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The mission of the APA Educational Scholars Program is to assist pediatric educators in developing themselves as productive, advancing and fulfilled faculty members and to increase the quality, status and visibility of pediatric educators in academia.

This program is being offered to members of the Pediatric Academic Societies who wish to earn a Certificate of Excellence in Educational Scholarship. The curriculum includes didactic sessions, participation in and review of workshops, and a mentored project. Scholars are expected to complete the full curriculum, including projects, over 3-4 years.

Cohort I, including 30 scholars, was recruited in Fall 2006 and began the program in May 2006.

Cohort II: Community Pediatrics, including 10 scholars, began the program in May 2007.

Cohort III, including 24 scholars, began the program in May 2009.

• APA Educational Scholars Program Description
  
  
• Frequently Asked Questions
• What is a Suitable Project?
• ESP Curriculum Overview
  
  
• Educator Portfolio Template
  
  
• Educator Portfolio Analysis Tool
  
  
• Scientific Writing Module
  
  
• Reviewing Module
  
  
• ESP Scholars' Handbook, Fall 2009
  
  
• ESP Faculty Handbook, Fall 2009
  
  

• Files for ESP scholars:

  
  
• Cohort I (2006-2009) .
• Cohort II: Community Pediatrics (2007-2010)
  
• Cohort III (2009-2012)
  
• ESP Virtual Learning Platform [accessible to ESP Scholars and Faculty only]

Educational Scholars Program

August 2010 Newsletter Article

The Educational Scholars Program (ESP) is starting its fifth year with a new cohort of scholars, bringing our total number of active scholars to forty one. The current group includes twenty five hospitalists, as well as general and emergency medicine pediatricians, and a variety of subspecialists. The ESP is a three year faculty development program that includes didactic and interactive activities, and experiential learning through completion of a mentored educational research or evaluation project. All participants who complete the required activities, including a peer reviewed publication or presentation on a completed project, receive a Certificate of Excellence in Educational Scholarship. As of May 2010, thirty scholars have earned certificates.

The key theme of scholarship in education is interwoven through all our activities. We model teaching in accord with the principles of adult learning, building the curriculum around real world tasks of the educator, such as doing a project around a core educational responsibility, and creating an educator portfolio for future use in the promotions process. Teaching in the program emphasizes didactics balanced by active practice of skills learned, as well as peer learning and feedback that promotes active networking within the ESP group. The ESP curriculum is dynamic, continually responding to evaluation and feedback from participants and faculty

Scholars spend three years in the ESP, but new cohorts enter in different years, so we have worked hard to create a workable, cyclic curriculum. We teach a full-day session at the PAS meeting each year. These sessions are presented to all scholars, regardless of their program year, so they cover topics which need not be learned in a particular sequence. We also have self-directed modules that are specific for each year of enrollment. Year one, scholars learn to plan and evaluate their educational project. Year two, scholars learn about technology for education and qualitative research. Year three, scholars complete modules on scientific writing and reviewing articles.

Our hard working Executive Committee includes: Connie Baldwin, ESP Director; Maryellen Gusic, Co-director for Research; Latha Chandran, Co-director for Curriculum and Evaluation; Elisa Zenni, Chair of the Faculty Advisor Committee; David Keller, Cohort Two Leader; Mary Ottolini, Cohort Three Leader; and Teri Turner, Cohort Four Leader. These volunteers devote many hours to the ongoing success of this program.

The next cohort of scholars will be recruited for the ESP in Summer 2011. To learn more about the Educational Scholars Program webpage .

Program Chair
Connie Baldwin
constance_baldwin@urmc.rochester.edu)

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