Volume 10, Issue 10 pp. 1113-1117
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Faculty Development: Academic Opportunities for Emergency Medicine Faculty on Education Career Tracks

Wendy C. Coates MD

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Wendy C. Coates MD

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Torrance, CA (WCC)

Harbor-UCLA DEM, Box 21, 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, CA 90509-2910. Fax: 310-212-6101; e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this author
Cherri D. Hobgood MD

Cherri D. Hobgood MD

University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC (CDH)

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Adrienne Birnbaum MD

Adrienne Birnbaum MD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi and Montefiore Medical Centers, Department of Emergency Medicine, Bronx, NY (AB)

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Susan E. Farrell MD

Susan E. Farrell MD

Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston, MA (SEF).

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First published: 28 June 2008
Citations: 23

Abstract

Medical school faculty members who specialize in the scholarship of teaching have unique requirements for academic advancement in universities with clinician-educator series. While excellence in teaching is the cornerstone of achievement, attention to traditional academic pursuits improves the likelihood of a favorable review by the institution's promotion and tenure committee. The teaching portfolio is an effective means to document performance. Ongoing faculty development and sound mentoring relationships facilitate the academic advancement of clinician-educators.

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