Career Development Strategies for the Clinical Educator.

ABSTRACT: Over the past several decades, fewer faculty members at American medical schools have engaged in an equally balanced portfolio of clinical, research, and education efforts, and increasing numbers of faculty members have become more differentiated into physician-scientists or clinician-educators. Career paths among clinician-educators are quite variable, and aspiring clinician-educators are frequently unsure of how to maximize their chances for success in a clinician-educator academic pathway. In the author's opinion, the aspiring clinician-educator should seek to develop their skill set in four main areas. First, they must develop, become respected for, and maintain their clinical expertise, ideally becoming their institution's go-to person when those issues either arise clinically or requ

SUBMITTER: Mandel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8043295 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature