Positions 

Director, Harrell Professional Development and Assessment Center, University of Florida College of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Kristine Lohr. ELUMs at the university are Teresa Dolan, Mary Stavropoulos, and Ozlem Yilmaz (COD); Martha Brown, Linda Cottler, Susan Frost, Maureen Goodenow, Nancy Hardt, and Rebecca Pauly (COM).

Director of Obstetrics/Gynecology Education, Department of Clinical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Alma Littles.

Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at UMDNJ are Barbara Greenberg and Nanci Tofsky (New Jersey Dental School); Vivian Bellofatto, Nancy Connell, Carol Newlon, and Maria Soto-Greene (New Jersey Medical School); Terri Kinzy, Susan Rosenthal, Kathleen Scotto, and Carol Terregino (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School).

Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine. Submitted by ELUM Deborah Deas. Other ELUMs at MUSC are Linda Austin, Kathleen Brady, Laura Goetzl, Susan Harvey, Brenda Hoffman, Florence Hutchison, Janice Lage, Etta Pisano (Dean), Carolyn Reed, Darlene Shaw, Melanie Thomas, and Cynthia Wright.

Chief Medical Investigator, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine. Submitted by the institution. ELUMs at UNM are Deborah Helitzer, Martha McGrew, Leslie Morrison, Arti Prasad, Valerie Romero-Leggott, Carolyn Voss, and Bronwyn Wilson (SOM).

ELUM News 

ELUM Articles
 

Articles of Note  

Academic Medicine Dec 2011 vol 86 no 12:

Commentary: Diversity 3.0: A Necessary Systems Upgrade 

Nivet, Marc A.

To Friend or Not to Friend? Social Networking and Faculty Perceptions of Online Professionalism 

Chretien, Katherine C.; Farnan, Jeanne M.; Greysen, S. Ryan; Kind, Terry

The Scientist Nov-Dec 2011:

Life Sciences Salary Survey 

US salaries are starting to recover after last year's survey recorded the first-ever drop.

Roger Schwarz  & Assoc Nov 2011:

Mindset.Behavior.Results: How to Lead with Compassion

Women in Higher Education Nov 2011:

Women and Negotiations: Don't wait to be asked/offered.  

Never underestimate the power of networks to help decipher the rules of the game.

The Glass Hammer Newsletter 12/1/11:

Senior Management Holds the Key to Gender Parity: It's the Culture, Stupid!

As founder and publisher of theglasshammer.com, I am proud to pen our 2000th article today and to share with you some of our latest thinking and around gender parity.  It seems appropriate to celebrate our 2000th article with a look at what components could play a major role in helping a critical mass of women to break the glass ceiling over the next few years. After all, if the last twenty years is closely examined, we would find only an incremental change in the number of women in leadership roles in major companies. (For example, as The Economist recently reported, while the proportion of working women has risen from risen from 48% to 64% since the '70s, women still only make up three percent of Fortune 500 CEOs.) Similarly, the advice given to women since the 1980s hasn't changed much either and has been predominantly to act more like men.

Women, Age, and Ambition - A Fresh Perspective

Recently More Magazine released the results of a survey on ambition, work/life issues, and other topics. According to the survey of 500 college educated women over 35, 43% of respondents said they were less ambitious now than they were ten years ago.  The headline that many news outlets and websites ran with was along the lines of "Women are Losing Ambition." Well, not exactly.

Managing Through the Holidays: Five Tips to Remember

We've now passed Thanksgiving - which means the holidays are right around the corner. And when sugarplums are dancing in your employees' heads come the holiday season, it can be hard for work to compete. An Accountemps survey published last year revealed that one-third of senior managers surveyed said their employees are less productive the week before a major holiday - and this season is full of them!  At the same time, this is the busiest time of year for most firms whose clients are clamoring to meet year-end goals. Here are five ways managers can get their people to produce top results through the holidays.

AAMC CAS-Chairs 12/4/11:

AAMC recently announced the launch of iCollaborative, a new online service that allows quick and easy sharing of innovative ideas, best practices, policies/guidelines, educational and assessment tools in development, and other valuable resources spanning the continuum of medical education, healthcare delivery, and research. The iCollaborative complements MedEdPORTAL as a venue for educators, providers, and researchers to post content in an open-access environment and without formal review. Users may utilize commenting features to drive discussions centered on resource development, refinement, and community-vetting.

The AAMC has launched a new web resource titled Curriculum Reports. It provides graphical interpretations of aggregate and historical curriculum-related information based on data collected annually by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). The LCME data represents 100 percent of US medical schools and provides interesting perspectives of trends in medical education. Curriculum Reports also includes a section on Educational Technology that is based on data collected in the AAMC Group on Information Resources (GIR) annual survey.

