Creating a culture of coaching in which every faculty member is invested and engaged in professional growth.

The ABLE Program is designed to accelerate career development for junior faculty in their chosen pathway by pairing them in a one-year program with a personal coach. The program involves training in aspects of career development that include strategies to build resilience, enhance professional skills, and learn the infrastructure that supports their chosen domain. The training will be accomplished through small group discussions, lectures, and participation in online programs available within the institution. In addition, regular meetings with the personal coach, a senior faculty member, will enhance the value of the program. The ABLE Program supplements existing mentor relationships.

Objectives

  • Deliver effective skill building programs to all faculty aligned with the department’s mission
  • Develop coaching and leadership skills among program participants
  • Increase faculty productivity within their chosen field as measured by grant funding, publications, and national visibility in a leadership role
  • Build resilience through training in effective strategies for managing time, stress and fatigue
  • Improve awareness of APT process and accelerate preparation of high quality dossier in chosen track

Events

Every year, two faculty are selected for each of the following domains:

Goals

  • Develop a career plan, including review of D-APT requirements and prepare dossier

  • Participate in monthly leadership development seminars organized by the department

  • Complete Meyers Briggs inventory and 360° evaluation

  • Incorporate effective strategies for managing time, stress and fatigue

  • Complete a structured program including courses on translational research offered by the School of Medicine and Duke Translational Research Institute

  • Complete a manuscript writing/grant writing/presentation skills workshop

  • Submit one competitive grant application

  • Learn the institutional infrastructure that supports translational research, including grant management and IACUC/IRB policies

  • Complete a structured program including courses on clinical research offered by the School of Medicine and Duke Clinical Research Institute

  • Complete a manuscript writing/grant writing/presentation skills workshop

  • Submit one competitive grant application

  • Learn the institutional infrastructure that supports clinical research (CARE), including grant management and IRB policies

  • Attend perioperative operations meetings as determined by coach/team lead

  • Deliver one mentored project in a specific area of operations

  • Apply for external funding for projects in the area of operations

  • Design and implement a specific education research project

  • Complete course on curriculum design and evaluation

  • Learn the institutional infrastructure that supports education, including GME resources

  • Apply for external funding for research projects on education

More about this new domain soon!

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Structure

ABLE Structure Infographic
Left to Right: Drs. Negmeldeen Mamoun, Ashraf Habib, Miriam Treggiari, Brandi Bottiger, Madhav Swaminathan
Left to Right: Dana Rawls, Dr. Atilio Barbeito, Dr. Anne Cherry, Dr. Allison Ross, Dr. Nicole Guinn
Left to Right: Dr. Andrea Nackley, Dr. Chakib Ayoub, Dr. Neil Ray, Dr. Michael Kent

Selection and Eligibility

All junior faculty at the rank of assistant professor or instructor are encouraged to apply for ABLE Scholarship. All applicants to the program will be screened by both domain Coaches and discussed with team leads. Recommendations will be made by team leads to the senior cabinet for final selection. Unsuccessful candidates will be encouraged to reapply. Those in a grant application cycle, or within 2 years of promotion eligibility will be prioritized. Faculty at the associate professor rank may also apply for the ABLE program; selection will be approved by Team Leads in consultation with the VC for faculty development and department chair.

Coaches will meet with their assigned ABLE Scholars as often as required, but at least every month to set goals and review progress. Team Leads will meet with Coaches every quarter to review progress and discuss opportunities and barriers within the broad goals of the ABLE program. Team Leads will meet with the VC for faculty development every six months to review progress. The VC will provide the department chair an annual report for each domain.

July 28, 2022
Building a National Presence
Dr. Madhav Swaminathan

September 15, 2021
Ethics and Professionalism for Leaders
Michael “Buzz” Waitzkin

August 26, 2021
How to Write a Business Proposal
Dana Rawls and John Borrelli

August 25, 2021
Reporting Requirements in Research
Tiffany Bisanar, MHA, BSN, RN, CCRP

April 7, 2021
Effective Presentations
Dr. Madhav Swaminathan

March 24, 2021
Writing a Good Biosketch
Dr. Jamie Privratsky

March 18, 2021
Building A National Presence
Dr. Madhav Swaminathan

February 24, 2021
Scientific Integrity
Dr. Geeta Swamy

February 22, 2021
Presentation Skills Workshop I
Dr. Madhav Swaminathan

Januar 27, 2021
Developing a Curriculum I
Dr. Ashley Grantham

January 27, 2021
Grant Writing Workshop I
Kathy Gage

January 21, 2021
Finance Basics in an Academic Department
John Borrelli

Applications for the 2024 ABLE Program have closed.

Meet the ABLE Scholars

Clinical Operations

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Clinical Research

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Education

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Innovation and Data Science

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
2022 ABLE Scholars: Sandy An, MD, PhD; Jon Andrews, MD; Cameron Taylor, MD; Jonathan Dunkman, MD
2022 ABLE Scholars: Amanda Faulkner, MD; Eric A. JohnBull, MD, MPH; Rachael Mintz-Cole, MD, PhD
2021 ABLE Scholars: Angela Pollak, MD; Vijay K. Ramaiah, MBBS, MD; Peter Yi, MD, MSEd; Harika Nagavelli, MD
2021 ABLE Scholars: Melissa Bauer, MD; Satya Achanta, DVM, PhD
2020 ABLE Scholars: Nazish K. Hashmi, MD;Grace C. McCarthy, MD; Aurelio Alonso, DDS, MS, PhD; Brian M. Starr, MD
2020 ABLE Scholars: Katherine Martucci, PhD; W. Michael Bullock, MD, PhD; Marie-Louise Meng, MD
2019 ABLE Scholars: Amanda Kumar, MD; Elizabeth B. Malinzak, MD; Lisa M. Einhorn, MD; Timothy O. Stanley, MD
2019 ABLE Scholars: Jamie R. Privratsky, MD, PhD; John Whittle, MBBS, MD, FHEA, FRCA, FFICM; Mary Yurashevich, MD, MPH
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