What is Scholarship in Education

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What is Scholarship in Education? Or How
Do I Get Promoted as an Educator? Stephanie M.
Oberhaus, PhD Boston University School of Medicine
Bridging Clinical, Teaching and Scientific Roles
A Career Development Retreat for BUMC-VAMC
Faculty
December 19, 2008
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Guidelines for Faculty Appointments Promotions
for the School of Medicine
III. Diversity in Promotion Criteria Promotion
recognizes diversity in contributions to the
University's missions. Only through the support
of diversity can we maintain academic and
clinical excellence in our departments.
Developing and communicating new knowledge is
highly valued as is a reputation for achievement
and for excellence both within and outside the
institution. Scholarly contributions may be made
in research, education or a combination of the
two Educational Focus Professionals who
devote significant time to education should have
a focus and identity in educational scholarship.
Scholarship in education includes developing new
or substantially revised courses or curricula,
innovative teaching materials or strategies, and
educational research projects resulting
in findings that are disseminated at professional
conferences and in peer-reviewed publications.
Scholarship in relation to clinical practice
applications includes written reports of
organizational innovations, patient education
materials and clinical reviews, and/or
dissemination of clinical information through
publication and oral presentations. Research
Focus Faculty who devote significant time to
scientific investigation should develop a
well-focused area of scientific innovation and
identity, publish in peer-reviewed journals,
acquire extramural funding by federal and private
institutions, and build a research team.
Scientific training of others at pre- and
postdoctoral levels, as well as participation in
intra-departmental research programs is also
important.
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2007
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In 1990 Boyer proposed a broader definition of
scholarship that includes four domains The
scholarship of DISCOVERY traditional
research INTEGRATION connections across
disciplines APPLICATION link between research
and practice TEACHING creation of new
knowledge about teaching and learning
Boyer, EL. Scholarship Reconsidered Priorities
of the Professoriate. Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching, 1990
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Glassicks Criteria for Excellence in Educational
Scholarship
Glassick, CE. 2000 Boyers Expanded Definitions
of Scholarship, the Standards for Assessing
Scholarship, and the Elusiveness of the
Scholarship of Teaching. Academic Medicine
75877-880.
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Scholarly teaching vs. Scholarship of teaching
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Documentation Frame for Educators Academic
Advancement Based on Contributions to the
Institution and Engagement with the Education
Community
Q2Engage
a Local (department, university, community),
regional, national/international b Examples
include medicine, pediatrics, surgery,
biochemistry, genetics, anatomy, Pathology,
educational evaluation, and instructional
technology.
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Common educational categories

• Teaching
• Curriculum development
• Assessment
• Advising and mentoring
• Educational administration

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Examples of Teaching Products

• Case-based exercises, workshops
• Syllabi-lecture notes, PPTs, practice questions
• Podcasts
• Exam question databases

Examples of Curriculum Development

• Developing new curricula, e.g.
• professionalism or cultural competency
• 2. Revision of existing curriculum
• 3. AMSMIC Core Knowledge Objectives project

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Examples of Advising and Mentoring
1. Academies of Advisors 2. Peer evaluation
of teaching program
Examples of Educational Administration
1. Course management strategies in integrated
courses/curricula 2. Projects or new
approaches to leadership as part of committee
work
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June 18, 2008 Program 830 a.m.-330 p.m.
Hiebert Lounge Keynote Speaker Janet Hafler,
Ed.D. Dean for Educational DevelopmentTufts
University School of Medicine Transforming
Educational Activities into Scholarship Program
Faculty Workshops on Educational Innovation and
Scholarship Poster session with luncheon
Oral Presentations Educational Vendors CME
Provided
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Educational Scholarship To do List

• Read, then send this to my colleagues, chair,
• T P committee, dean, etc.
• 2. Reconsider scholarship in my context. Make a
  plan
• Be a wet dog

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Peer Reviewed Web-Based Repositories MedEdPortal h
ttp//meded.iusm.iu.edu/Resources/AAMCMedPortal.ht
m Health Education Assets Library
(HEAL) http//www.healcentral.org/index.jsp
Journals that publish medical education
articles Journal of the International Association
of Medical Science Educators http//www.iamse.org/
member_logon.htm Academic Medicine http//www.aca
demicmedicine.org Medical Education http//www.me
deduc.com Medical Education Online (also has a
repository for electronic educational
materials) http//www.med-ed-online.org
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National/International Educational Organizations/M
eetings Microbiology Immunology Educational
Strategies Workshop http//www.amsmic.org/ Americ
an Society for Microbiology http//www.asm.org/Edu
cation/index.asp?bid369 American Association of
Medical Colleges, Group on Educational
Affairs http//www.aamc.org/members/gea/ Internat
ional Association of Medical Science
Educators http//www.iamse.org/
ListServs DR-ED, Education Research and
Development http//list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa MicroE
du (ASM Microbiology education) http//www.asm.org
/subscribe.asp