Professional Development

Course Schedule, 2009-2010

Signup online: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu

CAREER MANAGEMENT SERIES

Strategies for Success: Tenure Track Faculty, September 16, 2009

Strategies for Success: Clinician-Educator Track Faculty, October 22, 2009

Strategies for Success: Research Track Faculty, January 26, 2010

Strategies for Success: Academic Clinician Faculty, February 25, 2010

Ask COAP: Selecting Your Extramural Consultants, October 1, 2009 NEW! 

Faculty Appointments A-Z, October 8, 2009 – BRB

Faculty Appointments A-Z, October 28, 2009 @ PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL

Faculty Appointments A-Z, November 11, 2009 @ PENN PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL

Faculty Appointments A-Z, January 12, 2010 @ HUP

Faculty Appointments A-Z, February 16, 2010, Location TBA

Faculty Appointments A-Z, March 11, 2010 @ ABRAMSON CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (for CHOP faculty)

Planning for Retirement, November 3, 2009 and May 6, 2010

Educational Database Workshops, November 5, 2009 and March 18, 2010

Sabbatical Leaves: Policies and Procedures, January 28, 2010   NEW!

Planning Your Sabbatical: Faculty Panel; May 12, 2010

Preparing for Reappointment: What Does COAP Look For?, April 22, 2010   NEW!

 

ATTAINING TEACHING EXCELLENCE SERIES

The Art of Speaking Part I: Professional Communication Skills, October 20, 2009 and January 19, 2010

The Art of Speaking Part II: Advanced Communication Skills, February 2, 2010

Writing Effective Test Questions in the Basic and Clinical Sciences, November 3, 2009

Facilitating Small Groups in the Classroom, October 22, 2009

Providing Effective Feedback to Trainees in Clinical Settings, September 14, 2009 and March 23, 2010

Overview of Education at Penn Medicine, January 13, 2010

SCIENTIFIC WRITING SERIES

New 4-part series for 2009!  Writing A Competitive Proposal; taught by Dr. Judith Swan

Part 1 - Shaping Your Proposal: “Making the Pitch”, September 17, 2009

Part 2 – Honing Your “Specific Aims”, October 15, 2009

Part 3 – Developing the “Background and Significance” Section: Revising for Coherence, November 12, 2009

Part 4 – Crafting the “Research Design/Experimental” Section: Making the Case for Feasibility, December 10, 2009

New 4-part series for 2009!  Writing an Article for Publication; taught by Dr. Elizabeth Colston
(Please note:  These “brown bag” sessions are taught over the lunch hour; please bring your own lunch!!)

Part 1 – Writing the “Results” Section: Telling the Story of Your Experiments, September 30, 2009

Part 2 – Writing the “Introduction” Section, October 21, 2009

Part 3 – Writing the “Discussion” Section, November 17, 2009

Part 4 -  Writing the “Abstract” for Your Paper, December 16, 2009

TECHNOLOGY SERIES

Extremely Basic Photoshop, October 7, 2009 and January 13, 2010 and April 7, 2010

Intermediate Photoshop, November 10, 2009 and February 10, 2010 and May 5, 2010   NEW!

Basics of Using Adobe Illustrator for Scientific Figures, October 13, 2009 and January 20, 2010

Intermediate Adobe Illustrator for Scientific Figures, November 18, 2009 and February 23, 2010

Advanced Adobe Illustrator for Scientific Figures, March 9, 2010  NEW! 

Basics of PowerPoint, October 14, 2009 and January 14, 2010

Intermediate PowerPoint, October 29, 2009 and January 28, 2010

Advanced PowerPoint: Animations, March 16, 2010, 2009 NEW!

PowePoint: Ask-the-Expert, March 16, 2010, 2010 NEW!

 

“SHORT STOP”

A series of short sessions focusing on the acquisition of key career development skills:

Insight from the Editors: Journal Editors Panel
This session will feature three senior faculty members (two of whom are current COAP members; the other is a former COAP member) who serve as editors of prestigious journals in their fields.  Learn about common mistakes that authors make, how to choose the right journal for your work, what journal impact factors mean, and other pertinent topics.  Gain from these editors’ experience.
Monday, November 30, 2009
3:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Writing Letters of Recommendation for Trainees

The learning objectives for this session are:
1. To understand your responsibility when writing a letter of recommendation. 
2.  To understand the essential features that should be present in a letter of recommendation. 
3.  To be knowledgeable about the common mistakes made when writing letters of recommendation. 
4.  To be able to tailor a letter of recommendation based on varying levels of performance.
Monday, February 22, 2010
12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. 
(Brown bag session – please bring your own lunch!)

SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM (held in partnership with Penn Medicine's Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics and the Office of Research Program Development)

SYMPOSIUM FOR EARLY INVESTIGATORS
Friday, December 11, 2009
Location:  BRB II/III Auditorium and Lobby
421 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia

Additional Advance classes will be added as they are developed throughout the year.

To sign up for any of these courses, go to Knowledge Link, the University's online Learning Management System.
Link: http://knowledgelink.upenn.edu For more information, please contact:
Rachael Berget, M.Ed.
215-898-4621