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We suggest asking a local mentor (or two) within your stream to share with you their documents. However, here are some guidelines that have been developed that are resources to help you create your Teaching Dossier and Clinical Activities Portfolio

• Teaching Dossier Guide - https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/facultyrelations/documents/TeachingPortfolioJan2012-1.pdf

• Clinical Activities Portfolio - Guide: https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/facultyrelations/documents/ClinicalActivitiesPortfolioJan2012-1.pdf

• Template: https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/facultyrelations/documents/ClinicalActivitiesPortfolioTemplate.docx

• Also see this Spark podcast: https://soundcloud.com/macpfd/tenure-promotion-with-dr-chen-advocacy-as-scholar-with-dr-verhovsek

Here are some resources we have aggregated about the skills needed as an academic leader, such as program director.

• Here is a suggested paper that you can read about the competencies of a program director: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27049589/

  • Also, here is a KeyLIME Podcast about the above paper https://icenetblog.royalcollege.ca/2016/08/09/keylimepodcast-114-what-does-it-mean-to-be-competent-as-a-program-director/

• Here are some other blog posts:

  • A Personal Reflection on Professional Integrity Through the Lens of a Program Director: https://icenetblog.royalcollege.ca/2017/01/20/a-personal-reflection-on-professional-integrity-through-the-lens-of-a-program-director/

  • Five Tips from a New Program Director: https://icenetblog.royalcollege.ca/2017/08/25/notes-from-the-liminal-space-five-tips-from-a-new-program-director/

  • Nostalgialitis Imperfecta: https://icenetblog.royalcollege.ca/2020/05/26/nostalgialitis-imperfecta-profunda/

• Do-It-Yourself Module on Leadership 101 from MacPFD: https://www.macpfd.ca/pillars/leadership-management/lm-event-leadership-101

Request a faculty guide created by your department. For example: DFM Part time rank comparison document: https://mcmasteru365.sharepoint.com/sites/FacultyRelations2/SiteAssets/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FFacultyRelations2%2FSiteAssets%2FSitePages%2FCategories%2D%2D%2DRanks%2D1%2D%2FFaculty%20Appointments%20Rank%20Comparison%20Form00%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FFacultyRelations2%2FSiteAssets%2FSitePages%2FCategories%2D%2D%2DRanks%2D1%2D

See above skills.

• Here is a guide from the MacPherson Institute about Teaching & Learning that can be used to augment the personal reflection and analysis https://mi.mcmaster.ca/app/uploads/2019/05/New-Faculty-Guide-to-Teaching-and-Learning-at-McMaster_04_19_2017.pdf

• Peer-Observation of Teaching:

  • Siddiqui ZS, Jonas-Dwyer D, Carr SE. Twelve tips for peer observation of teaching. Med Teach. 2007;29(4):297-300. doi:10.1080/01421590701291451

• Learning Conversations:

  • Tavares W, Eppich W, Cheng A, et al. Learning Conversations: An Analysis of the Theoretical Roots and Their Manifestations of Feedback and Debriefing in Medical Education. Acad Med. 2020;95(7):1020–1025. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000002932

  • MacPFD Spark Podcast Episode about this concept: https://soundcloud.com/macpfd/tips-for-junior-faculty-ii-with-zainab-najarali-learning-conversations-with-dr-eppich#t=24:31

• Teaching evaluation evidence:

  • Litzelman DK, Stratos GA, Marriott DJ, Skeff KM. Factorial validation of a widely disseminated educational framework for evaluating clinical teachers. Acad Med. 1998;73(6):688–95.

• School of Nursing video about Effective Tutoring

  • https://www.macvideo.ca/media/Module+1A+Characteristics+of+an+Effective+Tutor/0_k31fglpp

The President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning - https://mi.mcmaster.ca/the-presidents-award-for-outstanding-contributions-to-teaching-and-learning/

Postgraduate Medical Education Awards - Look under the FACULTY & STAFF AWARDS IN EDUCATION section: https://pgme.mcmaster.ca/train/pgme-awards/

FHS Graduate Studies Awards - Look under the Faculty Awards Tab - https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/grad/research_plenary.html

Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit Awards (locally selected national award) - Submitted via the CAME representative at our University, but open to non-members: https://www.came-acem.ca/awards/came-certificate-of-merit-award/

• This link provides a description of what it takes to go from Associate to Full Professor

