About the Department of Pediatrics
Although each faculty member joins the UTHSCSA and the Department under unique circumstances, job description and personal considerations, all faculty members share one goal in common - to find a comfortable balance between work and home life. Whether a man or a woman, single or in a committed relationship, with children or other dependents or with neither of these, all faculty would like to succeed in achieving their own dynamic equilibrium between the demands of career and of life in general. Of course, many factors combine to make achieving this balance a greater challenge for some than for others. Tradition changes very slowly, but colleagues, supervisors and all of academic medicine are becoming increasingly sensitive to this important goal (albeit still slowly) and even helping faculty with this challenge, such as through this Department of Pediatrics Faculty Development Program.
Suggested Readings
Bachrach, DJ. Non-Tenure Tracks Now More Respected. Academic Physician & Scientist. September 2003.
American Thoracic Society-Career Talk, see many topics such as "What Every Junior Faculty Needs to Know (Oct. 2005) or "Time Management: A Practical Approach and Philosophy" (Nov 2002)
Creative Strategies in Physician Leadership
Selected Resources
UTHSCSA
UTHSCSA Hispanic Faculty Association: The purpose of the Hispanic Faculty Association (HFA) is to work with the formal authorities of the UTHSCSA to strengthen and enhance UTHSCSA mission of delivering high quality culturally competent health care to the people of South Texas via: (1) appropriate and equal representation of Hispanic faculty in all levels of academic and professional positions; (2) high quality, culturally competent education, research and teaching; and (3) development and maintenance of representation of highly qualified Hispanic faculty at UTHSCSA. Contact Norma Partida DDS, MPH, president of HFA and faculty in Department of General Dentistry or Russell Sanchez, Ph.D., vice president of HFA and faculty in the Department of Pharmacology for further information.
UTHSCSA Women's Faculty Association (WFA): This organization, whose membership includes women faculty from all five UTHSCSA campus schools, was begun in 1982 and continues activities consistent with its founding goal to support and promote the professional development of female faculty. Contact Janet F. Williams, M.D., or Alice Gong, M.D. in the Department of Pediatrics for further information.
UTHSCSA National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
and the Leadership and Faculty Development Component
LOCAL
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San Antonio Association for the Education of Young Children (210-271-0134) is an organization working to raise public awareness and understanding of the needs of young children and their families. They provide a list of accredited child care centers in the San Antonio area at http://www.saaeyc.org/accredited_centers.htm.
San Antonio Community Initiatives KIDCARE resource and referral [(210) 246-5270 or 1 (866)271-6797] assists parents locate child care with the assistance of a comprehensive database of licensed child care facilities and registered child care homes.
Our Kids - "the magazine for San Antonio parents"
This free monthly San Antonio publication is available at grocery stores and child-related shops throughout the city. Each edition includes a monthly calendar listing upcoming family-friendly events and children's programs, columns on parenting topics, and special features such as the annual school directory, day camp and overnight camp directories, after-school programs directory and more. See www.OurKidsSanAntonio.com
STATE
Mexican American Physician Association of South Texas
NATIONAL (women and minority resources)
American Medical Women's Association
Online CME courses "How to Negotiate-A Guide for Women in Medicine" and a Woman-to-Woman Mentoring Program.
(Women) Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine
Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine
National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
and its Leadership and Faculty Development Component
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
The AAMC was founded in 1876 to reform medical education and continues with the purpose of improving the nation's health through the advancement of medical schools and teaching hospitals. A number of professional development groups are supported, including the Women In Medicine group which was organized to assist dean's offices and individual faculty in addressing gender-related inequities and to improve pathways for women to contribute as fully as do men to academic medicine. Faculty development conferences are sponsored on a regular basis for minority faculty, junior level faculty women, and mid-career faculty women.
AAMC Women in Medicine
Select Career Resources from the UTHSCSA Women's Faculty Association web site:
American Society of Cell Biology Career Development
Women in Physiology/Pharmacology Committees
American Physiological Society Career mentoring website
Association for Women in Science mentoring website
American Academy of Pediatrics/Women in Pediatrics/Committee on Pediatric Workforce
Website Tips on Part-time/Reduced Hours Employment
http://www.workoptions.com
http://www.womenemployed.org/links/index.html
http://bluesuitmom.com/career/balance
National Hispanic Medical Association