recipe for a career in academia: make soup not cake seena haines, pharmd, bc-adm, cde interim...
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Recipe for a Career in Academia: Make Soup Not Cake
Seena Haines, PharmD, BC-ADM, CDEInterim Assistant Dean for Academics, Associate Professor
Residency Program Director (PGY-1)Co-Director Diabetes Education and Research Center (DERC)
Objectives
Discuss the key ingredients for a successful career in academia.
Explain the differences in the promotion process between the tenure and non-tenure track
Discover one’s personal and professional purpose in academia.
Share strategies to enhance one’s professional career in an academic setting.
Upon conclusion of this symposium, the attendee should be able to:
Soup Vs. Cake
SOUP
Key ingredients
Taste improves with time
Variety
Spices add the flavor
Nutritious meal
CAKE
Precision and measurement
Sequential and prescribed
Little flexibility in time and temperature
Can be fickle
Empty calories
Key Ingredients #1 and #2The Stock Is Your Terminal Degree and Postgraduate Training
PharmD Degree
Residency
Fellowship
Establishing yourself as a clinical educator
Developing or joining an established practice site
Specializing in an area of practice which can enhance scholarly/research opportunities
The Spices Are You‘re Niche
★ Primary Appointment & Salary
Those who love to practice and mentor should ask to what extent are you committed to teaching in the classroom
Academic Life
Scholarship
Practice
Teaching
Service
Scholarship of Teaching
Scholarship of Engagement
Service Learning
Professional Practice
Institution
Learners
Community
Organizations
Scholarship of
Application
Experiential Learning
(IPPEs/APPEs)
APPE = Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (Program); IPPE = Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (Program).
Haines SL, Haines ST. ACCP Clinical Faculty Survival Guide. Service: Institution, Community, and Profession.
Balancing Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Teaching
Practice
Research Service
Family
Development
Clinical Practice Faculty
TeachingService
Research/Scholarship
Key Question: What is YOUR University’s Expectations
Typical Time Spent on Lecture (1st year) Development is ~4-
8hr for every lecture hr
Typical Time Spent on Lecture (1st year) Development is ~4-
8hr for every lecture hr
Performance Ability, Motivation, OpportunityPerformance Ability, Motivation, Opportunity
Time Spent (%) in These Categories Changes
Over Time
Time Spent (%) in These Categories Changes
Over Time
Scholarship of Teaching
Didactic
Experiential
Healthcare professional in-service
Continuing education
Advising
Residency/Fellow instruction
Teaching Environments Self-Assessment
Student Evaluations
MethodsTo
Evaluate
Peer Review
Additonal Scholarly Contributions
Presentations (local, state, national, international)
Publications (reviews, chapters, original research)
Instructional Innovations
Practice Models
Journal Referee
Editorial Advisory Board
A Creativity Contract And Goal SettingPortofolio: Document, Document, Document
Organizational value system
Have an agreed upon goals and objectives (short and long-term).
Written proposal/description of specific practice activities (especially when seeking resources).
Used in the annual evaluation process (FAPR example).
Modify your focus at different stages.
May consider nontenure to tenure track appointment.
Promotion and Tenure⌘
Cake: Tenure Fixed timeframe (~6-7 yrs) Refereed work (qualitative) Often scholarship of
discovery, integration & teaching ✜
Professional service, collegiate service, practice service
Soup: Non-Tenure Timeframe is variable Refereed work (qualitative) Often scholarship of
integration, application or teaching
Professional service, collegiate service, practice service
✜Institutional focus- Research or Teaching
Integration of Primary Academic Roles (Key Ingredients): Teaching, Service, Scholarship
⌘ Yearly or multi-year contracts vary at each institution
Review the Promotion
and Tenure Guidelines
ASAP
Review the Promotion
and Tenure Guidelines
ASAP
Key Ingredient #3Vertical and Lateral Mentors
Identify successful individuals at your institution and beyond.
Indentify individuals with similar areas of interests (teaching, practice, research).
Formal mentoring programs.
Seek multiple mentors for various needs.
“Knock, knock”…” “whose there?”….“Knock, knock”…” “whose there?”….
My Academic Journey
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3Specialty Residency Assistant Professor/ Administration Associate Professor
Phase 1 – Specialty Residency
Instructor Appt
Instructor Appt
First Practice Faculty
First Practice Faculty
Joined PBA post residency
Joined PBA post residency
Applied for PromotionApplied for Promotion
Earned Early
Promotion
Earned Early
Promotion
Interim Dean
Interim Dean
Phase 3 – Administration
Phase 2 – Assistant Professor/Associate Professor
My Scholarship Areas:IntegrationApplicationTeaching
My Scholarship Areas:IntegrationApplicationTeaching
Clinical PracticeDirector
Clinical PracticeDirector
Residency Director
Residency Director
Focus Modified: Teaching vs. ResearchFocus Modified: Teaching vs. Research
Taste Improves with Time
Taste Improves with Time
VarietyVarietySpices add the Flavor
Spices add the Flavor
Nutritious MealNutritious Meal
My Personal Mission Statement and Career Goals
My Personal Mission Statement and Career Goals
Coordinator FlareCoordinator FlareMy 5-year nontenure
plan took 5 yearsMy 5-year nontenure
plan took 5 years
Job Satisfaction: The Spice of Academic Life
Professional Life-long learning Every mistake is a future success Think “TSS” banana split Collegial relations Think outside your institution and
profession Work triangulation (ADDIE) Teaching philosophy Resource awareness Become a “local” expert Research/scholarship agenda
Personal Feed your spirit Strive for balance in life Personal mission statement Job satisfaction/enrichment Being adaptable Reflection Learn to say “No” Technology investments Enjoy the flexibility
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Growth, Advancement, Responsibilities, Recognition, and Achievements
Sharing Recipes With My Fellow FoodieLateral Mentoring
We have collaborated in all areas of academic life.
Written several peer reviewed publications.
Serve as Co-editors for a national organization.
Earned an AACP Innovation in Teaching Award.
National Service in other professional organizations.
Podium presentations.
Residency development.
A kindred spirit.
Recipe RolodexLead From Your Strengths
Strengthfinders©, DiSC© inventories
Credentialing (CPD)
Teaching Certifications and Research Institutes (AACP and ACCP)
Fellowships (AACP)
Survival Guides/ Clinical Faculty Survival Guide (ACCP)
Facilitated Workshops