AAMC STAT 12/5/11:

Academic Medicine Commentary Explores New Paradigm for Diversity  The December issue of Academic Medicine includes a commentary from AAMC Chief Diversity Officer Marc Nivet, Ed.D.  In the article, Nivet argues that a new paradigm for diversity and inclusion is emerging-Diversity 3.0-that reflects its deepening relevance to high-performing organizations and systems.  Diversity efforts are predominantly detached from the core mission and run parallel to many academic health centers' activities.  According to Nivet, institutions can reap the deeper potential of diversity by measuring and improving variables such as institutional climate, cultural competence, and responsiveness to community needs.  Ultimately, these efforts will attract top talent and support patient safety and quality improvement.

FastCompany.com Leadership Weekly 12/5/11:

How To Prepare When You Only Get One Shot At Persuasion

Much of what is written about persuasion addresses the challenge of building influence over time. But when you have only one shot, you need to prepare differently.

The Glass Hammer Newsletter 12/8/11:

Gender Intelligence: Why Different Wiring Means Better Business

Why, after decades of work to advance and empower women, have we yet to close the gender leadership gap? According to Marie Wilson, founder of The White House Project, one reason could be the brain. "I was convinced so much that if we just didn't the right things, trained women right - and I'm so tired of 'fixing women' - we could just make it work. When I met with Barbara Annis, we started to talk about what I had avoided my whole life - brain differences."  She added, "Wiring doesn't mean everything, but it means a lot."

Ten Inspiring Voices

Today we're celebrating our 2000th post, by reflecting on the things we've learned while working to inform, empower, and inspire women to break the glass ceiling.  As Editor of The Glass Hammer, one of the most fulfilling parts of my job is the opportunity to interview extraordinary women and tell their stories through our profile series like Voices of Experience, Movers and Shakers, and Intrepid Woman.

AAMC STAT 12/12/11:

MedEdPORTAL Announces Leadership Development Collection  The AAMC's MedEdPORTAL is now offering the Leadership Development Collection.  This new online repository will publish peer-reviewed educational resources for developing organizational leaders.  The collection will encourage the exchange of peer-reviewed materials, promote scholarship on the topic, expand the portfolio of knowledge and skills needed to address leadership challenges, and improve leadership development training and advance organizational performance.  To learn more, visit www.mededportal.org/leadership.

Call for Nominations, Applications, Etc. 

AAMC STAT 12/12/11:

Call for Abstracts for AAMC Physician Workforce Research Conference
 The AAMC Center for Workforce Studies is soliciting abstracts on physician workforce research for presentation at the association's annual Physician Workforce Research Conference held in Washington, D.C., in May 2012.  The conference gives researchers, educators, policymakers, and consultants the opportunity to meet and discuss federal and state workforce issues.  The Conference Advisory Committee is particularly interested in quantitative and qualitative research with a focus on physician workforce policy.  In addition, the AAMC is now offering up to three Registration Fee Scholarships for presenters who would otherwise not be able to pay the registration fee due to financial circumstances.

AAMC CAS-Chairs 12/2/11:

AAMC will hold an Executive Development Seminar for Interim and Aspiring Leaders on May 3-5, 2012, in Washington, DC. The goal is to increase the leadership skills of faculty who have not yet been appointed to permanent leadership positions. The Seminar will be focusing on the core areas of managing the flow of funds and other basic business practices, interpersonal and inter-organizational communication strategies, and managing top talent. Registration for the Seminar will be open in early 2012 and will be available at: www.aamc.org/meetings. For more information, please contact Reva Singh at rsingh@aamc.org.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has issued a new RFA: Research Centers in Primary Care Practice Based Research and Learning. The Agency says is intends to commit up to $600,000 in total costs in FY2012 to support up to 5 awards. The application due date is January 26, with letters of intent due on January 6.

The Last Word(s)
 

"If you don't fail, you're not pushing hard enough." Anne Stevens

Anne Stevens is no stranger to taking the helm at top companies worth millions - and billions - of dollars.  She went from being the first female executive VP of Ford Motor Company to COO before retiring as one of the highest-ranking women in the automotive field.  Next, she made a career switch to technology, as CEO of Carpenter Technology to her current role as CEO of SA IT Services, a leading national technology company.  She's also held positions at Exxon Mobil Corporation and had been featured on Fortune's "Most Powerful Women" list four times. But if you think this 62-year-old mother of two (and grandmother of four) is looking to slow down anytime soon, think again. Read LittlePINKBook's interview with her.

CNN:

Three women jointly receive Nobel Peace Prize for 2011

Deborah Cotton shared on Facebook: "My sisters, my daughters, my friends - find your voice," Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said after collecting her Nobel diploma and medal at a ceremony in Oslo.

AAMC CAS-Chairs 12/10/11:

Hard Rock U, a fictional medical school, is at the heart of an upcoming television series announced on Friday in Sudbury, Ontario.  It is inspired by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. According to the producers, "Hard Rock Medical is a new, offbeat half-hour drama that follows a diverse group of medical students navigating their way through the school's four-year program." It is a Canadian-Australian co-production.