CENTER FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Webinars and Podcasts

The CFD offers recorded webinars and podcasts for those who were not able to attend the live sessions. Now available when you are!

Webinars and Podcasts

Check out the most recent additions to the list of webinars and podcasts. Also find instructions to subscribe to CFD Podcast and Follow CFD MS Stream Channel to receive notifications when there are new uploads.

Fun Friday: Painting with Troods on Nov 17

Patricia Nolan-Brown (aka Troods), painted a boat scene with holiday trees and a dramatic sky while demonstrating how using the impasto painting technique can be a form of joyful meditation.

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Dr. Spector visits MGH and explains ELAM/ELH on Nov 14!

Nancy Spector, MD, provides an overview of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) and Executive Leadership in Health Care (ELH) Programs at MGH!

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Make it Count Twice: Turning Health Professions Education Work into Scholarship - Oct 26

A panel to support clinical educators and think about how to transform your educational work into scholarship to advance your career while benefiting your learners.

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Parenting Series "Encouraging Independence in Kids" on Oct 23

Dr. Elana Kagan explored questions about how parents can foster independence in their children and how to encourage them to take on certain responsibilities.

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Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series Session 11 on Oct 17

Dr. Tali Amir presented on "Emerging Role of Contrast Enhanced Mammography"

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MGH New Faculty Orientation on Oct 4

This two‐hour session provided an overview of the MGH environment and many resources available to faculty at MGH.

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MGH Faculty Development Podcast

The CFD has a podcast that can be accessed online or through your preferred podcast application! See below (above list of recordings) for Instructions on how to subscribe on your mobile device.

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Available recordings

List of available recordings by theme/category from the Center for Faculty Development as well as other departments and institutions.

