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Faculty Career Tracks & Stages
Pathways for Career Success
Learn about your options for career pathways at the U-M Medical School.
Explore Faculty Career Tracks
Career Roadmap
Starting with New Faculty Orientation on Day 1, faculty have the support of our programs, including an early career kickstart with Launch Committees (3 months - 2 years). We then offer promotion prep planning to guide faculty through promotion packet, educators portfolio and CV preparation.
The APEX mid-career program (8 - 15 years) provides a symposium and an event series to review promotion packet best practices. Senior career (15+ years) offerings include themed sessions, direct to leadership development, and the Senior Career NEXT Phase program.
Programs to Advance Each Career Stage
We have developed programs tailored to assist faculty in advancing in each stage of their careers.
Upcoming Events
Mid-Career Series: Make the Most of Your Retirement Savings
Virtual Event: In this workshop, we will focus on different ways to save for retirement and how to keep growing your assets once you retire.
NEXT PHASE: Book Discussion
In-Person Event: Join us for a discussion of What to Make of a Life: Cliffs, Fog, Fire and the Self-Knowledge Imperative by Jim Collins.
Research Faculty Seminar Series
Virtual Event: The RFSS provides a platform to disseminate scientific findings, facilitate networking, and provide resources for research track faculty.
Building Your Everyday Coaching Skills
In-Person Event: This workshop is intended to expose faculty and senior level administrators to foundational concepts and applicable tools for one-on-one developmental coaching.
How Faculty Can Use AI in Late 2026 (for Everything Except Writing)
Virtual Event: This session skips writing assistance entirely and instead works through real case examples showing what AI can do across the rest of an academic job
Raise Your Profile: Building National Reputation & Impact
Virtual Event: This program will explore why national reputation matters, how it fits into promotion, and practical ways faculty can build visibility.
Medical Education Symposium 2026
In-Person Event: The Medical Education Symposium is an event for faculty to focus on techniques and strategies that can improve engagement and effectiveness.
Essential Skills for Successful Leadership
In-Person Event: This 1-day workshop is designed to assist faculty in developing the essential leadership and management skills necessary to run a lab, start a program, or manage a center or division.
Clinical Funds Flow Workshop
Virtual Event: This essential workshop provides an overview of the financial structure that connects the Medical School and Health System through clinical funds flows.
