APA Educational Scholars Program
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
- 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:
Educational Scholars Program
April 2010 Newsletter Article
The Educational Scholars Program (ESP) has much to celebrate at PAS this year! First, we will be giving graduating scholars from Cohort 1 and Cohort 2 their Certificates of Excellence in Educational Scholarship at the APA Business Meeting on Sunday, May 2. Cohort 2 projects are all focused on education in community pediatrics; this group was sponsored by the AAP's Community Pediatrics Training Initiative-Dyson Foundation.
Second, we will be welcoming a new cohort of 18 ESP scholars (Cohort 4), who represent the fields of general pediatrics, pediatric hospital medicine and emergency medicine, and several pediatric subspecialties. All scholars complete a scholarly educational project over the three years of their time in the program, and graduate after they have an accepted peer-reviewed publication or presentation on their project. An exciting array of project topics has been proposed by Cohort 4 scholars:
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The ESP will also greet 9 faculty advisors for Cohort 4, who will meet with their assigned scholars over the three years of the program to help them to complete their ESP projects, develop educator portfolios, and strategically plan their careers as educators. We are proud that six graduates of the ESP now serve on our faculty.
This year, the ESP program session at PAS will include two didactic/interactive segments:
- Program Evaluation will cover conceptual approaches to evaluation planning, as well as quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods.
- Turning Scholarly Projects into Scholarly Products will address the design and implementation of platform and poster presentations, workshops, and scholarly articles.
In addition, the scholars will share plans and progress on their ESP projects over a 2-hour Networking Luncheon, which is an annual event of the program.
We are very grateful to our 37 ESP faculty, who volunteer their time to help young educators grow and thrive! We also appreciate the confidence of our 79 new, current and former scholars, who have joined our program to develop their skills and share their insights as we build a strong community of educators within the APA.
The ESP's hard working Executive Committee includes: Connie Baldwin, ESP Director; Latha Chandran, Co-director for Curriculum and Evaluation; Maryellen Gusic, Co-director for Research; Elisa Zenni, Chair of the Faculty Advisor Committee; David Keller, Cohort 2 Leader; Mary Ottolini, Cohort 3 Leader; and Teri Turner, Cohort 4 Leader. They devote many hours each month to the ongoing success of this program.
The next cohort of scholars will be recruited for the ESP in Summer 2011. You can learn more about the Educational Scholars Program at:
http://www.academicpeds.org/education/education_scholars_program.cfm.
dzkuo@uams.edu
Program Chair
Connie Baldwin
constance_baldwin@urmc.rochester.edu)
