Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine
The Academy for Excellence in Clinical Medicine (AECM) was established in 2021. The mission of the AECM is to honor exemplary clinicians who combine humanism, professionalism and pass for patient care with a scholarly approach to improving patient health and who will establish a community of leaders to promote clinical excellence.
The Advanced Leadership Program (ALP) is designed to refine leadership skills for distinguished senior faculty and VUMC leaders. The program engages distinguished faculty from the Owen School of Management, senior VUSM leaders, and the Lipscomb University Institute for Conflict Management.
Early-Career Investigator Workshop
The Early-Career Investigator Workshop is a workshop designed to engage assistant-level faculty conducting bench science who wish to learn and refine skills related to lab management and success in basic research. Areas covered include building your research team, managing your research team, honing your mentoring skills, faculty wellness and resiliency, financial lab management, and other management insights.
Mid-Career Leadership Development Program
The Mid-Career Leadership Development Program is designed to cultivate and prepare future leaders in the medical center. The program provides the foundation for success of selected associate professors exhibiting leadership abilities. The program engages distinguished faculty members from VUSM leaders and selected leaders from regional and national Academic Medical Associations.
Mid-Career Skills Building Sessions
The Mid-Career Skills Building Sessions are sessions designed to engage associate-level faculty in learning core competencies necessary for effective department and/or section/division leadership. The didactic and colloquial sessions will provide practical examples and applications of the core competencies necessary to lead departments, divisions, centers and other combined clinical and academic enterprises at VUMC. Mid-career faculty are invited to attend all sessions or only those of interest to them.
New Faculty Orientation is hosted biannually to welcome new faculty who begin in spring and fall. The purpose of the orientation is to provide new faculty with critical information about VUSM and resources available for faculty members to support their academic career.
Promotion Through the Ranks
The Promotion Through the Ranks program is a series of workshops offered to all faculty members about the policies, processes, and expectations during the appointments and promotions process. The workshops are separated by academic track to ensure faculty members receive appointments and promotions data and information about their individual track. The workshops include a panel discussion with senior administrators, recently promoted faculty members, and senior faculty members who have served on the appointments and promotions committee.
Research Track Networking Sessions
The Research Track Networking Sessions are informal quarterly, virtual sessions. The purpose of this program is to informally network with other research track faculty members and expand your professional network at VUSM. All research track faculty are invited to attend all sessions or only those of interest to them.
School of Medicine Faculty Awards
The School of Medicine Faculty Awards recognize excellence in teaching, research and clinical service. These awards are given by the faculty to the faculty. It is the recognition of extraordinary contribution by peers that makes these awards unique and most valued. The annual awards for Excellence in Teaching, Extraordinary Performance of Clinical Service, and Outstanding Contributions to Research are proud Vanderbilt traditions.
The awards for Excellence in Teaching in the School of Medicine are named in honor of faculty who have exemplified the specifics of each award. The awards for Extraordinary Performance of Clinical Service are named in honor of past faculty physicians who were innovators in clinical care. The awards for Outstanding Contributions to Research are named in honor of current and past Vanderbilt faculty who have made outstanding contributions to research. All of these awards are testimony to the exceptional and extraordinary achievements of our School of Medicine faculty.
Thomas A. Hazinski Faculty Development Workshop
The Hazinski Workshop is an annual half-day conference on a chosen topic related to faculty development. The program consists of a keynote lecture, complemented by interactive workshops in varying formats.