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 MD 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 and/or 1.00 credit in Risk Management Education (RME). 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
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 MD Anderson Cancer Center.
CME Credits Online
Professional Oncology Education initiatives are designed for health care practitioners and feature lectures, courses, and case studies provided by MD Anderson’s experts on key areas of professional education, prevention, patient care and survivorship.
Our I*CARE program, specializing in communication skills, offers free online training in “Basic Principles of Communication” and “Managing Difficult Communication.”