• McMaster’s Department of Surgery has created a great one-stop-shop for all the relevant documents too - https://surgery.mcmaster.ca/faculty-supports/promotion-and-tenure

• Key Resources below again:

  • Teaching Dossier Guide- https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/facultyrelations/documents/TeachingPortfolioJan2012-1.pdf

  • Clinical Activities Portfolio - Guide: https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/facultyrelations/documents/ClinicalActivitiesPortfolioJan2012-1.pdf

  • Template: https://fhs.mcmaster.ca/facultyrelations/documents/ClinicalActivitiesPortfolioTemplate.docx

Women’s CHAT - You Belong Here - Combatting Imposter Syndrome https://youtu.be/5ezb8eqMUUA

Clinical Teaching Roles with the McMaster MD Program https://mdprogram.mcmaster.ca/faculty/faculty-opportunities/clinical-teaching-roles

Check out these resources:

• https://hbr.org/2020/03/working-parents-need-a-parenting-posse

• https://hbr.org/2019/09/power-couples

• https://hbr.org/2014/10/what-successful-work-and-life-integration-looks-like

• https://hbr.org/2020/05/gender-equity-starts-in-the-home

• Peter Drucker “Managing Oneself” - HBR article, narrated in this article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9eDntumN5o

• Here is a video about selecting projects - https://www.macpfd.ca/pillars/scholarly-practice/schpra-picking-projects

• Here is a video about time management - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sSwMCvgW_U&t=10s

Review the following links:

• https://www.macpfd.ca/modalities/mindfulness/mindfulness-resources-update

• MacPFD video: self compassion - https://www.macpfd.ca/modalities/1on1-instruction/1on1-overcoming-self-judgment-with-self-compassion-during-covid19

• MacPFD video: prioritizing your wellbeing - https://www.macpfd.ca/pillars/creativity-humanism/ch-event-prioritizing-well-being

• MacPFD Blog: staying human while virtual - https://www.macpfd.ca/pillars/creativity-humanism/ch-staying-human-while-virtual

• MacPsychiatry Rounds Integrating Self-Care when we work - https://www.macpfd.ca/pillars/leadership-management/lm-brite

• Here is a video that provides an overview for those who are experiencing some level of burnout. It has an overview on techniques that can be useful for individuals. https://www.macpfd.ca/modalities/coaching-mentorship/1on1-overcoming-self-judgment-with-self-compassion-during-covid19

• Here is another guide that was created during the COVID-19 pandemic that can help with some other strategies for combatting burnout - https://www.macpfd.ca/pillars/leadership-management/lm-notdoomandzoom

• This webinar is from the pandemic period as well, but discusses how leaders can support others through difficult times - https://www.macpfd.ca/pillars/creativity-humanism/ch-event-prioritizing-well-being

• This podcast is from the pandemic period as well, but the messages within it are largely generalizable to other times: https://soundcloud.com/macpfd/macpfd-spark-podcast-pandemic-pals-special-ii-nh2

And resources from HBR:

• https://hbr.org/2018/06/how-are-you-protecting-your-high-performers-from-burnout

• https://hbr.org/2020/05/5-steps-for-women-to-combat-burnout

• https://hbr.org/2020/04/3-tips-to-avoid-wfh-burnout

• https://hbr.org/2019/12/burnout-is-about-your-workplace-not-your-people

• https://hbr.org/2019/07/6-causes-of-burnout-and-how-to-avoid-them

• https://hbr.org/2019/07/when-passion-leads-to-burnout

• https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/04/managing-burnout

• https://hbr.org/2019/04/preventing-busyness-from-becoming-burnout

• https://hbr.org/2018/11/helping-remote-workers-avoid-loneliness-and-burnout

• https://hbr.org/2018/07/collaboration-without-burnout

• https://hbr.org/2015/04/how-to-overcome-burnout-and-stay-motivated

• https://hbr.org/2009/02/three-ways-to-beat-burnout-2

For physician colleagues experiencing difficulties there are some key resources provided by:

• • Canadian Medical Association - https://www.cma.ca/supportline

  • Ontario Medical Association - https://php.oma.org/

For MUFA & Clinical faculty

• • For those experiencing life events and need some time off - https://hr.mcmaster.ca/employees/life-events/

We have dozens of resources about inspired teaching on our website: https://www.macpfd.ca/pillars/inspired-teaching

Also check out our MacPFD Spark Podcast (macpfd.ca/podcast) and our Video Archive (macpfd.ca/video-archive)