Professional Development

The AAMC councils, professional development groups, and organizations provide individuals with access to professional growth, leadership development, networking, and collaboration opportunities.

The Academy of Educators’ workshops cover a range of topics from promotion, remediation, social media, and additional professional development topics to enhance educators at WUSM.

WashU’s Brown School provides a constantly changing array of lectures, workshops, and courses, as well as skill-building certificate programs.

Washington University is home to a variety of continuing education and professional studies options, as well as many other informal learning opportunities that showcase its world class faculty and academic programs.

WashU’s School of Medicine is dedicated to providing high-quality continuing medical education to physicians and other health professionals in order to improve health care.

HR’s Learning, Leadership, and Organization Development & Institute for Leadership Development (ILE) Teams provide programming and courses for staff professional development.

The Office of Faculty Promotions & Career Development offers a range of programs that support career development across all disciplines, academic tracks, and career stages.

The Institute for Leadership Excellence was established to empower each member of our community to build their leadership capabilities in accordance with Here & Next.

Leadership development courses focus on empowering individuals to lead themselves, others and the university more effectively. Whether you’re an aspiring leader seeking to develop new skills or an existing people leader looking to refine your expertise, these courses will equip you to lead effectively, inspire others and influence organizational outcomes. These courses are open to all WashU staff and leaders at any level.

Learning from Teaching is a new means of awarding AMA PRA Category 1 Credit to faculty engaged in teaching, supervising, precepting, or evaluating medical students, residents, and fellows.

Management development courses are designed to equip new and existing managers with the ability to manage people and processes effectively, with agility and confidence. Through these courses, managers will develop their skills and knowledge in overseeing teams, projects, and resources. These courses are open to all WashU managers at any level with at least one staff direct report.

The Medical Education Research Unit meets monthly with faculty in the School of Medicine who are currently working on education scholarship projects or just beginning a project.

NCFDD provides research productivity, academic mentoring, and professional development resources to all faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and trainees.

Online and on-demand learning solutions are designed with flexibility and convenience in mind, and to provide information and skills you need, when you need it most, and at your own pace.

The Point of Care Series is structured, self-directed, on-line learning for clinicians with a WU faculty appointment on subjects relevant to their clinical practice.

Professional development courses are designed to help individuals enhance their knowledge and develop new skills through continuous learning, which is necessary to keep skills relevant and advance in their careers. These courses are open to all WashU staff and leaders at any level.

The Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA) is committed to enhancing anesthesia education and supporting educators. Our mentorship program connects members, fosters skill development, helps with transitioning into academic roles, and promotes career advancement.

The STAR Program provides training to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for a successful career within research administration.

The CIPE promotes an educational environment that values and supports collaboration by building a community of interprofessional champions and scholars, and developing and integrating curricula.

The department’s professional development workshops cover topics like envisioning success, building key relationships, measuring success, and transformational growth.