@article{928fcbfe3da34d2a9eba2cf746718b13,
title = "How we developed the GIM clinician-educator mentoring and scholarship program to assist faculty with promotion and scholarly work",
abstract = "Clinician Educators' (CEs) focus on patient care and teaching, yet many academic institutions require dissemination of scholarly work for advancement. This can be difficult for CEs. Our division developed the Clinician-Educator Mentoring and Scholarship Program (CEMSP) in an effort to assist CEs with scholarship, national reputation, recognition, promotion and job satisfaction. The key components are salary-supported director and co-director who coordinate the program and serve as overall mentors and link CEs and senior faculty, and a full-time Senior Research Coordinator to assist with all aspects of scholarship, a close relationship with the General Internal Medicine (GIM) Methods Core provides advanced statistical support. Funding for the program comes from GIM divisional resources. Perceived value was evaluated by assessing the number of manuscripts published, survey of faculty regarding usage and opinion of CEMSP, and a review of faculty promotions. Although impossible to attribute the contributions of an individual component, a program specifically aimed at helping GIM CE faculty publish scholarly projects, increase participation in national organizations and focus on career progression can have a positive impact.",
author = "Amanda Bertram and Yeh, {Hsin Chieh} and Bass, {Eric B.} and Frederick Brancati and David Levine and Joseph Cofrancesco",
note = "Funding Information: Clinician Educators{\textquoteright} (CEs) focus on patient care and teaching, yet many academic institutions require dissemination of scholarly work for advancement. This can be difficult for CEs. Our division developed the Clinician–Educator Mentoring and Scholarship Program (CEMSP) in an effort to assist CEs with scholarship, national reputation, recognition, promotion and job satisfaction. The key components are salary-supported director and co-director who coordinate the program and serve as overall mentors and link CEs and senior faculty, and a full-time Senior Research Coordinator to assist with all aspects of scholarship, a close relationship with the General Internal Medicine (GIM) Methods Core provides advanced statistical support. Funding for the program comes from GIM divisional resources. Perceived value was evaluated by assessing the number of manuscripts published, survey of faculty regarding usage and opinion of CEMSP, and a review of faculty promotions. Although impossible to attribute the contributions of an individual component, a program specifically aimed at helping GIM CE faculty publish scholarly projects, increase participation in national organizations and focus on career progression can have a positive impact. Funding Information: Programs described in the literature demonstrate strengths. The academy movement is strengthening educators (Irby et al. 2004), though most are school-wide programs; we have focused the CEMSP on our own division. The Royal College (Sherbino et al. 2010) program had limited enrollment and required a nomination from a CE already in the program along with a formal interview process. Our program is open to all CEs within the division. The academies at Harvard (Thibault et al. 2003) as well as University of California San Francisco (Cooke et al. 2003) also have limited enrollment. Faculty must meet specific criteria and apply to be a part of the program. The awards program provided by the Mayo Clinic (Viggiano et al. 2000) is designed to stimulate scholarship by providing financial support of an already developed project focused on medical education (Beckman et al. 2009). Helping CEs complete scholarship and obtain promotion may be a focus of some Educators Academies, but they also serve other purposes, such as community building and improving teaching. They have a competitive selection process and are school wide. Our program offers project development and assistance at all levels and is specifically focused on GIM CEs and services are available to all of our CE faculty. Our program also provides mentorship on involvement in national organizations with a pathway to generate a national reputation, presenting at national and regional meetings, and the promotions process. Funding Information: Dr. FREDERICK BRANCATI, MD, MHS, was a Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (deceased). Dr. DAVID LEVINE, MD, MPH, ScD, is a Professor of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, Core Faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs, Department of Medicine, and Director of Pre-and Post-doctoral Cardiovascular Research Training Grant in Behavioral and Preventative Aspects of Heart and Vascular Diseases. Dr. JOSEPH COFRANCESCO, MD, MPH, is an associate professor, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Institute for Excellence in Education. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 Informa UK Ltd. Copyright: Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2015",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3109/0142159X.2014.911269",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "37",
pages = "131--135",
journal = "Medical Teacher",
issn = "0142-159X",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "2",
}