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IAMSE Member Perspectives on the Recognition, Reward, and Promotion of Medical Science Educators: an IAMSE Sponsored Survey

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A central mission of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is to support the efforts of medical science educators (MSE) and to facilitate communication about critical issues affecting medical science education and educators. One potential issue we explored relates to whether published guidelines for the recognition, reward, and promotion of MSE have been widely adopted by institutions and whether faculty is aware of them. To address this, we surveyed the international membership of IAMSE to collect the following data: (1) perceptions and understanding of institutional promotion and tenure practices, institutional metrics for evaluating MSE, and methods of institutional recognition and reward of MSE, (2) perceptions of the adequacy of these processes, and (3) awareness of published guidelines for the evaluation and promotion of MSE. While the results of this survey identified a need for more time to pursue scholarship and innovation in medical education, greater recognition of MSE and their contributions, and increased institutional support of and resources for MSE activities, the results also showed that some MSE do feel recognized and rewarded for their work and that over half (57%) of respondents indicated that MSE can be promoted at their institutions based on their work as educators. We anticipate that the outcomes of this study will be used to inform institutional development and implementation of promotion and tenure guidelines, to facilitate the development of initiatives to help institutions better support the professional development and recognition of MSE, and to help MSE better advocate for these initiatives.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank the Professional Development Committee of the International Association of Medical Science Educators for their support of this project, the members of IAMSE who freely gave their time to participate in this study, and the members of JulNet Solutions, LLC (Danielle Inscoe, Brandi Hinkle, and Julie Hewett).

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  1. Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, M.D. School of Medicine, 1000 Oakland Drive, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, USA

    Bonny L. Dickinson, Kelly Quesnelle & Maria Sheakley

  2. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Nicole Deming

  3. Frank H. Netter, M.D. School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, North Haven, CT, USA

    Lisa Coplit

  4. Robert Larner, M.D. Vermont College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    Kathryn N. Huggett

  5. McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TS, USA

    Gary Rosenfeld

  6. Roseman University College of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA

    Stephanie Wragg

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Dickinson, B.L., Deming, N., Coplit, L. et al. IAMSE Member Perspectives on the Recognition, Reward, and Promotion of Medical Science Educators: an IAMSE Sponsored Survey. Med.Sci.Educ. 28, 335–343 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-018-0548-z

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