Handbook for the Academic Physician / Edition 1

by William C. McGaghie, John J. Frey

Overview

This book is a bold and useful tool that provides the concepts, principles, and facts needed to build and to strengthen a career in academic medi­ cine. Developing a high level of competency in academia requires the development of skills in addition to those in one's own specialty or discipline. One needs skills for conducting research, meeting administrative responsibilities, and educating students and colleagues. These skills are not bells and whistles. They are the elements of academic life that make the position truly academic. This book provides the critical information needed to succeed in that world. Until now many academicians have learned about elements of their job outside their individual discipline by experience and through the obser­ vation of role models and mentors. In the complex, highly competitive, rapidly changing world of academic medicine there is no longer time for a prolonged apprenticeship. The institution is endangered when individ­ uals are selected for critical posts based upon skills in areas that may not be central to the principal responsibilities of the new position. How often one hears: "He is a great scientist but he runs his department with a shoe box mentality." "She is a fantastic clinician, but she runs a committee as if she knows everything. I hate working with her." "How can a full professor be such a lousy teacher?" All of the above are symptoms of the need for special skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781468463309
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	03/19/2012
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Pages:	398
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

I Professional Development.- 1 Professional Settings for the Academic Physician.- 2 Managing the Role of the Academic Physician.- 3 Advancement and Promotion: Managing the Individual Career.- 4 Managing Academic Committees.- 5 Academic Medical Organizations.- Suggested Reading.- II Medical Education.- 6 An Experience in Curriculum Development.- 7 Clinical Instruction.- 8 Evaluation of Learners.- 9 Evaluating Educational Programs.- Suggested Reading.- II Clinical Research.- 10 The Role of Research in Primary Care Medicine.- 11 A Research Case Study.- 12 Planning a Research Study.- 13 Conducting a Research Study.- 14 Resources for Clinical Research.- 15 Research Data Management.- Suggested Reading.- IV Professional Communications.- 16 Principles of Professional Communication.- 17 Writing for Publication.- 18 Techniques of Oral Presentation.- 19 Visuals for Written and Oral Presentations.- Suggested Reading.- V Ethics: Teaching and Patient Care.- 20 Ethical Decisions.- 21 Teaching Ethics.- 22 Case Studies in Ethics.- Suggested Reading.