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Register here Identify Kotter’s 8-step change management framework, apply these steps to your personal change initiative, and how to overcome roadblocks and obstacles in your efforts to create a change initiative.
Register here Week 3 - Stress and Burnout: Understanding Empathy vs. Compassion; Self-Compassion for Caregiver Fatigue Training will include brief instructive talks, experiential exercises, and interactive small group discussions for application to daily challenges. In this 6-part series, participants will learn tools to: Care for oneself while caring for others Be aware of present moment
Register here Register by October 19, 2025. Registration includes a lecture reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres and beverages. Reception 5pm, Lecture 6pm. This annual event, established in 2005, recognizes faculty whose nationally recognized research advances diversity and social justice. Named for the UW's first vice president for the Office of Minority Affairs.
Register here This session focuses on practical tips and recommended practices for preliminary and secondary/final interviews.
Register here Week 4 - Motivating Ourselves with Caring and Fierce Compassion vs. Criticism Training will include brief instructive talks, experiential exercises, and interactive small group discussions for application to daily challenges. In this 6-part series, participants will learn tools to: Care for oneself while caring for others Be aware of present moment experience (mindfulness)
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Register here Week 5: Self-Compassion and Resilience - Strategies for Meeting Difficult Emotions Training will include brief instructive talks, experiential exercises, and interactive small group discussions for application to daily challenges. In this 6-part series, participants will learn tools to: Care for oneself while caring for others Be aware of present moment experience (mindfulness) Listen
Transforming Your Career is a one-day, in-person, professional development workshop for UW School of Medicine faculty using Design Thinking. This workshop was created for faculty who might be considering new directions, different responsibilities, feel “stuck”, or are exploring transitioning into a next phase of their career. Participants will leave with clear goals, several visions of
Register here Week 6: Making it Count: Reconnecting to Core Values Training will include brief instructive talks, experiential exercises, and interactive small group discussions for application to daily challenges. In this 6-part series, participants will learn tools to: Care for oneself while caring for others Be aware of present moment experience (mindfulness) Listen with compassion
Register here Overview This event is open to UW School of Medicine faculty only. This workshop is geared toward mid-career faculty who are interested in career advancement, and promotion from associate to full professor. There is practical advice about making five- and ten-year plans, how to be a mentor, and steps to promotion. You will
Register here Effective communication is an essential skill for all of us. In this interactive workshop learn the different types of communication, practice approaching a difficult discussion with a case study, and recognize biases and patterns in human behavior that may impact communication success. Best practices will be shared for various modes of communication as well as
For additional events from the following groups, please visit their calendars:
CLIME (Center for Learning and Innovation in Medical Education)
CME (Continuing Medical Education)
ITHS (Institute of Translational Health Sciences) Faculty Development Career Series
UW GME Office (Graduate Medical Education)