Main description:

This concise, easy-to-read guidebook is designed as a go-to resource for clinician educators working to establish the foundation for a successful academic career. This book begins with preliminary lessons such as interviewing for a first faculty position, how to prepare a robust curriculum vitae, how to evaluate a letter of offer, and understanding the process of academic promotion. Further chapters highlight the refinement of essential academic skills, including how to effectively give a lecture, how to approach clinical supervision, incorporating technology in educational innovation, and how to give feedback, among other topics. Chapters pertaining to clinical care cover a range of topics, including how to maintain excellent clinical documentation, how to evaluate clinical research, and how to avoid medico-legal problems. Clinician educators, while essential to the academic workforce, often feel overwhelmed by the newness and breadth of responsibilities that go with their first faculty job. Addressing that problem, this guidebook also emphasizes careful attention to preserving a healthy work/life balance as clinician educators navigate the demands of their professional and personal lives. The Clinician Educator Guidebook: Steps and Strategies for Advancing Your Career is derived from the larger acclaimed text, The Academic Medicine Handbook, and is an indispensable resource for a unique group of dedicated faculty who play an essential role in academic medicine.

Contents:

1 How to Find Your Path in Academic Medicine2 How to Build the Foundation for a Successful Career in Academia3 How to Have a Healthy Life Balance as an Academic Physician4 How to Interview for a First Academic Position5 How to Evaluate a Letter of Offer or Contract6 How to Give a Lecture7 How to Use Technology in Educational Innovation8 How to Approach Clinical Supervision9 How to Evaluate and Give Feedback10 How to Approach Mentorship as a Mentee11 How to Write a Case Report12 How to Review a Manuscript13 How to Understand flaws in Clinical Research14 How to Maintain Excellent Clinical Documentation15 How to Avoid Medico-legal Problems16 How to Prepare the Best Possible Curriculum Vitae17 How to Understand Promotion Criteria for "Clinician Educator" and "Teaching" Tracks18 How to Create Your Package for Promotion<19 How to Develop an Educator's Portfolio20 How to Build a National Reputation for Academic Promotion