Clinician Educator Guidebook

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. 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. The Clinician Educator§Guidebook, which is derived from a larger text, The Academic Medicine Handbook,§provides specific and valuable guidance to foster success in clinician§educators, and addresses their unique concerns.§§Illustrative chapters in this title begin with preliminary§lessons: 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; how to§effectively give a lecture, how to how to approach clinical supervision,§incorporating technology in educational innovation, and how to give feedback.§Chapters pertaining to clinical care include how to maintain excellent clinical§documentation, how to evaluate clinical research, and how to avoid medico-legal§problems. Perhaps most importantly, this§guidebook also gives careful attention preserving a healthy work/life balance§as they navigate the demands of their professional and personal lives.§§The Clinician Educator Guidebook is an indispensable§resource for these dedicated faculty colleagues who play such an essential role§in academic medicine.§