Career development resource: academic career in surgical education

Career development resource: academic career in surgical education

Sanfey H; Gantt N L

American Journal of Surgery

2012

2012-07

Academic surgeons play an instrumental role in the training of our medical students and surgical residents. Although volunteer faculty often have an important role in the clinical development of surgeons-in-training, the tasks of curricular development, structured didactic sessions, professional advising, research sponsorship, and mentoring at all levels fall to the academic surgeon. Historically, the career advancement path for an academic physician favored grant acquisition and scholarly publication. Broader definitions of scholarship have emerged, along with corresponding modifications in academic award systems that allow advancement in faculty rank based on a surgeon's educational efforts. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Academic surgery; Career resource; Educator; Promotion and tenure; scholarship; Surgery; Surgical education; track

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