Section on Early Career Physicians

Early Career Leadership Alliance (ECLA) Program

2023-2025 Senior Faculty Application

EXTENDED Deadline: Sunday, November 19, 2023

The Section on Early Career Physicians (SOECP) is pleased to welcome senior faculty leader applications for the 2023-2025 class of the Early Career Leadership Alliance (ECLA), a 2-year training program designed to develop leaders and build a leadership community amongst early career physicians. In alignment with the AAP Equity Agenda, this learning program is intended to increase the capacity of physicians who are early in their career and underrepresented in medicine as a means to support their career growth and diversify leadership in pediatrics. The program includes intersession webinars, conference calls, optional in-person activities, and individual leadership capstone project with guidance from experienced AAP faculty leaders.

As an EC leader, you will serve as a faculty presenter, a faculty coach and a faculty mentor.

Faculty presenter: As a senior faculty member in the program, you will partner with an early career faculty member to develop 1-2 virtual sessions that will be presented to ECLA participants. Examples of topics presented include: graceful self-promotion, building and leading effective teams, negotiating essentials, change management, and giving/receiving effective feedback. Upon selection, your topic preferences will be gathered and pairings will be made that best align with your interests.

Coach and Mentor: Beyond your teaching role, you will also serve as a mentor and coach for a specific group of program participants, and new faculty. You will again partner with an early career faculty member to serve as a faculty team supporting the individualized leadership development of a group of participants. Together, you will use mentorship and coaching skills to engage with your assigned participants on quarterly conference calls to advance the participants' work on an individual leadership project and to address leadership challenges associated with this project work. You will also provide individual mentoring and coaching to the participants in your coaching group to discuss issues related to their career goals as a leader. Faculty training on coaching skills will be provided to support your own development and further ensure the success of the program.

Compensation: Faculty will be compensated $1,000 for their role in the program, broken into 2 installments of $500 per year.

If interested, please complete and submit the application below. Applicants must be an active member of the AAP for the full duration of the program.

In alignment with the AAP Equity Agenda, the SOECP is committed to celebrating the work of members from groups underrepresented in medicine. We encourage nominations for diverse candidates in terms of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, subspecialty, practice location, and/or national origin.

Please note: The ECLA curriculum is designed to optimize participants’ education in leadership development over the two-year period. In order to provide the best experience for our participants, active engagement is expected of faculty. Therefore, faculty attendance is required at all ECLA sessions and on every webinar/conference call for your assigned group for the duration of the appointment. You are also required to hold the individual coaching conversations described above.

EXTENDED application deadline is Sunday, November 19, 2023.

Recipients will be notified the week of December 12, 2023.

APPLICANT CONTACT INFORMATION

* Denotes that the field is required.

First Name *

Last Name *

Degree/Designation (MD, DO, etc.) *

AAP ID Number *

Preferred Email Address *

Preferred Pronouns

She/Her/Hers

He/Him/His

They/Their/Theirs

Prefer to self-describe

Professional Title *

Specialty/Subspecialty

From the list below, please select the years that you participated in the previous YPLA program.

SENIOR FACULTY APPLICATION

Please answer each of the following questions.

1) Please describe your current leadership roles and how your career path has positioned you to be an effective senior faculty leader for the ECLA Program. Also describe how participating as a faculty member will contribute to your ongoing professional development. (250 word limit) *

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2) Describe your teaching responsibilities (include learner type, format, and frequency) and your experience teaching about leadership (learner type, format and topics taught). You are welcome to include details on your teaching philosophy, highlighting how you create an engaging and interactive environment. (250 word limit) *

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3) Describe your most meaningful mentoring relationships (include information about who you mentored and the format) and what you have learned that positions you to be an ideal mentor for ECLA participants and early career faculty. We are also interested in learning more about your approach to mentoring and how you create an environment that helps the person you are mentoring address challenges and meet their goals. (150 word limit) *

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4) Briefly describe your experience with coaching, and how coaching differs from mentorship. Please list any professional development opportunities you have received to enhance your skills as a teacher, mentor/coach, or leader. (150 word limit) *

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5) Describe how you would partner effectively with an early career faculty member to design and deliver teaching sessions and to mentor and coach participants and new faculty to ensure their success in the program. (150 word limit) *

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Please upload your CV. PDF format required. *

APPLICANT CHARACTERISTICS

This section is not shared with reviewers. You are not required to answer any of the questions below.

As part of the application process, we are collecting information to understand who our SOECP members are that are applying for leadership positions. This information will be reported back in summary form to the SOECP Executive Committee and AAP Leadership; no individual information will be identified.

In what year were you born? Please use 4-digit format (YYYY).

With what racial or cultural group(s) do you identify yourself? Select all that apply.

Which of the following is your current gender identity? Select all that apply.

Which of the following best represents how you think of yourself? Select all that apply.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) you have a disability if you have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. By this definition, do you have a disability?

Yes

No

Do you currently work part-time?

Yes

No

Please describe the community in which your primary practice/position is located.

City

Rural

Suburban

Please indicate your primary employment setting. This is the setting where you spend most of your time.

9) Where was your medical school located?

Please be sure to submit your application form, including your CV by:

11:59pm Central Time on Sunday, November 19, 2023

Questions about the ECLA Program or this application can be directed to

Elisha Ferguson (eferguson@aap.org).

Thank you!