The Clinician Educator Guidebook

Laura Weiss Roberts, MD, MA
Stanford University School of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford, CA, USA

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.  This book begins with preliminary lessons such as 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, including how to effectively give a lecture, how to approach clinical supervision, incorporating technology in educational innovation, and how to give feedback, among other topics. Chapters pertaining to clinical care cover a range of topics, including how to maintain excellent clinical documentation, how to evaluate clinical research, and how to avoid medico-legal problems.  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. Addressing that problem, this guidebook also emphasizes careful attention to preserving a healthy work/life balance as clinician educators navigate the demands of their professional and personal lives.  The Clinician Educator Guidebook: Steps and Strategies for Advancing Your Career is derived from the larger acclaimed text, The Academic Medicine Handbook, and is an indispensable resource for a unique group of dedicated faculty who play an essential role in academic medicine.

Easy-to-read guidebook that addresses the unique concerns of clinician educators

1How to Find Your Path in Academic Medicine2How to Build the Foundation for a Successful Career in Academia3How to Have a Healthy Life Balance as an Academic Physician4How to Interview for a First Academic Position5How to Evaluate a Letter of Offer or Contract6How to Give a Lecture7How to Use Technology in Educational Innovation8How to Approach Clinical Supervision9How to Evaluate and Give Feedback10How to Approach Mentorship as a Mentee11How to Write a Case Report12How to Review a Manuscript13How to Understand flaws in Clinical Research14How to Maintain Excellent Clinical Documentation15How to Avoid Medico-legal Problems16How to Prepare the Best Possible Curriculum Vitae17How to Understand Promotion Criteria for "Clinician Educator" and "Teaching" Tracks18How to Create Your Package for Promotion<19How to Develop an Educator's Portfolio20How to Build a National Reputation for Academic Promotion