Leadership in Academic Medicine Programs

Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford University have a wide variety of faculty training opportunities. The Office of Faculty Development and Engagement (OFDE) and the Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) created a centralized faculty training website with go-to resources for your professional development.

If you have questions, please contact OFDE and/or OAA.

Resources are organized in the thirteen categories below. Under each category are Stanford organizations highlighting the type of program, intended audiences, sponsoring unit, how to join, duration/logistics, details, and the website links/contact information.
 

Programs listed in alphabetical order below:

  • ELEVATE: Leadership Primer for Division Chiefs

    ELEVATE is intended to provide critical knowledge and policy information, along with an invaluable opportunity to meet key school and system-level leaders. The program facilitates the formation of a community of Chiefs. Open to newly appointed Division Chiefs.

  • Leadership Bootcamp for Junior Faculty

    The bootcamp develops unique leadership styles and applies strengths within professional pursuits through interactive leadership development training. Open to assistant professors across all lines in the first four years of assistant professor appointment.

  • Leading Team Science Teams

    Provides guidance on the characteristics, processes, and dynamics that contribute to a multidisciplinary team’s success while engaging researchers to learn more about how team science should be initiated, conducted, and evaluated. Open to faculty of all ranks across all lines who conduct Team Science research.

  • SHC Medical Director Leadership Compass Program

    Compass is intended to provide critical knowledge and skills, along with an invaluable opportunity to get to know and meet with key SHC leaders. Open to: Newly appointed Medical Directors.

  • Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellowship

    The Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellowship is a health technology innovation program that provides Stanford University faculty members with training and mentoring over approximately 8 months. Participants identify innovation opportunities within and outside their departments, inventing cost-effective solutions and implementing them to improve patient care. Open to Stanford faculty members from medicine, engineering, or other schools at Stanford with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for improving healthcare through health technology innovation are encouraged to apply.

  • Stanford Leadership Development Program (SLDP)

    SLDP develops leaders that implement institutional strategies and meet future challenges in academic medicine. Open to late assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors across all lines.

  • Stanford Medicine Leadership Academy (SMLA)

    SMLA strengthens the capacity of faculty to shape the future of Stanford Medicine through involvement in effective change projects, coaching, and networking. Open to associate and full professors across all lines.

  • Stanford Physician Leadership Certificate Program (SPLC)

    This 6-month cohort-based program provides a foundation of leadership competencies and professional executive coaching.  Participants are equipped with frameworks to understand, practice, and cultivate effective interpersonal and leadership skills in clinical settings. By application in early fall. Program runs winter through early summer. Open to early to mid-career clinical faculty across all lines, within Stanford and elsewhere.

  • Office of Faculty Development and Engagement: Leadership Lunch & Learn Series

    OFDE: Leadership Lunch & Learn Series focuses on developing leadership skills and strategies and faculty. Seminar topics include Effective Presentations, Negotiations, and more. Open to faculty of all ranks across all lines.

  • Office of Faculty Development and Engagement: On-Demand Series

    OFDE offers individualized mentorship, team building, and leadership seminars to departments and groups across Stanford Medicine upon request. Open to faculty of all ranks across all lines.

  • Starting Up Your Research Group SURGE I

    A course for beginner Principal Investigators who are new to Stanford and are in their first term of appointment, who lead research group in basic or clinical departments. Open to newly appointed assistant professors with research labs.

  • Starting Up Your Research Group SURGE II

    This course entails didactic as well as hands-on workshops, in addition to individual leadership assessment and coaching from a certified internal coach. Open to newly appointed assistant professors with research labs.