Transforming teaching into scholarship

Abstract

We transformed the initial list of conference topics to scholarship by using a three-phase model for transforming teaching into scholarship. Using this framework, we have demonstrated how clinician-educators can transform teaching activities into scholarship, and how important a community of practice can be for professional development.

Strategies to build a clinician‐educator career

“…If you devote significant time to an educational activity or curricular design, make it count twice by describing your efforts for scholarly dissemination . Table gives practical tips on how to document and publicise your scholarly work.…”

“…In addition to seeking out mentorship, put yourself forward as a mentor to more junior trainees who are interested in entering your field (college If you devote significant time to an educational activity or curricular design, make it count twice by describing your efforts for scholarly dissemination. 14 Table 2 gives practical tips on how to document and publicise your scholarly work. Update your CV regularly and consider using an Educator Portfolio: a tool to document the experiences and efforts of clinician-educators in a manner that ensures that they are judged more fairly for advancement.…”

Harvest the Low-Hanging Fruit: Strategies for Submitting Educational Innovations for Publication

“…13 Publishing an educational innovation is 1 way for medical educators to advance teaching as scholarship. The paper by Turner et al 10 provides a practical example of how clinician educators transformed clinical teaching into teaching scholarship.…”

“…Turner and colleagues 10 described their local ''community of practice'' around clinical teaching. They note that ''the group was formed to share ideas, to reflect on teaching experiences, and to transmit new knowledge to other clinician-educators within our pediatrics department.''…”

“…They note that ''the group was formed to share ideas, to reflect on teaching experiences, and to transmit new knowledge to other clinician-educators within our pediatrics department.'' 10 The end result was a clinical educator handbook, which is a great example of transforming everyday teaching into educational scholarship. Organizing an institution-wide scholarship group can bring together a diverse group of educators.…”