A Practitioner

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A Practitioners Tips for Balancing Teaching,
Service and Scholarship

• Kelly M. Smith, PharmD, FASHP
• Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and
  Science
• Director, Residency Program Advancement
• University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
• Clinical Specialist, Medication Use Policy
• University of Kentucky HealthCare

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Student advisor
Lead resident topic discussion
Submit grades
Attend resident preceptor meeting
Student rotations
Attend staff meeting
Complete resident evaluation
Study for BPS exam
Create drug use guidelines
Update course syllabus
Prepare grant application
Revise teaching philosophy
Interview residency applicants
Document medication history
Deliver inservice presentation
Resident advisor
Classroom teaching
Assemble PT Meeting Agenda
Email
Prepare CE presentation
Resident rotations
Attend committee meetings
Update teaching portfolio
Voice mail
Conduct manuscript peer-review
Conference call
Write test questions
Hold office hours
Verify medications
Interview student applicants
Create new case
Submit IRB proposal
Take meeting minutes
Employee evaluations
National committee member
Write manuscript
Student organization advisor
Page Dr. Jones
Attend national meeting
Design poster
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Outline

• Observations from experience in both clinical and
  tenure-track positions at a research university
• Incorporate patient care and institutional
  projects into a plan for personal academic success

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Inquire

• Ability to create a job description
• Agreement from department chair and practice
  supervisor
• Re-evaluate often
• Likelihood of finding protected time
• The earlier, the better
• Much is given, much is expected

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Inquire

• Expectations of service, teaching and scholarship
• Perceived value of specific activities
• Publications quantity, peer review, impact
  factor, scope, interprofessional
• Advising residents, students, student
  organizations
• Committee participation
• Meeting attendance

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Identify

• Successful colleagues in similar roles
• Mentors, advisors and confidantes
• Feedback may be rare
• Focus for personal development
• Short and long-term career goals
• Political landscape

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Investigate

• Resources to develop your skill set
• Campus offices, research collaborators
• Suitable approaches to consulting
• Role of a practice plan
• Continuing education
• Industry
• Legal

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Invest

• Expansion of your abilities
• Projects to cultivate your expertise
• Developing relationship with chair and other
  colleagues
• Professional network outside the department,
  college and university

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Implement

• New services, teaching models, and other
  innovations
• Share your successes
• Residency programs
• Carry projects through until completion and
  assessment

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No man is an island, entire of itself every man
is a piece of the Continent, a part of the
main. -John Dunne (1572-1631)
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Integrate

• Culture and mission of environment
• Students and residents in all aspects of your
  position
• Service, teaching and scholarship
• Become irreplaceable, yet adaptable
• Other disciplines

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Integrate
Teaching
Service
Scholarship
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Integrate
Teaching
Service
Scholarship
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Independence

• Cultivate an independent reputation
• Scholarship first and senior author
• Teaching practice-grounded innovation
• Service internally and externally
• Self-assessment of progress

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Illustrate

• Demonstrate value and reproducibility of
  innovations, both internally and externally
• Visibility as contributor and good citizen
• Multiple roles of a contemporary
  clinician-educator to students and residents

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Illustrate

• Scholarship
• Portfolio
• Curriculum vitae
• Projection in 5, 10, 20 years

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Identify

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Inquire
Investigate
Invest
Implement
Integrate
Illustrate
Innovate
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