The Maximizing Impact and Networks for Faculty Advancement and Community (MINFAC) Leadership Development Seminar brings together junior faculty from across the United States and provides participants with real-world guidance and tools for pursuing career advancement in academic medicine. Utilizing a strengths-based approach informed by the experiences of MINFAC attendees, the seminar will help participants develop key professional competencies that build skills in grant writing and communications, while expanding their network of colleagues and role models from a wide variety of backgrounds.
For more than 30 years, the MINFAC seminar has helped faculty navigate the “hidden curriculum” that defines success through programming tailored for faculty who have experienced the greatest challenges advancing in academic medicine. MINFAC program alumni in leadership roles make up the majority of speakers at the seminar, providing valuable wisdom alongside interactive learning sessions and career consultations.
Who Should Attend?
Junior faculty (senior clinical and research fellows, instructors, and assistant professors) and post docs (MD, DO/PhD and PhD) who aspire to leadership positions in academic medicine and seek information and community support navigating advancement opportunities.
Faculty at the associate professor rank should instead attend the Mid-Career MINFAC Leadership Development Seminar.
Upcoming Seminar
June 11-15, 2025
AAMC Learning Center
Washington, DC
Learning Objectives
At the completion of the seminar, participants will be able to:
- Identify professional development goals, design a career path, and gain tools to help achieve them.
- Understand the realities of advancement in academic medicine through the exploration of the requirements for appointment, promotion, and tenure, and how to plan your own progress through the system.
- Develop key professional competencies in academic and organizational leadership.
- Build skills in grant writing and communications.
- Expand your network of colleagues and role models.
Questions? Email minfac@aamc.org.