Transcript A Practitioner`s Tips for Balancing Teaching, Service and

A Practitioner’s Tips for
Balancing Teaching,
Service and Scholarship
Kelly M. Smith, PharmD, FASHP
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and
Science
Director, Residency Program Advancement
University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Clinical Specialist, Medication Use Policy
University of Kentucky HealthCare
Lead resident topic discussion
Student advisor
Attend resident preceptor meeting
Attend staff meeting
Student rotations
Study for BPS exam
Prepare grant application
Complete resident evaluation
Update course syllabus Create drug use guidelines
Revise teaching philosophy
Interview residency applicants
Resident advisor
Deliver inservice
presentation
Assemble P&T Meeting Agenda
Prepare CE presentation Resident rotations
Update teaching portfolio
Write test questions
Document medication history
Email
Attend committee meetings
Voice mail
Conduct manuscript peer-review
Interview student applicants
Take meeting minutes
National committee member
Student organization advisor
Design poster
Classroom teaching
Conference call
Hold office hours
Submit IRB proposal
Submit grades
Verify medications
Create new case
Employee evaluations
Write manuscript
Attend national meeting
Page Dr. Jones
Outline
• Observations from experience in
both clinical and tenure-track
positions at a research university
• Incorporate patient care and
institutional projects into a plan for
personal academic success
Inquire
• Ability to create a job description
– Agreement from department chair and
practice supervisor
– Re-evaluate often
• Likelihood of finding protected time
– The earlier, the better
– Much is given, much is expected
Inquire
• Expectations of service, teaching and
scholarship
• Perceived value of specific activities
– Publications – quantity, peer review,
impact factor, scope, interprofessional
– Advising – residents, students, student
organizations
– Committee participation
– Meeting attendance
Identify
• Successful colleagues in similar roles
• Mentors, advisors and confidantes
– Feedback may be rare
• Focus for personal development
• Short and long-term career goals
• Political landscape
Investigate
• Resources to develop your skill set
– Campus offices, research collaborators
• Suitable approaches to consulting
– Role of a practice plan
– Continuing education
– Industry
– Legal
Invest
• Expansion of your abilities
• Projects to cultivate your expertise
• Developing relationship with chair and
other colleagues
• Professional network outside the
department, college and university
Implement
• New services, teaching models, and
other innovations
– Share your successes
• Residency programs
• Carry projects through until completion
and assessment
No man is an island, entire of
itself; every man is a piece of
the Continent, a part of the
main.
-John Dunne (1572-1631)
Integrate
• Culture and mission of environment
• Students and residents in all aspects of
your position
– Service, teaching and scholarship
• Become irreplaceable, yet adaptable
• Other disciplines
Integrate
Teaching
Service
Scholarship
Integrate
Teaching
Service
Scholarship
Independence
• Cultivate an independent reputation
– Scholarship – first and senior author
– Teaching – practice-grounded innovation
– Service – internally and externally
• Self-assessment of progress
Illustrate
• Demonstrate value and reproducibility
of innovations, both internally and
externally
• Visibility as contributor and good
citizen
• Multiple roles of a contemporary
clinician-educator to students and
residents
Illustrate
• Scholarship
• Portfolio
• Curriculum vitae
– Projection in 5, 10, 20 years
Identify
Inquire
Investigate
Invest
Implement
Integrate
Innovate
Illustrate