New Faculty Foundations: Building for Success

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The New Faculty Foundations Program (NFF) is designed to provide new OHSU School of Medicine faculty with a longitudinal orientation program, that meets three core objectives:

  1. To develop and sustain a supportive community among all SoM faculty, across missions and departments. 
  2. To foster and enhance SoM faculty engagement, career satisfaction and retention.
  3. To provide faculty with precision, or “just in time” resources to better define their faculty roles and responsibilities and to emphasize and support their academic advancement and professional development. 

New Faculty Foundations will connect faculty to the school and institution, afford networking opportunities across departments and missions, and provide access to institutional resources.

Program structure

New Faculty Foundations workshops will take place from noon – 2 p.m. on the second Monday of the month.

Specific workshop dates for 2024-25 are:

  • Mon., Sept. 9
  • Mon., Oct. 14
  • Mon., Nov. 11
  • Mon., Dec. 9
  • Mon., Jan. 13
  • Mon., Feb. 10

Workshops will include community building activities, didactic presentations, group breakout sessions, and more. All sessions are designed to complement existing human resources, department and division orientation programs.

September | Welcome & Introduction to leaders and missions

  • Come meet the Dean and other leaders from the School of Medicine and the institution
  • Learn about the missions and units in the SoM
  • Locate resources that will help you “hit the ground running” in your new role

October | Well-Being at OHSU & Faculty panels: “Wish I knew then what I know now”

  • Community Building
  • Well-being at OHSU
    • Megan Furnari, M.D., M.S., Associate Chief Wellness Officer
  • Faculty Panels:
    • Scientist/Researcher Panel
      • Monica Hinds, Ph.D., Professor of Biomedical Engineering 
      • Allison Lindauer, Ph.D., N.P., Associate Professor of Neurology 
      • Anna Wilson, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics 
      • Shelley Tworoger, Ph.D., Division Head, Oncological Sciences, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute 
    • Clinician/Educator Panel (including scholarship of education)
      • Shannon Anderson, M.P.A.S., PA-C, Associate Professor of Neurology 
      • Kristian Enestvedt, M.D., FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation 
      • Patricio Riquelme, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine 
      • Benjamin Schneider, M.D., Associate Professor of Family Medicine 

November | Diving deeper into your faculty role

  • Community Building Exercise 
  • Presentations (Choose one session to attend) 
    • Session A: Orientation to role as a scientist/researcher: regulatory approvals, grant funding, supervising trainees, resources and key leaders 
      • Peter Barr-Gillespie and Dana Director - Nuts and Bolts of the Office of Proposal and Award Management (OPAM)
      • Cindy Morris - Introduction to Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI
      • Paul Newton and Sonnet Jonker - Getting to know your IRB and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
    • Session B: Orientation to role as a medical staff member: medical staff, pro-board, policies/procedures, privileging and quality improvement work 
      • Renee Edwards, Chief Medical Officer, OHSU Health 
      • Stephanie Halvorson, Division Chief, Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine; OHSU Professional Board Chair
      • Ann Klinger, Director, OHSU Health Medical Affairs 
      • Johanna Warren, Senior Associate Chief Medical Officer for Ambulatory Practice 

December | Living the values of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

January | Skill development for educators and scientists

February | Paths to advancement

  • Making the most of your division/department annual review
  • P&T pearls
  • Coaching and mentorship opportunities

This series of workshops is intended for OHSU School of Medicine Faculty who have been recently appointed at OHSU.

The School of Medicine Office of Faculty Development will work with the Office of Faculty Affairs, departmental chairs and administrators, and human resources to obtain a list of all new faculty.

Target faculty will receive invitations to attend all six workshops, and should work with their individual departments/divisions to block off time to attend. 

If you are a new faculty and did not receive a calendar invitation, or are a recent hire who is interested in attending, please contact facdev@ohsu.edu.

September 9

  • Session recording: SoM Dean and leadership remarks; introduction to Dean's Office, and Offices of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development (1 hr. 29 min.)
  • Presentation slides: Introduction to SoM Dean’s Office, Introduction to SoM Office of Faculty Affairs, and Introduction to SoM Office of Faculty Development

October 14

November 11

Program history

New Faculty Foundations grew out of a project that was designed by Associate Dean for Faculty Development Andrea Cedfeldt, during her participation in the 2023-24 cohort of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program.

It was developed with input from departmental chairs, the OHSU chair executive committee, the School of Medicine Faculty Advancement and Development Committee and other key stakeholders in professional development across OHSU.

Poster outlining the need and design for the New Faculty Foundations program
Poster created by Andrea Cedfeldt, M.D., during participation in the ELAM program. (Click image to view as a PDF).

Contact

Program Director

Andrea Cedfeldt, M.D., Associate Dean, Faculty Development

Administrative Contacts

Jessica Lasneski, Administrative Coordinator, Office of Faculty Development

Devon Ritter, Program Design Specialist, Office of Faculty Development