We are determined to enhance the quality of faculty life in the environment of multicultural competence by ensuring professional satisfaction in mentorship, career development, leadership development, skills development and gender equity.
2024-25 Teaching Academy Series
The Teaching Academy Series is for a monthly development session to enhance faculty skill and knowledge. Each presentation focuses on a different topic; presentations are held every third Tuesday of the month from noon to 1 p.m. Currently, they are being held remotely. RSVP for the next session.
2024-25 Topics
Dec. 17 Cyber Security
Jan. 21 Keeping Teams together Across Hybrid Work Dynamics
Feb. 18 Burnout
Mar. 18 Use of AI in the Context of Education
Apr. 15 Climate Change and Sustainability for Health Care Institutions and Environmental Initiatives
May. 20 See Something; Say Something; Reporting Poor Behavior - Across the System
Jun. 17 Planning for Retirement
View past Teaching Academy session videos and handouts
External opportunities
If you are a RUSH faculty member and are interested in any of the opportunities below, contact Faculty Affairs to learn more. To hear directly from the faculty who have attended the conferences, visit the faculty experiences page.
- Early career development programs
- Mid-career faculty development
- AAMC Mid-Career Seminar
- AAMC Mid-Career Minority Faculty Development Seminar
- AAMC Leadership and Management Foundations Course
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- How RUSH University Established a Mentoring Program for Women Faculty That Can Serve As a Model for Other Universities (September 2021)
- A Faculty Development Model That Promotes Success of Early Career Faculty in Academic Medicine (November 2020)
- FMS Manuscript - Journal of Faculty Development (September 2021)
- RUSH Women Mentoring Program: Supporting female faculty to achieve career goals (November 2, 2015)
- Basic Science Faculty: How Do We Keep Them Engaged in Today’s Climate? (June 25, 2015)
- A Place for All: Educating Future LGBTQ Healthcare Providers to Enhance Health Related Outcomes - How One Academic Medical Center Is Leading the Way (June 22, 2015)
- The Office of Faculty Affairs: Where to Start and What to Face: Three Years Review (2014)
- Are Physician-Scientists Becoming an Endangered Species? (Aug. 9, 2013)
- A Women’s Advisory Group: Evolving from a Grass Roots Effort to an Empowered Leadership Group (July 19, 2013)
- Revisiting the Practitioner-Teacher Model at RUSH University (July 30, 2012)
- Faculty Promotions: A Model for Process Improvement (2011)
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