMG), including timeline and where to find out about health insurance and financial basics. You will also hear from several faculty who have successfully made the transition. Due to the complex nature of faculty appointments and retiring at the UW, we will do our best to answer questions you may have. If you need specific...

This is part of a four-part series on the third Thursday monthly at 3pm from September through December, 2022.Objectives: Explore how compassion for others and for ourselves can support our well-being through an exploration of research and practices.Content: Revisit our neurobiological response to threats and stress through the lens of self-compassion as a way of disrupting our fight, flight, and freeze response with self-kindness, common humanity, and mindful awareness. Explore the differences ...

This event is open to UW School of Medicine faculty only.This workshop is geared toward mid-career faculty who are interested in career advancement, and promotion from associate to full professor. There is practical advice about making five- and ten-year plans, how to be a mentor, and steps to promotion. You will also hear from a panel of recently promoted faculty.

This is part of a four-part series on the third Thursday monthly at 3pm from September through December, 2022.Objectives: Explore pro-social emotions and their role in our well-being and our ability to think creatively, innovatively, and to stay open to different perspectives.Content: Practicing gratitude is one of the keys to experiencing resilience and to mitigating risks of burnout. We will discuss multiple ways to practice gratitude as individuals and as a community to develop a culture of w...

All good teams and organizations change over time. This change is essential for growth and can also be quite challenging. Leading change can be more effective when anchored in the principles of adaptive leadership as well as Kotter’s eight-stage process of change management. This session will incorporate both knowledge and skill-building in an interactive format. It is designed for all faculty members who are contemplating leading change; both those with formal leadership positions as well as th...

This is part of a four-part series on the third Thursday monthly at 3pm from September through December, 2022.Objectives: Look at the impacts of uncertainty on our well-being, especially in a COVID and post-COVID era. Examine the shift in impacts of stress on our well-being through exploring both acute and chronic stressors in our environment. Explore the concept of radical acceptance as developed in dialectical behavioral therapy.Content: Look at models of post disaster recovery and emotional w...

This workshop will provide tools to help you learn principles of productivity and creativity. You will learn and practice strategies for managing your email as well as low-tech solutions to time management and organization.