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Are All Teaching Activities Valued the Same? Their Relative Worth Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Objectives: The pressures for generating revenue from clinical activities dissuade clinician-educators from teaching; taking the steps to develop an educational value system is a way to recognize and perhaps support education. We compared the perceived educational value of diverse pedagogical activities during clinical training from students, residents, and faculty in…

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Innovations in Faculty Development: Study of a Research Assistance Unit Designed to Assist Clinician-Educators with Research

Objectives: At a mid-sized community medical school, research was not traditionally strong. Faculty members cited lack of infrastructure support as a significant research barrier. In response, the regional dean developed and funded a research assistance unit (RAU) in 2006 to provide administrative and statistical support to junior faculty beginning their…

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