FRAME (Faculty Reaching for Academic Medical Excellence) is offered to all full time junior faculty (i.e., instructors, senior instructors and assistant professors). FRAME provides participants with the tools and time for individualized career self-reflection; a list of campus resources to support one’s work; guidance and insights from university leaders; and the opportunity to build a cohort of colleagues within the School of Medicine.
The program consists of seven half-day sessions, including two individualized one-hour coaching sessions with a Board Certified Coach. The curriculum includes activities in the following areas:
- Articulating your values and defining individual success
- Navigating and working within the culture of academic medicine
- Developing a career vision and career action plan
- Balancing work-life integration and maximizing effective time management to avoid burnout
- Learning best practices in networking, mentoring, sponsorship
- Identifying campus resources for working with students, honing presentation and teaching skills, and utilizing library resources
- Advancing your academic career (tenure-track and non-tenure track)
- Successfully managing an effective team (i.e., lab, project management)
- Developing research and grants management skills to ensure future success
- Improving your communication skills (e.g., writing)
- Mapping future steps on the leadership journey
Curriculum
Session I: Friday, August 22, 2025, 8:30am-12:00pm, In Person: Who You Are in the Larger Context
Session II: Friday, September 25, 2025, 8:30am-12:00pm, In Person: Defining Success and Developing a Plan
Session III: Friday, October 23, 2025, 8:30am-12:00pm, In Person: Connections, Internal and External
Session IV: Friday, December 12, 2025, 8:30am-12:00pm, Zoom: Teaching and Presenting
Session V: Friday, January 15, 2026, 8:30am-12:00pm, Zoom: Academic Advancement and Scholarship
Session VI: Friday, February 12, 2026, 8:30am-12:00pm, Zoom: Leading Interdisciplinary teams
Session VII: Friday, March 13, 2026, 8:30am-12:00pm, In person: Onward to the Future
There is a $500 fee to participate in this program.
The 2024-2025 program includes 7 half day sessions that will run from August, 2025 through March, 2026. The program also includes two coaching sessions with a Board Certified Coach. Applications for the 2024-2026 program are being accepted from May 12th through June 23rd.