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Pediatrics Early Career Development Support (PEDS) Program

UW Pediatrics is dedicated to the success of all members in the Department, including our early career faculty. The PEDS Program is a Department program designed to provide career development and peer support to early career faculty who recently joined our community.

Program Goals

  1. Ensure early career faculty understand the importance of mentorship and how they can best use the different types of mentorship support available to them in the Department of Pediatrics. 
  2. Provide guidance around career advancement and promotion in the Department of Pediatrics. 
  3. Support the development of professional networks and foster a sense of community. 
     
 

Department & Division Mentorship 

PEDS Program 
Mentorship Support  Department Leadership  Oversight Committee  Mentoring Networks  Sponsorship  Career Development Workshops  Peer Mentor Discussion Groups 
Structure  Division Head and Vice Chair review of early career faculty progress related to promotion to reduce barriers to achieving professional goals  An individual or team of mentors who meet periodically to support an early career faculty’s development and provide guidance on career advancement  Structured mentorship relationships with a variety of advisors with variable nature and scope of support  Intermittent career support by an individual or senior colleague that is not necessarily associated with ongoing mentorship  Workshops offered to early career faculty providing information and specific training around mentorship and career advancement  Small faculty track-specific collaborative groups designed to support reciprocal information sharing and psychosocial support 


 Program Schedule

Career Development Workshops  Action-oriented objective  Month  Peer Mentor Discussion Groups 

Understanding the Department’s commitment to early career faculty 

  • Understand how the Department of Pediatrics supports early career faculty career development 
 Meet & greet with early career faculty  January  Meet & Greet 

Developing career goals and a personal mission statement 

  • Understand the importance of identifying short-term and long-term career goals 
 Draft career goals & mission statement  February  Reflection: Career Goals & Open Forum 

Leveraging Department mentorship 

  • Understand the role of peer and senior faculty mentorship for academic success
  • Understand how to develop and utilize an oversight committee 
 Identify mentorship needs  March  Reflection: Mentorship & Open Forum 

Making the most of your annual review 

  • Understand how to prepare and participate in an annual review 
 Draft annual review  April  Reflection: Annual Review & Open Forum 

Preparing for promotion 

  • Be familiar with promotion criteria for different faculty tracks 
  • Understand the process and timeline for promotion 
 Develop plan for promotion evaluations  May  Reflection: Promotion & Open Forum 
Wrap-up and evaluation  Celebrate  June   

 Program FAQ

 

When will the PEDS Program be offered this academic year?

The new Department of Pediatrics Early Career Development Support (PEDS) Program begins in January!  

Who is expected to participate? 

All pediatric faculty who are either Acting Assistant Professors or in the first 3 years of being in the Assistant Professor rank. 

What will my participation involve? 

All PEDS Program participants will: 

  • Attend 5 in-person 90-minute career development workshops plus 1 wrap-up session from January-June 2025 (one workshop per month) 
  • Participate in 5 virtual 60-minute peer discussion groups (one peer discussion group per month) 
How did the Department determine meeting frequency and length for the program? 

We recognize that participation in the PEDS Program will require an investment of your time and we promise to do our best to make your participation worth it! Our program was developed with input from current Assistant Professors and Associate Professors from across the Department to address some of the career development and peer support needs of early career faculty. We have outstanding faculty experts from across our Department and UW School of Medicine lined up to deliver relevant content with time built in for your active engagement so that you can get concrete outcomes from participation. 

How do I sign up? 

The deadline for signing up this year is October 24, 2024. Please complete the following form to confirm your availability for workshop participation and preferred dates: 

AY25 PEDS Program Sign-Up 

For questions about the PEDS Program, please contact Dr. Faisal Malik at faisal.malik@seattlechildrens.org.