Facilitator(s): Liz Silva, PhD

Description: UCSF graduate students move into an array of positions after graduation. Most will spend a good deal of time during graduate school trying to figure out their next steps, and they may want to talk to you about it. In this workshop, you will learn about the features of effective career decision making, some of the driving factors in student and postdoc decision-making in the academic STEM environment, and you will be provided with tools and resources to support you and your students in balancing their career exploration with their graduate school commitments.  

Facilitator(s): Isaac Strong, PhD

Description: There has been a lot of focus on mentorship in basic and biomedical sciences training programs and, in turn, graduate programs within the Graduate Division are requiring their faculty participate in trainings to improve their mentoring skills. The goal of the Graduate Faculty Development Program is to provide a suite of evidence-based trainings and support for UCSF faculty in their work to improve their skills as research mentors. In this introductory workshop, we will explore ways in which mentoring in the context of science research training programs can be better seen as a balancing act, where research faculty have to skillfully manage mentoring, supervisory, and educational tasks simultaneously. We will dive into these different roles and the additional trainings that faculty can participate in if they want to learn more. This workshop will involve presentation of information, but will primarily consist of opportunities for dialogue between faculty in small and large groups. This workshop is being offered at two different times in hopes to better accommodate and include faculty that have dependent care responsibilities.

Facilitator(s): Bill Lindstaedt, MS and Isaac Strong, PhD

Description: Clearly communicating equitable and inclusive expectations is key to effective team management. In her "Sharpening Your Mentoring Skills" seminar, Sharon Milgram recommended that research faculty adopt a "Welcome to the Lab" letter - a document that can be shared to set expectations and understandings around behavior, productivity, culture and research vision. 

Facilitator(s): Liz Silva, PhD

Description: (coming soon)

Facilitator(s): Liz Silva, PhD

Description: (coming soon)

Facilitator(s): Bill Lindstaedt, MS

Description: To help you determine how to effectively guide your trainees through an Independent Development Plan (IDP), this workshop will focus on key components of effective IDPs and IDP conversations.  Bill Lindstaedt, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Career Advancement, International and Postdoctoral Services, will share his expertise in order to frame the underlying aspects that make the effort of an IDP worth the effort, as well as different strategies that you can employ to get the most out of an IDP conversation.  Bill will also cover how you can adapt these strategies to help your trainees establish a COVID plan by working together to establish short-term and long-term goals that can provide much-needed structure during the current crisis. This workshop will include a presentation, small-group discussions of case studies using Zoom's breakout rooms, and large-group discussion/Q&A.

Facilitator: Carlos Hoyt, PhD, LICSW

Description: ( coming soon )

Facilitator: Tim Montgomery

Description: ( coming soon )

Facilitators: Various trained School of Medicine faculty members

Description:  Most of us are not trained in how to handle bias and discrimination in the learning environment. When bias occurs, we don’t feel comfortable addressing it.  Trainees have complained that these issues are not being addressed appropriately at UCSF, and that it negatively impacts their training.  

In order to address bias and discrimination when and where it happens, and to increase awareness and skills for faculty and staff who work with our trainees, the Differences Matter initiative at UCSF has developed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training.  This training, offered through the Center for Faculty Educators in the School of Medicine, is an excellent opportunity to learn the important foundational terms, concepts, and frameworks underlying the best practices we must incorporate into our everyday actions as educators to ensure the success and well-being of our trainees, to support anti-racism throughout the University, and to specifically address anti-Black racism.

Faculty and staff from all UCSF affiliated schools, programs, and units who work with trainees are eligible to participate.

Importantly, recent adaptations to the DEI Champion Training curricula include making case studies more role-neutral so that they can be applied to most settings at UCSF.  Even before the content adaptations, Graduate Division faculty who participated in the DEI Champion Training found it to be impactful and applicable to their unique training situations.  Additionally, the Graduate Division Dean's office has been collaborating with the Differences Matter initiative to supply case studies reflecting our training environments and lab/research group dynamics so that, in the future, Training sessions can include a wider range of relevant scenarios.

DEI Champion Training counts as part of the Graduate Faculty Development program, and the Graduate Division Dean's office highly recommends that faculty and staff participate.  We are confident that if you go into this training with an open mind, you will be able to apply what you learn to your day-to-day interactions with trainees.