Faculty Affairs and Professional Development

FAPD develops a vibrant, healthy and engaging community where everyone can thrive, advance the school’s mission and cultivate the school's core values.

Step inside the life and career journey of Leslie Hulvershorn, MD

Soak up some fresh career inspiration during your lunch hour Aug. 27 when Leslie Hulvershorn, PhD, is interviewed as part of the video podcast-style interview series, Stepping Stones of Leadership Development. Hulvershorn is a physician-scientist and Department of Psychiatry chair. Watch live at noon ET via Zoom.

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Learn to coach learners to be better communicators Aug. 26

Help shape students' abilities to be better communicators across clinical, academic and professional settings. A new Academy of Teaching Scholars workshop will provide the evidence-based strategies you need to identify and assess skills, and provide meaningful feedback.

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Get strategies for integrating AI into your daily workflows

Get ideas for how to effectively use AI for your teaching, research or administrative workflows — while preserving human-centered education and maintaining ethical standards — when you attend a virtual workshop Aug. 31. AI is already influencing medical education. Learn to confidently step into this exciting practice.

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Our Mission

Establish and sustain a culture that promotes faculty vitality and organizational learning.
Train, educate and empower faculty and staff leaders who can promote the development of others and craft a culture of wellness that is welcoming of all.
Plan, communicate and implement evidence-based faculty and leadership development activities.
Ensure effective and successful recruitment, appointment, orientation, retention and promotion of faculty.

The FAPD staff poses for a group shot during a team outing at Random Acts of Flowers, where they created bouquets of flowers for patients at IU Health and other facilities.

Our Team

With a shared focus on fostering excellence in teaching, research, clinical care and service, our team is passionate about empowering faculty members to thrive and make a lasting impact in academic medicine.

(We also like to come together to do good and have fun. At left, the FAPD team partnered with Random Acts of Flowers to create dozens of bouquets of flowers for patients at IU Health and other central Indiana hospitals.)

Meet the FAPD team