LEAD Program Looking for Educational Mentors
The Stanford LEAD Program (Leadership Education in Advancing Diversity) is currently accepting applications for educational mentors (faculty, coordinators, educational administrators) who are “passionate about diversity and inclusion.”
The program is a 10-month longitudinal effort that provides residents and fellows with leadership training and mentorship in creating scholarly works that address diversity and inclusion. It consists of monthly, 2-hour Wednesday evening sessions from 6-8pm.
The first hour is devoted to interactive discussion-based lectures led by leaders in and outside of the Stanford community. The second hour is spent working in mentored, small groups on developing workshop presentations, culminating in the 2nd annual Diversity and Inclusion Forum on May 10, 2019 to showcase the scholarly works completed.
The expectation is that participants will attend a minimum of 7 of the 9 sessions. The vision of LEAD is to “educate and empower the next generation of medical leaders to carry forward the mission of diversity and inclusion.”
Stanford Diverse Stories featured a video about the LEAD program, which is expanding beyond just Pediatrics to include Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, OB/GYN, Psychiatry, Surgery, Anesthesia.
As an educational mentor, your role would include:
- Commit to attend minimum 7 of 9 monthly evening sessions and attend the Diversity and Inclusion Forum
- Attend mentor sessions prior to monthly LEAD session (5:30-6pm)
- Include check-ins and faculty development on educational topics
- Mentorship of assigned small group in creation of workshop
- Assist with:
- breakdown of responsibilities and timelines for group
- helping set action items for what to complete during 2nd hour of small group sessions to maximize time use
- edit and provide timely feedback on workshop framework and proposals for submission
- provide feedback on workshop run-throughs
- Assist with:
Mentor applications (available here) are due July 15, 2018.