Leadership Week is a group-learning event for academic medicine leaders at all levels and will take place at the AAMC's headquarters in Washington, D.C., Jan. 29–Feb. 2, 2018. The program includes three customized workshops dedicated to fostering skills in resiliency, conflict management, and negotiation, along with opportunities for networking with colleagues and peers across the academic medicine community. Participants can choose to attend any or all of the three workshops and will receive a discount when registering for more than one.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is now accepting applications for its Medical Research Fellows Program. The opportunity enables students at U.S. medical schools to engage in a mentored laboratory research training experience for one year at an academic or nonprofit institution other than a government agency or at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus, located just outside Washington, D.C. The application deadline is Jan. 11, 2018. Applications for the Janelia opportunity require a prescreening application by Nov. 1, 2017.

The AAMC has developed a health equity toolkit to implement what was learned from Native American and Alaskan Native communities about their perceived risks and benefits of participation in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program. The NIH initiative was designed to use genetic, clinical, behavioral, and social data to deliver the right treatment to the right patient at the right time. The toolkit includes a facilitator guide, slides, and video interviews with 17 urban-dwelling Native American and Alaskan Natives and can assist with developing concrete actions that an individual or institution can take to engage diverse local communities in genetic research.

The AAMC Chief Medical Officers (CMO) Leadership Academy is an 18-month executive training program developed to enhance the administrative knowledge and skills of CMOs who are in their first three years of the position, as well as senior physician leaders who are interested in pursuing this career path. Designed by CMOs at academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, the program uses a blended-learning approach that combines in-person sessions, elearning, and independent study, as well as peer and executive mentorship. Applications are now being accepted for the 2018–2019 class, which begins on Jan. 18 (the deadline to apply is Dec. 15).

A new Analysis in Brief takes an in-depth look at why faculty choose careers in academic medicine by examining responses from the AAMC’s StandPoint™ Faculty Engagement Survey. Open-ended survey responses yielded four overarching work values that faculty respondents held: variety in responsibilities, intellectual stimulation, service to others, and fulfilling relationships. Evaluating the reasons individuals choose this career path has implications for students and residents as they weigh career options and for institutional leaders as they plan for the future, as well as for articulating the vital role faculty play in our nation's health care.

MedEdPORTAL has a new website and has been renamed MedEdPORTAL: The AAMC Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources. This marks the transition of MedEdPORTAL to a fully open-access online journal that provides free and unrestricted access for readers and focuses exclusively on peer-reviewed materials. Material previously posted on the AAMC iCollaborative can now be found at iCollaborative.aamc.org.