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Anne Klibanski Visiting Lecture Series
This series was created to support and advance the careers of women. These lectures bring together faculty from institutions that have hosted Anne Klibanski Scholars with MGH scholars, on topics that overlap both research areas.
Communication (Writing/Verbal)
Presentations - 
Social Media - 
Writing - 
Verbal - 
Leadership
Marcela del Carmen, MD, Lecture Series for the Advancement of Women and Diverse Faculty - 
This series was established to honor Dr. del Carmen's dedication to leadership development. Dr. del Carmen is the Chief Executive Officer of the MGPO and has dedicated her career to supporting women in academic medicine as well as faculty with diverse backgrounds.
Nancy J. Tarbell, MD, Faculty Development Lecture Series - 
This series was established to honor Dr. Tarbell’s dedication and leadership. She was the founding Director of both the MGH Center for Faculty Development and the Office for Women’s Careers where she was instrumental in advancing and promoting the academic careers of MGH faculty.
  • Embracing vulnerability as a leader and mentor (podcast) - 2023 May 17
    Shannon E. Scott-Vernaglia, MD, General Pediatrician and AGeneral Pediatrician and Associate Chief for Clinical Faculty Development, MassGeneral for Children; and Director of CFD’s Office for Clinical Careers
  • Work and Purpose in Challenging Times - 2022 May 11
    Clayton Spencer, JD, President of Bates College
  • Mindful Mentorship: Achieving the Best Relationship with Your Mentee (& Mentor) - 2021 May 4
    Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, tenured Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine and Research Scientist at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Health System
  • Note: recordings for 2018 & 2019 lecture were not made available for posting.
  • An Uncommon Journey - 2017 May 10
    O'Neil Britton, MD, Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President, MGH; Instructor in Medicine, HMS
  • Leadership in Turbulent Times - 2016 May 4
    Pamela D.A. Reeve, MBA, Vice Chair, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO) Board of Trustees and Chair, Partners Community Physicians Organization (PCPO)
Women in Medicine Month - 
  • Women in Medicine and Science Symposium Keynote Address: If me, then you: Attaining leadership through growth opportunities - 2023 Sep 27
    Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH, Chair of Pediatrics of MassGeneral for Children and Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Women in Medicine and Science Symposium Keynote Address: From the Nile to the Charles River - 2022 Sep 20
    Nawal M. Nour, MD, MPH, Kate Macy Ladd Professorship at HMS, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Founding Director of the African Women’s Health Center at BWH
  • Women in Medicine - Positively Deviant (podcast) - 2020 Oct 8
    Nancy J. Brown, MD, Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of the Yale School of Medicine and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine
  • What Works: Gender Equality by Design - 2019 Sep 16
    Iris Bohnet, PhD, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Academic Dean at the Harvard Kennedy School; Co-Director of the Women and Public Policy Program; Associate Director of the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory
  • An Interwoven Journey: Women’s Health and Advancement of Women Faculty - 2018 Sep 12
    Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH, Chief of the Division of Women’s Health in the Department of Medicine; Director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Office for Women’s Careers; and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Mentoring
Negotiation
Professional Development
Career Advancement - 
Promotion & CV
Retirement/Transition
Skill Building
Time Management - 
Well-Being
TEDxMGH Videos - 
The TEDxMGH videos present inspirational stories from the MGH community, including how people have handled challenges through innovation, resilience, vulnerability, and connection. These monthly 10-12 min. stories by your colleagues cover far-reaching topics – from antiracism and social justice to climate change, laughter, coping with loss, COVID-19, and living and working with depression.
  • TEDxMGH (Nov-May) and TEDxMGH (Jun-present) are internal events on the TEDx website and therefore the videos are only accessible by MGH employees.
  • Visit the Apollo TEDxMGH intranet page for a list and links to the videos released every month since November 2020.
Maurizio Fava Lecture Series on Well-Being - 
Fun Fridays - 
Work / Life Balance
Financial Planning - 
Parenting (previously Managing Parenthood & Your Career) - 
  • Encouraging Independence in Kids - 2023 Oct 23
    Elana Kagan, PhD, Psychologist in the Child Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Program, MGH
  • Parenting Children with Mental Health/Learning Disabilities - 2023 Mar 8
    Panelists: Ellen B. Braaten, PhD, Executive Director, Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP); Jessica E. Haberer, MD, MS, Associate Physician, General Internal Medicine; Elyse Park, PhD, Clinical Associate in Psychology
  • Parenting Children with Medical/Physical Disabilities - 2022 Dec 7
    Panelists: Matthew F. Gardiner, MD, Director, Ophthalmology Emergency, Consult, and Hospitalist Services; Yamini Howe, MD, Development Behavioral Pediatrician, Lurie Center for Autism; Donna L. Nimec, MD, Director, Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and Jillian Wise, PhD, Instructor, MGH Cancer Center
  • Parenting through and Beyond Divorce - 2022 Sep 8
    Panelists: Erin T. Bradley, MD, Associate Professor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology; Evelyn Lilly, MD, Instructor in Dermatology; Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry; and Joan Sapir, MBA, EdM, Executive in Residence, MGH/MGPO
  • Parenting Never Stops―A Conversation with Parents of Older Children - 2022 Jun 22
    Panelists: Jeffrey Ecker, MD, Chief of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; Bob Kingston, PhD, Chief of the Department of Molecular Biology; Anne Levy, PhD, Senior Program Manager of the Center for Faculty Development; May Pian-Smith, MD, MS, Chief of the Division of Quality and Safety, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
  • The Impact of Youth’s Social Media Use and How to Mitigate it - 2022 Mar 2
    Jacqueline Sperling, PhD, clinical psychologist; Instructor, HMS; and co-founder and Co-Program Director of the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program, McLean Hospital
  • Managing and Moving Beyond Guilt –The Challenging Duo of Parenthood and Career Panel - 2021 Dec 16
    Panelists: Deborah Hung, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology; Karen K. Miller, MD, Professor of Medicine; Kerry Reynolds, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine; and Lorraine Schratz, MD, Clinical Director of the Raising Healthy Hearts Program
  • Fun Things to Do with Kids (podcast) - 2021 Oct 5
    Panelists: Anne Fishel, PhD, Executive Director of the Family Dinner Project; Anne Levy, PhD, Senior Program Manager of the Center for Faculty Development at MGH; and Rana Chudnofsky, MEd, (not recorded) Director of the Positivity and Relaxation Training (PART) Program and Resilient Youth at the Benson Henry Institute
  • Stepping Up: Men at MGH Who Re-define Family Success (podcast) - 2021 Jun 16
    Panelists: Thomas N. Byrne, MD, Professor of Neurology and Health Sciences & Technology; Mark J. O'Connor, MD, Clinical and Research Fellow in Endocrinology; and William E. Palmer, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology
  • Adoption (podcast) - 2020 Dec 10
    Panelists: Connie Chang, MD, Musculoskeletal Radiologist and fellow adoption champion; Laura Nemeyer, EdD, Founder of Adoption Resource Associates of Cambridge; and Ellen & Nate Lowe, licensed foster parents in MA in process on expanding to adoption
  • Getting the Most Out of Your Family Meals (podcast) - 2020 Nov 12
    Anne K. Fishel, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry; Author of “Home for Dinner: Mixing Food, Fun and Conversation for a Happier Family and Healthier Kids”; and a founding member of The Family Dinner Project
  • Preparing for the New School Year - 2020 Sep 2
    Panelists: Elise Wulff, MEd, Program Manager for Child Services, Aspire MGH/MassGeneral for Children and Martha A. McNulty, MEd, Director, Child Care Services, MGB
  • Advanced COVID Parenting - 2020 Jul 16
    Michael S. Jellinek, MD, former chief of Child Psychiatry and professor emeritus of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at HMS
  • Town Hall: Parenting and Productivity in the Time of COVID - 2020 Jun 26
    Panelists: Peter L. Slavin, MD; Anne E. Becker, MD, PhD; Rose R. Sheehan, MBA; and Martha A. McNulty, EdM

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