Leadership Careers In Medical Education

Increasingly, physicians are leveraging their medical training and expertise to pursue careers in non-traditional arenas. Their goals are diverse: · Explore consulting as a way to improve patient care · Lay the foundation for a career in academic medicine · Provide leadership in healthcare · Strengthen ties between a clinic and the community · Broaden one’s experience as a medical student · As a journalist or writer, open a window onto medicine for non-experts Some physicians will pursue another degree, while others may not, in anticipation of moving into public service, business, education, law, or organized medicine. Their common ground is the desire to enhance their professional fulfillment. Drs. Urman and Ehrenfeld’s book features individual chapters on the wide array of non-traditional careers for physicians, each one written by an outstanding leader in medicine who him- or herself has successfully forged a unique career path. A final chapter brings together fascinating brief profiles – “case studies” – of physicians who have distinguished themselves professionally outside of traditional settings. Suitable for readers at any point in their medical career – practitioners, fellows, residents, and medical students – who want to explore possibilities beyond traditional medical practice, the book also sets out common-sense advice on topics such as work-life balance, mentorship, and the relationship between personality and job satisfaction.

This volume examines the complex nature and interplay of gender, careers and inequalities in the fields of medicine and medical education through interdisciplinary, comparative and critical perspectives. Scholars will bring insights from across disciplines of social sciences, including sociology, medical anthropology, psychology, and HRM.

(This is a textbook for Leadership in Medical Education, a course that is jointly sponsored by AMEE, ESME, and Human Systems Dynamics Institute. Its use is most effective as a workbook and guide among the authors and participants in that online course.) Leadership from qualified, committed educators sets the foundation for the health care workforce of the future, and that workforce is the backbone of quality care. Globally, the demand for services is increasing, and political and economic support for health is decreasing. Leaders in health care and health professions education, at all levels and in all contexts, face complex and intractable challenges. This course, ESME Leadership in Medical Education (LME), is designed to provide the insights, skills, models and methods you need to thrive and lead in these uncertain and stressful times. You will build the adaptive capacity you need to help your students and colleagues succeed. Since 2005, AMEE-ESME courses have provided face-to-face and online learning experiences to help professionals deliver the best in medical education. Today, the AMEE-ESME Leadership in Medical Education (LME) course partners with the Human Systems Dynamics Institute (HSDI) to extend that program to support educational and institutional leaders of the future. The course is based on the assumption that every health professional/teacher is a leader, and that every leader is a teacher.

Recognizing that medical faculty face different questions or issues in different stages of their careers, this handy, practical title offers a comprehensive roadmap and range of solutions to common challenges in the complex and changing Academic Medical Center (AMC). With critical insights and strategies for both aspiring and seasoned academicians, this handbook offers a concise guide for personal career development, executive skill acquisition, and leadership principles, providing actionable, targeted advice for faculty seeking help on a myriad of new issues and situations. Pressures in today’s Academic Medical Center include significant changes to the healthcare system, competition for research funding, transformation of medical education, and recruitment and retention of the ever-evolving workforce. This dynamic environment calls for razor-sharp leadership and management effectiveness to stay competitive. AMC faculty aspire to formal leadership roles for a variety of reasons: to set a new vision, to create change, or to affect policy and resource decisions. For others, weariness of past leadership styles or mistakes may catalyze wanting a chance to set a different tone. In the end, promotional opportunities often come with great administrative and management responsibilities. Management and Leadership Skills for Medical Faculty: A Practical Handbook is a must-have resource for faculty in AMCs and anyone with a role in healthcare leadership.

Starting Research in Clinical Education A practical guide to clinical education research with top tips, common pitfalls and ethical issues. Starting Research in Clinical Education is written by a global team of experienced and emerging clinical education researchers who have a wealth of knowledge designing rigorous research projects and expertise in contemporary methods. Covering a broad spectrum of methods used by clinical education researchers, the book is split into five parts: research design, evidence synthesis and mixed methods research, qualitative research, quantitative research and succeeding in clinical education research. These sections are also accompanied by a companion website which provides further resources. The methods discussed are illustrated with real life examples and case studies to support the reader in designing their own project. The new edition includes information on: Getting started in clinical education research, constructing a research question, clarifying research paradigms and design, using educational theory, involving stakeholders, sampling and recruiting participants and conducting ethical research Evidence synthesis, realist research, mixed methods research, action research and emerging possibilities in online data collection Interviews and focus groups, visual elicitation, ethnography, narrative research, thematic analysis and struggles new researchers often face in qualitative research Survey research, experimental methods, statistical analysis and big data Maximising opportunities, project management, writing dissertations, writing for publication, research dissemination and career development This edition is designed to support those new to clinical education research, including those undertaking intercalated or postgraduate degrees in clinical, medical, dental or health professions education.

A part of the new Teaching Medicine Series, this new title focuses on the theory and practice of teaching medicine