Professional Development Resources
The following contains resources to help members build upon their clinical knowledge base and/or enhance their procedural skills, enhance their leadership skills, improve presentation and teaching skills, advance their careers in academic medicine, and maintain wellness.
The following contains resources to help members enhance their leadership skills. Also included are professional societies within which leadership positions can be sought.
Project Management
Personnel Management
Developing leadership skills
- Physician Leadership
- AAMC - Leadership Development
- Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program
- AGA Leadership Initiatives and Programs
Local/National level leadership opportunities
- AAP
- AASLD
- NASPGHAN- Professional Development Committee symposium, Women in medicine breakfast
- AGA- Women Symposium during the annual meeting
- Physician panels in communities ( e.g. school opening task forces)
- GWC Annual symposium during DDW
Members hoping to advance their careers in academic medicine and/or help others do the same should find the following resources helpful.
Promotion
Peer mentoring
Performance coaching
Literature on coaching in academic medicine
Academic coaching programs online
- UC Davis Academic Coaching Program
- Georgetown University Executive Certificate in Leadership Coaching
- AASLD Coaching Program
The following resources include weblinks to conferences that will help members build upon their clinical knowledge base and/or enhance their procedural skills. Weblinks to Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and other CME-accredited activities are also included in this section.
Conferences
- NASPGHAN Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course
- Digestive Disease Week
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Neurogastroenterology & Motility Society (ANMS)
Endoscopy workshops
Initial and Maintenance of Certification
CME Activities
* NEW *
Two-Part Virtual Course offers Expert Educator and Presenter Training
NASPGHAN is excited to announce the DEEP Program - Developing Educators and Expert Presenters, a first step toward creating a NASPGHAN Speakers Bureau.
This exciting new course is designed to develop a cohort of expert educators who will have the opportunity to improve their presentation skills and feel more confident in their ability to be considered for speaking engagements.
The program will consist of two virtual sessions - didactic and experiential.
Session One: Development and Delivery of a Dynamic Presentation, April 24 8PM ET
Medical education experts, including members of the Medical Education SIG, will offer their best practices on prepping for success, effective teaching, knowing your audience and Powerpoint 101. Reading materials will be provided, and the webinar will be interactive between the audience and presenters.
Session Two: Practice Delivering a Dynamic Presentation
The initial group will be broken down into small sessions with four participants and one expert facilitator each, to be held on various dates and times. Participants will present a short presentation and receive and give feedback within the group.
To be eligible, applicants must be a NASPGHAN member, faculty (graduate of a Pediatric GI fellowship program), and based in North America.
Attendees will be limited to the first 30 applicants who complete all submission requirements. Deadline for applications is March 8, 2024, 11:59 PM ET. Invited attendees will be notified of acceptance and registration details by March 31, 2024.
Submission Requirements:
- Completed application
- CV
- Letter of support from Chair/Division Chief
All interested should visit the application site and complete the required components.
Only those who participate in both Session One and Session Two will be eligible for CME and MOC Part II, and will receive a certification of completion from the NASPGHAN Speakers Bureau. Please note that completion of the program does not guarantee a speaking role at a NASPGHAN event.
This section includes weblinks to websites and slide presentations containing information pertaining to improving presentation and teaching skills, giving formal feedback to learners, and designing curricula.
Workshop and Presentation Skills: Websites
- AAMC Workshop and Presentation Skills
- Workshop Preparation and Presentation: A Valuable Form of Scholarship for the Clinician-Educator - ACGME
- Seminars for Professional Writing, Speaking and Teaching Skills - University of Iowa
Teaching and Feedback skills: Websites
- Giving Helpful Feedback
- Stanford Faculty Development for Medical Teachers
- Harvard Macy Institute - Program for Educators in Health Professions
- Harvard Macy Institute - A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education
- Harvard Macy Institute - Leading Innovations in Health Care & Education
- International Association of Medical Science Educators
- COMSEP
- AAMC MedEd PORTAL
Curriculum design: Websites
- Emory University - Course Design
- AMA - UME Curriculum Design
- Johns Hopkins Programs in Curriculum Development
Distance Teaching and Learning during COVID-19
- AAMC Resources for Medical Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- AAMC -No classrooms, no clinics: Medical education during a pandemic
Physician wellness is essential to all aspects of professional development. The following websites contain information regarding physician wellness and combating burnout. Members can consider enrolling in the physician wellness classes included.
This section contains resources for members aspiring to enhance their skills developing and conducting basic science, clinical, and/or translational research studies. Resources to further develop manuscript preparation and writing skills are also included.
