Professional Development
Advance Professional Development Program

Resources for:
Mentoring guide:
'"Shaping a Career in Academic Medicine: A Guide for Mentor/Mentee Conversations"
Advice on finding the mentoring you need
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
