Professional & Career Development
We are dedicated to our faculty at every career stage. We want to ensure that our junior faculty adapt early and effectively to the demands and institutional nuances of academic medicine at M. D. Anderson. Similarly, we work to assist our mid-career and senior faculty to developing the more strategic and conceptual skills of leadership while honing their interpersonal skills.
On Being an Oncologist
Taking its content from focus groups with our faculty, this video, featuring Megan Cole and Academy-Award winner, William Hurt, enacts the personal feelings and communication dilemmas of oncologists.
- Watch Video (39:44)
- Download Workbook
3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM in medical ethics/professional responsibility OR 1.00 credit in Risk Management Education (RME). Please note credit for both is not allowed. Get CME Credits or RME Credit.
Books
Faculty Health in Academic Medicine: Physicians, Scientists, and the Pressures of Success.
Purchase Online - Also available at other online outlets
For more information visit the Faculty Health & Well-Being Page.
Net proceeds go to The Pink Crusader Fund for Lobular Breast Cancer Research.
Available from the publisher, Pinkcrusader.org, other online outlets or at Appearances Boutique in the Mays Clinic of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
CME Credits Online
Our I*CARE program, specializing in communication skills, offers free online training in “Basic Principles of Communication” and “Managing Difficult Communication.”