Clinician Educator Peer Networking Program

The Clinician Educator Peer Networking (CEPN) program provides in-person and virtual  networking opportunities for early career Clinician Educators (CEs). The goals of the program are to build community, enhance physician wellness, and promote career satisfaction among early career CEs throughout the School of Medicine.  

The program is open to benefits-eligible Clinical Assistant Professors across the School of Medicine’s departments and divisions. Priority is given to faculty who were appointed as or promoted to Clinical Assistant Professors between January 2021 and July 2024.

The CEPN Program aims for participants to:

1. Develop relationships with colleagues outside of their division 
2. Recognize Stanford’s commitment to them
3. Understand more about Stanford 
4. Develop group interpersonal skills; and for the facilitators, facilitation skills

Each CEPN Program peer group is typically composed of up to 12 faculty. The peer groups network, learn career tips, and build community as they navigate their Stanford careers. Each group determines its meeting cadence, but groups typically meet about once a month online or in-person for community-building activities such as, but not limited to, a book club, a meal, or outdoor activities such as hiking. 

Each peer group is facilitated by member(s) of the group. Facilitators receive initial training and periodic facilitator debriefs.

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead End Work by Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund and Laurie Weingart
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

CEPN Program Advisory Board members work with the Associate Deans for the CE line and the OAA Faculty Professional Development staff to guide the program’s future development and activities. The current CEPN Program Advisory Board members are:

Brittany Dashevsky, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology

Melanie Lean, Clin.Psych.D, Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Marlen Pajcini, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Radiology

Irina Skylar-Scott, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences