External Professional Development Offerings

Stay connected with professional development events and workshops specifically designed for medical faculty. These external programs offer valuable insights, networking and skill-building to support your growth in academic medicine.

Please note: this is not an exhaustive list and any events/workshops listed below are offered by external organizations.

September Events

COMSEP COACH Program: Creating Committed, Academic Coaches
The in-person program includes pre-meeting orientation materials, welcome reception, and a one-and-a-half-day conference taught by certified coaches that will include large group sessions and peer coaching practice. This is followed by longitudinal learning and practice during monthly conference calls via zoom, and a final half day virtual capstone course and celebration.

Sept. 22-24, Arlington, VA
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October Events

MERC Virtual Workshop Series 2026 - Series 3: Scholarly Writing

In this session, the skills of scholarly writing will be explored through the lens of analyzing a manuscript that was accepted for publication. The participants will examine review criteria that are used by healthcare education journals and apply them to a sample manuscript. In discussing scholarly writing the participants will make a decision about the type of feedback they would give to the authors of the sample paper.

Oct. 12, 11:00 AM (CST), Virtual
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