The mission of the Faculty Development and Fellowships Division is to support a culture of vitality and continual professional growth. The investment in ongoing faculty development efforts across individual, Division, and Department levels are intended to assist the faculty in meeting their goals, in synergy with the Department and institutional goals. Our faculty are the single greatest asset we have for achieving the best in medical education, advancing knowledge through research, and providing clinical care that is second to none. Continual support and development across all phases of one’s career are key to nurturing and protecting this resource. Faculty development initiatives involve several domains, including: teaching; curriculum development; scholarly activity; leadership and administrative skills; recruitment, retention, promotion, and tenure.

To meet this mission, the goals of the Faculty Development program are to: provide continuous assessments of needs of individual faculty members, Divisions, and the Department as a whole; develop innovative, helpful, and timely programs to meet these needs; disseminate information about programs offered externally, and to coordinate and align our faculty development initiatives with those offered elsewhere (i.e., IU School of Medicine; IUPUI; Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, etc); to foster the retention and promotion of faculty; and in general, to aid in sustaining a faculty that is productive, vibrant, and embraces the Department mission.

Some of our faculty development programs are restricted to Department of Family Medicine faculty only. However, our programs are frequently open to faculty members from other departments in the School of Medicine, to community based family physician faculty, and to faculty at family medicine residency programs across the state. To learn more about our faculty development initiatives or to inquire about upcoming events, please contact us iufammed@iupui.edu.