WDS Career Development Grant Program of the Women's Dermatologic Society

The WDS Career Development Grant Program provides financial support for WDS members to defray the cost of acquiring specific skills and knowledge to enhance their professional development. Professional development may include courses on financial development, management, scientific development or technical development. This program is made possible by a contribution from Galderma Laboratories.

The goal of this Program is to provide WDS members opportunities to enhance their career development through participating in "hands-on" training or other educational activities.

This program provides financial support for members to acquire specific skills to enhance professional development.

2008 Application
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Eligibility:

Awards will be made for specific educational programs to individual members.
A minimum of three years of continuous WDS post-residency membership is a prerequisite for application.
Awards will be designated for particular areas of professional skill development, including but not limited to courses on financial development, management, scientific development, technical development and attending educational conferences to apply a specific skill.
Criteria for awards will include the merit of the proposal, as well as the perceived need of the applicant to improve her career status. Two letters of reference should be provided; one from potential Peer Expert that defines the content of the apprenticeship with the beginning and ending dates (or letter of reference with documentation of the course) and a letter of recommendation from a WDS Member.
Applicants should identify the specific skill(s) they wish to acquire and define an educational program designed to meet the special needs.
Awards will be made on a continued basis as funding permits. Applications will be submitted to the Career Development Committee preferably three months prior to the date of apprenticeship. Awardees are expected to attend the Annual Meeting to acknowledge receipt of the award unless specifically excused by the Committee Chairman.
Awards up to $10,000 will be granted pending review of the budget.
Awardees may request reasonable travel expenses, necessary tuition, and appropriate housing expenses but requests for the purchase of equipment are typically not funded.
Awardees will be expected to provide a photo and prepare a brief report for publication in the WDS Newsletter within one month of the conclusion of the Experience.

2008 Application
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My Thoughts on Women and Mentoring
by Deborah MacFarlane MD, MPH

Two years ago I received a WDS Career Development Award to study the topic of “Women and Mentoring” with Mary Maloney, MD. Mary kindly let me stay at her home in Massachusetts for two weeks and in the evenings we would sit and mull over the topic. I remember trying to compile a list of what I considered to be the challenges female physicians face during their careers...
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This grant program generously sponsored by: Galderma

WDS Career Development Grant Program Brochure

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