Junior Faculty Development
The Faculty of Medicine offers you continuing education courses in leadership. The course content is designed to address the challenges you face every day as a junior academic with a leadership role. The courses will equip you with the tools to succeed in the complex environment of clinical activities, research and teaching, while balancing this with a healthy personal life.
The range of courses is constantly being expanded and adapted to the interests of the target group.
The courses of the Faculty of Medicine are offered in collaboration with the UZH Leadership and Governance Academy and the Vetsuisse Faculty and are part of the Leadership Program for UZH professors (supplementary modules).
Course fees
The course fees will be covered by the Faculty of Medicine and the Vetsuisse Faculty.
Target persons
The program is aimed at participants of the Leadership Program for Professors of the Faculty of Medicine and the Vetsuisse Faculty of the UZH as well as Assistant Professors and Externally funded assistant professorships of the Faculty of Medicine and the Vetsuisse Faculty.
Current courses
Conflict Management
Thursday, June 12, 2025, and Thursday, June 19, 2025, from 9.00 -13.00
Leadership and Work-Life-Balance: Different perspectives and challenges
Thursday, August 21, 2025, 9.00-12.30 and 14.00-17.30
Managing Difficult Conversations
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 9.00-17.30
Upcoming Courses
Career Development
Wednesday, February 4, 2026, and Thursday, February 5, 2026, from 13.30-18.00
Stress Management and Strengthening Resilience
Friday, March 20, 2026, and Friday, April 17, 2026, from 9.00-13.00
Past Courses
The following courses already took place:
- Career Development
- Leadership and Reconcillation
- Conflict Management
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Stress management and strengthening resilience
