SCTR Mentor Training Program May 4, 2012

1. SCTR Mentor Training ProgramMay 4, 2012 MENTORING OF CLINICIAN EDUCATORS Douglas Gelb University of Michigan Department of Neurology Relevant Financial Relationships None Off Label Usage None

2. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

3. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

4. Historical Perspective The traditional triple threat: Patient Care Research Teaching

5. Historical Perspective Clinician-Educators: Patient Care Research Teaching

6. Relevant MUSC Tracks • College of Medicine: Clinician Educator • College of Health Professions: Academic Educator • College of Dental Medicine: Academic Clinician • Department of Library Science and Informatics: ? • College of Nursing: ? • College of Pharmacy: ?

7. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

8. Define Your Goals KNOW THYSELF Good reasons to be a clinician-educator: a. you like to teach and/or think about teaching b. you like to see pts Not so good reasons: a. inertia b. make your teachers proud

9. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

10. Know the Rules Up or out? Salary implications? External funding expectations? College of Medicine: not required, but “encouraged to participate in research as co-I, or a PI on grants from local and regional funding sources” College of Health Professions: yes College of Dental Medicine: “important (*)”, NOT “very important (***)”

11. Know the Rules – 2 First author on peer-reviewed publications? College of Medicine: “must participate in publications of some variety, but may or may not be an author on peer-reviewed papers in their field. However, their publications should influence the practice of clinical medicine at the regional and/or national levels” College of Health Professions: yes (though this is listed as one of several examples) College of Dental Medicine: yes (2 for Assoc Prof, 5 for Prof [15 total publications])

12. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

13. Jobs to Seek • Local • Educational • Clinical • Administrative • National • Educational • Administrative

14. Jobs to Seek pre-clinical • Local • Educational - lecturer - small group leader - advisor - exam developer (oral or written) - director Med Student clinical neuro residents House Officer neuro fellows non-neuro HOs CME

15. Jobs to Seek program (e.g. MS, headache) • Local • Clinical Director laboratory (e.g. sleep, EEG) service (e.g. weekend clinic, intra-operative monitoring) hospital (e.g. QA, Ethics, Policies, Brain Death) Committee Member community (e.g. free clinic)

16. Jobs to Seek • Local • Administrative department medical center medical group community lay group

17. Jobs to Seek AAN courses (lecturer or director) • National • Educational teaching other meetings other medical schools (visiting prof) CME AAN assessment ABPN NBME other (e.g. AANEM)

18. Jobs to Seek AAN Education Comm Consortia A.B. Baker Section • National • Administrative education-related AAMC subspecialty organizations AAN Sections Committees subspecialty organizations clinically-related

19. How To Succeed Nationally follow-through!

20. Jobs Your Chair Needs Done • IRB Member • URM Committee Member • Professionalism Representative • Quality Committee • Length of Stay Committee • Finance Committee • Promotions Committee • Human Nervous System and Behavior Course • Attending on the services

21. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

22. Writing Opportunities

23. Writing Opportunities • The Neurologist • Practical Neurology • Seminars in Neurology • Electronic media • Books and book chapters

24. How To Succeed in Writing follow-through!

25. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

26. Education Research • Pros • lots of unanswered questions • you’re collecting lots of data anyway • Cons • not much funding • The Outcomes Dilemma • RCTs are tough

27. Advice for Education Research Wannabes Keep good records

28. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

29. Did I Mention? follow-through!

30. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

31. Periodic Re-assessment, Shaping • Develop a clinical theme – preferably off the beaten track • Neuro-rheumatology • Neuro-infectious diseases • Neuro-endocrinology • Women’s neurology • Focus your educational role • Mindful practice makes an expert • Keep questioning • Keep innovating • Keep testing hypotheses

32. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

33. Documenting Productivity • Record everything • Save everything (evaluations, letters, …) • (eventually) … Organize everything • problems vs problem cues

34. Documenting Productivity

35. Documenting Productivity CV includes: • Major Teaching Interests and Responsibilities (current) • Mentoring Activities • Lectures and Presentations • Faculty Development • Candidate’s Personal Statement of Accomplishments Faculty Intramural Teaching Effort Report - educational activities - educational products - evaluations

36. Documenting ProductivityQuestions for MUSC Why only current teaching activities? Why limit teaching evaluations to - last 3 years? - one or two per year? - maximum 20 pages? What about Extramural Teaching Effort? e.g. - exam materials - syllabus material - evaluations

37. Advice for Job Promotion Keep good records

38. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A

39. Mentoring of Clinician EducatorsOutline • Historical perspective • Advice • Define your goals • Know the rules • Dive in • Jobs to seek • Writing opportunities • Education research • Follow through • Keep re-assessing goals, activities • Keep good records • Q & A