An Insider's Guide to Academic Medicine: A Clinical Teacher's Perspective

by David C. Aron

Overview

This book serves as an insider's guide to careers in academic medicine. The author shares his 45 years of experience as a clinician, teacher, researcher, and administrator. His journey has often taken unpredictable turns and the book offers practical guidance to becoming a successful physician scientist in academic medicine, or to become a successful clinician affiliated with an academic medical center.

Divided into four parts, the book begins by focusing on academic medicine as a complex system. This is followed by parts on academic duties, academic life, and concludes with words of wisdom. These sections and subsequent chapters are tied together by the scholarships of discovery, teaching, application, and integration. To pursue research, practice, teaching, and administration, scholarship should be the core value of every physician.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031195341
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	02/12/2023
Edition description:	1st ed. 2023
Pages:	223
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

David C. Aron, MD, MS
School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Organizational Behavior,
Weatherhead School of Management
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH USA

Table of Contents

Part One – Academic Medicine as a Complex System

Introduction – Inside What.- The ecosystem of academic medicine and academic health centers.- Tripartite Mission and the makings of a wicked problem.- The (not so) Hidden Objective – The Pursuit of Prestige.-

Part Two – Academic Duties

To teach.- To mentor.- To serve.- To discover.- To publish.- To tell the truth.- To reach beyond the walls.- To change-

Part Three –Academic Life

Organizational Savvy and Systems-based practice.- Reputation and Connections.- Promotion and Tenure (or not) .- Rejection.- Imposter syndrome.- Burnout.- Interprofessional Practice and Education.- Collaboration From Scholarly Collaboration to Peer Mentoring to Friendship.- Frustrations – Part 1 Why is it so difficult to improve quality of health care? .- Frustrations – Part 2.- Moving (or at least thinking about it) .- A different perspective.-

Part Four – Final Thoughts

Word of wisdom? .-