Topics for Discussion – MES Track

Department of Medicine Faculty Mentorship Program

Faculty member’s professional interests and goals:

Date:
Name of Faculty Mentee:
Title:
Division/Department:
Name of Faculty Mentor:
Title:
Division/Department:

All faculty on the MEST shall be engaged inTeaching one or more of the following: medical students, residents, fellows, biomedical graduate students, psychology trainees, allied health students, and/or others in the School of Medicine. All shall also be engaged in providing citizenship service in the School of Medicine and/or its affiliates. Faculty may also be involved in clinical service.

To qualify for appointment or promotion to Associate Professor or Professor on the medical educator and service track (MEST), the greater emphasis will be placed on teaching, program administration, and professional clinical and citizenship service.

1. Teaching:

• What is the focus area/topic for development of teaching?

• What will your primary teaching venues be (i.e., bedside, classroom, small group

discussions), and who will you be teaching (i.e., medical students, post graduate

trainees, fellows, peers)?

• What skills development would enhance teaching?

• How will teaching be evaluated in these venues?

• Has a teaching portfolio been started?

What regional and national teaching activities/opportunities are available?

2. Service:

• Local: Are there leadership opportunities in the clinical arena, teaching programs,

or School of Medicine that are of interest?

• University and School of Medicine: What committees are of interest? Are you

interested in mentoring trainees?

• Regional or National: What academic societies are most appropriate to join? Are

there committees within these societies that are of interest?

• Editorial Boards/Manuscript Review: Are there journals within your area of

expertise for which you would be interested serving as a reviewer?

• Community: Are there leadership opportunities within the community that are of

interest?

3. Scholarship:

• How can teaching activities be turned into scholarship (case reports, review

articles, book chapters or a book, regional or national workshops, research

projects in education)?

• What is the focus area for development of scholarship?

• Is there an appropriate mentor for projects in the faculty member’s area of interest? What are the needed skills to succeed in the area of interest and how to acquire these skills?

• What are potential funding sources to support the scholarship?

• What are the appropriate venues to present and discuss the work, e.g. academic society meetings, workshops, journals?

OVERALL/SUMMARY:

Mentor will provide information to the faculty member on available resources for

development within Emory and other venues.

Activities to Consider While Developing a Plan for Professional Growth and Development

Note 1) that some activities may be appropriate for more than one area and 2) keeping records of activities, e.g. placing documents related to an activity in a promotions folder, is very helpful.

TEACHING / SERVICE / SCHOLARSHIP
Involvement in Division and/or Departmental Teaching curriculum for resident / Service in either Divisional or departmental clinical care activity / Authoring or co-authoring Case Studies, Book Chapters, research studies, etc.
Involvement in Medical student education- Medical School course teaching and lectures / Leadership service in Divisional or Departmental administration: Medical Director, section Vice Chief / Participation in clinical trials or other research studies
Service as a resident or medical student advisor/mentor / Participation in Emory University Committees / Participation in ACGME educational initiatives either locally or Nationally
Participation or leadership role in CME courses either at Emory or regional and even national level / Participation or leader in Hospital Quality improvement initiatives / Developing guidelines on clinical care, management, developing Webinars, etc.
Participation and leadership in Local/regional education committees / Participation or leader in regional and national society committees / Clinical Trials compliance including enrollment into patient trials (e.g. Citi training)
Document and record teaching evaluations / Participation in ACGME educational initiatives either locally or Nationally
Striving to be recipient of teaching awards
Participation in ACGME educational initiatives either locally or Nationally

Addendum:

Emory definitions and categories for promotion in MEST track:

Faculty are evaluated in three areas 1) Teaching 2) Service 3) Scholarship; using the ratings described below:

  • Outstanding rating- Requires anational reputation and institutional leadership inteaching and/or service. Ongoing contributions and recognition at national and/or international levels
  • Excellent rating-Requires at least a regional reputation and institutional and regional leadership in teaching and/or service. Ongoing contributions and recognition outside the institution and/or at State and/or regional levels
  • Very Good rating-Requiresparticipation above the level of the usual and customary job assignment or missionperformance. Ongoing contributions at the institutional level

Ratings Matrices

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Associate Professor, MEST:Candidates shall demonstrateatleast excellent in clinical professional service and/or citizenship service and atleast very good in teaching or shall be at least excellent in teaching and at leastvery good in clinical professional service and/or citizenship service. In bothcases, candidates must demonstrate participation in scholarship. Candidates shallmaintain this standard until their next promotion or throughout the remainder of theircareers.

Associate Professor MESTrequired rating matrix:

OR

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Professor, MEST: Candidates shalldemonstrate outstanding performance in service or teaching with a nationalreputation; a higher level of achievement in one or more of the other areas thana candidate for the rank of Associate Professor, MEST; and shall maintain thisstandard through their careers.

Professor MESTrequired rating matrix:

Ratings:

OR