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The Office for Faculty Development (OFD) conference room is available for use by faculty. It is on the seventh floor of the Kasota building, Room BN7.758. The room accommodates up to 16 people for a meeting. A computer, printer and copier are available. To reserve this room, please contact susan.cunningham@cchmc.org.
The conference room also houses the OFD library, which contains books and other resource materials relevant to personal and professional development. The library also houses a DVD collection of previous OFD seminars.
Download a list of books.
The OFD maintains and active listserv and sends emails regularly about faculty development events and resources. To be added to the OFD listserv, please email faculty-development@cchmc.org.
The OFD newsletter, Faculty Flash, is emailed to faculty monthly, and contains information about OFD initiatives, events, resources, and recommended reading. To receive Faculty Flash, please email faculty-development@cchmc.org.
Cincinnati Children's faculty have access to the OFD webpage, which contains numerous resources and is updated daily. On the OFD webpage faculty can find information about career development resources for faculty, grants and fellowships, leadership opportunities, the reappointment, promotion and tenure process at Cincinnati Children's; diversity and inclusion initiatives; Cincinnati Children's policies, organization, and strategic initiatives; professional health resources; work-life integration resources; and recommended reading. An on-line faculty resource manual is also available on the webpage.
The OFD has its own Facebook page, where faculty can receive notifications of OFD events and are able to join networking groups. To join, search “Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Office for Faculty Development” from your Facebook homepage.
Visit the OFD Facebook page.
Seminars are held monthly on a variety of topics to promote the career development of faculty. Speakers include Cincinnati Children's faculty and nationally-acclaimed guests. CME/CEU credit is offered for most seminars, and seminars are videotaped and archived. Please RSVP for seminars to assure that there is adequate seating.
Download a schedule of seminars.
Announcements of leadership opportunities for faculty are posted regularly on the OFD website. Two leadership development programs have been developed in collaboration with the Department of Education and Learning: a core leadership program for mid-level leaders, and a senior leadership program for Division Directors. Both are intensive, year-long programs that include leadership fundamentals and core skills curricula.
The OFD provides skills training for academic mentors and mentees, and is in the process of developing a comprehensive mentorship program for the Department of Pediatrics that will be launched in the academic year 2011-2012.
Opportunities to network with other faculty are built into OFD seminars, and additional networking groups for faculty with different interests and backgrounds are being developed, including a work-life integration networking group. The OFD is also launching informal group networking programs such as Wine and Wisdom, in which a successful faculty member shares insights about his or her career with faculty.
The OFD, in collaboration with Diversity and Inclusion and the Office for Physician and Faculty Recruitment, is actively focusing on strategies to recruit, retain and promote women and minority faculty.
