Fostering Faculty Vitality:  

Sharing Best Practices

Third New England Network on Faculty Affairs (NENFA) Meeting

October 24, 2012

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2010: Conceptualization at GFA 2010 meeting

2011: Inaugural Meeting at UMMS (March 16, 2011)“Recognizing and Rewarding Clinical Scholarship”

Second Meeting at Harvard MS (June 23, 2011)“Effective Recruitment & Retention of a Diverse Faculty”

Membership Survey; SIG discussion at GFA 2011—> charter: organization & governance

2012: GFA 2012 made commitment for Fall NENFA meeting “Fostering Faculty Vitality”

NENFA: Development of a regional network to share best practices in faculty affairs/faculty development

We have participants from 5 states; 13 institutions!

Dartmouth Medical School

UMass Medical School

Boston University SoMBoston Children’s HospitalBrandeis Univ.Brigham and Women's HospitalDana FarberCancer Institute Harvard Medical SchoolMGH Institute of Health ProfessionsTufts University SoM

University of Connecticut SoM

Brown University

University of Vermont CoM

Yale School ofMedicine

QuinnipiacUniversity SoM

Stony Brook SoM (NY)

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Maureen Connelly, MD, MPHDean for Faculty Affairs, Harvard Medical School

Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScMVice Chair, Faculty Development and Diversity, Dept. of Medicine, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health

Kathleen Lowney, MHSAssistant Dean, Faculty AffairsTufts University School of Medicine

Robert Milner, PhDVice Provost for Professional DevelopmentUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School

Thank you to the planning team!

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Marcie NaumowiczFaculty Development Coordinator,Office of Faculty AffairsHarvard Medical School

Sue TremalloProgram and Events CoordinatorOffice of Faculty AffairsUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School

Also many thanks to . . .

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3:00 pm Welcome3:10 pm What is Faculty Vitality? —large group discussion3:30 pm Challenges and opportunities in supporting

faculty vitality — table discussions & report-out4:15 pm Data blitz: local best practices for fostering faculty

vitality — 5 minute presentations5:30 pm Dinner & Next steps: What to stop, what to start,

and what to continue — table discussions & report out

6:40 pm Business: Review of NENFA goals and plans7:00 pm Close

Agenda for the meeting today . . .

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“vitality seems to refer to those essential, yet intangible positive qualities of individuals and institutions that enable purposeful production”

Clark SM & Lewis DR. “Implications for Institutional Response.” In Faculty Vitality and Institutional Productivity, [Eds. Clark SM & Lewis DR] New York: Teachers College Press, 1985. Quoted by Bland C & Schmitz C in Faculty Vitality on Review: Retrospect and Prospect J Higher Ed 59: 190–224 (1988)

What is Faculty Vitality?

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Faculty vitality is the synergy between high levels of satisfaction, productivity, and engagement that enables the faculty member to maximize her/his professional success and achieve goals in concert with institutional goals. Faculty vitality is predicted by both individual and institutional factors. Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional DevelopmentIndiana University School of Medicine (IUSM)

Another definition of Faculty Vitality . . .

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How would you define Faculty Vitality?How do you measure Faculty Vitality?

Group Discussion . . .