- Wash U's Quick Guide to Mentorship Relationships: A Guide for Mentees
- The Right mentor can change your career. Here's how to find one. (audio/article)
- A 'personal board of directors' can help you navigate challenges in your career (Science article)
- UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program Toolkit
- Choosing a Research Project and a Research Mentor (Visual abstract HERE)
- Mentoring Millenials
- How Mentoring Evolves (Visual abstract HERE)
- Mentorship Malpractice
- What the Best Mentors Do (Visual abstract HERE)
- Best Practices and Pearls in Interdisciplinary Mentoring (Visual abstract HERE)
- Characteristics of Successful and Failed Mentoring (Visual abstract HERE)
- Making the Most of Mentoring (Visual abstract HERE)
- New Mentor Evaluation Tool: Evidence of Validity
Faculty Development
The Office of Faculty Academic Affairs is here to support Dell Med faculty striving to become better teachers, researchers, clinicians, and leaders at every stage of their careers. Our team continues to develop programmatic offerings, communities, and resources to facilitate ongoing professional skill acquisition for faculty across the medical school.
Development Programs l Charting A Successful Career in Academic Medicine l Development Awards l Skill-building Resource Library l University Awards & Resources
Leadership Starts Here: Dell Med's Faculty Leadership Development Workshop Series
Launching in Fall 2025, the series is designed for emerging faculty leaders and features invited presentations on organizational change leadership, effective conflict communication, and more! Learn More>>
In Conversation Discussion Series
Dell Med leaders across clinical, research, and education mission pillars engage in monthly panel discussions sharing insights on the professional skills, tools, and experiences that informed their career trajectory. Learn More>>
Faculty Coaching Program
The program supports assistant professor participants in clarifying their values, strengths and goals and building academic career fulfillment, momentum, and advancement at Dell Med through coach-guided reflection, awareness, cohort dialogue, and self-defined milestones. Learn More>>
Additional Dell Med Programs & Resources
Upcoming Events
Skill-Building Resource Library
Find podcasts, articles, and guides on topics listed below
Mentorship
Effective Communication when Delivering Feedback
Dell Med and UT Austin Resources provided by HR:
UT Austin HR: Leadership in Conflict Management and Successfully Navigating Conflict workshops offered in a virtual environment at various intervals (1-2hrs):
Dell Med HR Resource Guides:
- How To Give Positive Feedback
- How To Prepare For A Difficult Conversation
- What We Know About Providing Feedback
Additional Resources developed by the Perelman School of Medicine at U Penn:
Frameworks for Ethical Leadership
Recommended Podcasts-Development On the Go
 | The Effort Report with Elizabeth Matsui and Roger Peng features topics on life in academia. It’s micro-episodes series recently launched, covering academic craft topics such as promotion letters. Past episodes cover topics including collaboration, writing letters of recommendation, and revising a manuscript in response to a review. Listen to the Latest Podcast>> |
 | The Faculty Factory is a community of faculty development leaders in academic health systems, presented by UTMB Health. The Faculty Factory Podcast emerged from a desire to communicate faculty-development-specific information in a consistent, modern, practical, and intimate way. Check out the latest episode>> |
UT Austin Development Tools/Resources
UT Faculty Development Faculty Skills Self Assessment
Reflection templates that allow faculty to assess their professional skillsets and identify areas for continued growth in alignment with their career goals.
UT Faculty Development Individual Development Plan
Short, intermediate, and long term professional goal identification exercises that allow faculty to identify and mitigate barriers to successful goal attainment.
Quick Guides to Establish your Visibility at Dell Med
Select the options below for guidance on essential campus tools to establish your visibility at Dell Med and enable basic integration with university resources and services.
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Ensure Your Access to Important University Resources
The ID Center recommends using the request forms below to upgrade your EID and submit your ID Card photo online.
- Verify your UT EID has been upgraded here
- If not, upgrade your UT EID virtually (Note: you will be asked to take an ID photo; you are required to retrieve the ID in person at the ID Center located in Flawn Academic Center).
Access the UT EID self service tool for general EID updates, and reach out to IT’s ID center to troubleshoot any issues. FAQs, hours of operation, and support are available on the UT EID page.
Additional questions? Call central IT at 512-475-9400.
Establish your presence in Dell Med's directory to make it easier for colleagues and collaborators to find you.
- Submit your biographical information to the Dell Med Website: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a5nrK3hdpuBOxyB
- Dell Med Bio Guidance is provided by the Dell Med Communications Team: https://utexas.app.box.com/s/co916gtbx7yhzx1k9qu6iialtmlryg46
- Update your contact information on the UT Austin & Dell Med Directories (UT Austin requires UT EID to access)
- Update information by logging in to Workday and click on “Personal Information” from your profile page, select the option to view or change your current personal and contact information, which will display on the UT Directory.
More information on the standard set of application licenses all UT Austin faculty have access to once faculty have activated their UT EID (guidance available in the 'Ensure Your Access to Important University Resources' section above).
After activating your UT EID, faculty should have ready access to the following platforms through their Dell Med issued device:
- Windows 11 Operating System
- Microsoft Office 365(Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
- Microsoft Teams
- Zoom
- Adobe Reader
- Box Drive
- Box Tools
- Dell Command Update
- Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (for the UT VPN)
- Windows Defender Anti-Virus
Access to Microsoft Word for Dell Med Faculty
For help accessing resources listed above, please contact Dell Med IT at help@dellmed.utexas.edu or 512-495-5888.
Additional Digital Resources and Tools available to Dell Med Faculty
For Clinical Purposes
Additional applications are available for quick download in your Dell Med issued device's "Software Center." PLEASE NOTE: this is not a holistic list of clinical applications used at Dell Med and only represents those applications that Dell Med IT has ensured are available for download on your device's Software Center. Please contact your departmental contacts to ensure you're using the appropriate software for clinical purposes and for guidance on how to access appropriate platforms.
- Citrix Workspace - software to connect to Citrix VDIs. This is used in partnership with Ascension who host their EHR for the Dell Seton hospital and other hospitals in a Citrix server environment.
- Synapse - this is medical imaging viewer software that is used for viewing medical images stored on Austin Radiological Association's PACS network. It requires an ARA PACS account to access.
- Athena Device Manager - This is required for integration of peripherals such as Dymo label printers, credit card readers, and Ambirscan scanners to connect to the Athenahealth EHR.
For Medical Education purposes:
The following platforms are available to all faculty via login and are common tools used by faculty engaged in clinical education. For more information on medical education technologies, visit the Med Ed IT intranet page.
- Qualtrics- Survey platform
- One45- Student evaluations
- UT Box - Document cloud-based storage
- Examsoft - Exam administration software
For additional software/license needs: Should you need additional software, please contact help@dellmed.utexas.edu. Dell Med IT can field requests for non-standard application licenses and help determine if the requested software is compatible with your specific environment or if there is an alternative platform that can better meet your needs.
All Dell Med faculty receive enterprise emails through the University that include opportunities for connectivity as well as important safety and security updates.
Enterprise emails include regular Dell Med communications like Need to Know, Events, GME Rounds, the Dean’s Update and other top-level updates from teams and leaders across the school. If you are receiving enterprise emails in error or are not receiving enterprise emails that think you should be, visit the troubleshooting guide for more or email communications@dellmed.utexas.edu with a description of the problem.
To access, please visit: Dell Medical School Library.
For more information, please contact the Health Sciences Librarian for the Dell Medical School, Imelda Vetter, by email: imelda.vetter@austin.utexas.edu or by phone: (512) 495-5221.
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