CREATING AN ACADEMY FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP ACROSS THE HEALTH SCIENCES
PROFESSIONS EDUCATION
Sheila W. Chauvin, M. Ed, Ph. D.*
Jack Scott, Ed. D., MPH, Tong Yang, M. S., M. D., Office of Medical
Education and Research Development, Louisiana State University Health
Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112 U.S.A.
Established in August 2004,
the Academy for the Advancement of
Educational Scholarship at LSUHSC-New Orleans is the first such
program in the
United States
to be established at a health sciences center level.
The predominant goal of the Academy is to nurture, recognize, and
reward individuals engaged in scholarly teaching and educational
scholarship. A unique feature of this Academy is the focus on continuous
professional development across career stages through multiple categories
of membership:
Fellow, Master Teacher, and Teaching Scholar, and Associate (i.e.,
upper class medical students, graduate students, residents/fellows).
Membership is achieved through a peer review process of
portfolio-based applications using assessment criteria for educational
scholarship documented in the literature (e.g., Glassick).1
Five domains of educational scholarship are available for
consideration, including 1) Direct Teaching, 2) Instructional Design,
Curriculum Development, and Assessment of Learning, 3) Advising and
Mentoring, 4) Leadership and Service, and 5) Educational Research.
A variety of professional development programs, services, and
incentives are included in the Academy model.
An organizational infrastructure includes a faculty-based Advisory
Committee for each of the health professions school (Medicine, Dentistry,
Nursing, Allied Health Professions, Public Health, and Graduate Programs)
and an Executive Council at the
Health
Sciences
Center
level, with program administration based in the Office of Medical
Education Research and Development.
Initial responses to the Academy by central leadership, Deans,
Department Heads, faculty members, residents/fellows, and students have
been overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic.
The poster will highlight the Academy model, results of initial
implementation and infrastructure building, lessons learned, and long-term
plans for expansion.
1Glassick CE, Huber
MR, Maeroff GI. (1997).
Scholarship Assessed – Evaluation of the Professoriate.
San Francisco
,
CA
: Jossey-Bass.
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