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
December 2009 Newsletter Article
The Educational Scholars Program (ESP) has received applications to form an exciting new cohort of scholars in 2010. We have selected 18 scholars, who represent general pediatrics, pediatric hospital medicine, pediatric intensive care, neonatology, pediatric emergency medicine, and developmental/behavioral pediatrics. New and returning scholars will attend the ESP program session at PAS on the final day of the meeting (Tuesday, May 4, in Vancouver, BC). This session will include discussions of "Turning Scholarly Projects into Scholarly Products," and "Program Evaluation," as well as networking activities.
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 at the conclusion of the program. The program welcomes applications from any pediatric faculty with significant educational roles, such as fellowship directors or associate residency program directors.
The ESP has improved its instruction this year by creating a series of modules for self-directed and collaborative learning which scholars complete between the annual PAS meetings. Last summer, we created a new module for first year ESP Scholars that engages them in educational project planning facilitated by written and verbal feedback from faculty and peers. This fall, we created two new online educational modules, specifically for third year ESP Scholars, on scientific writing and on reviewing scholarly articles in education. For the writing module, Scholars first work through an interactive teaching module on writing sentences and paragraphs, then write PAS abstracts with peer feedback, and finally use the abstract to plan a scholarly article. For the reviewing module, Scholars study an online training module, participate in actual reviews of articles for Academic Pediatrics or for Pediatrics, and receive written feedback from journal editors.
We are very grateful to our 28 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.
Educational Scholars Program Chair
Connie Baldwin
constance_baldwin@urmc.rochester.edu)
