Journal article
Benchmarking Scholarship Activities of Physician Assistant Faculty
The journal of physician assistant education, Vol.19(3), pp.13-17
2008
DOI: 10.1097/01367895-200819030-00004
Abstract
ntroduction:
Research and publication are important components of the appointment, promotion, and tenure processes for faculty within academic institutions. Available research on scholarly productivity indicates that allied health faculty publish less frequently than academicians in other fields. Physician assistant (PA) educators have a track record of publishing even less frequently than their peers in other allied health professions. The goal of this project was to ascertain whether current core PA faculty members are successfully publishing and whether their publication rates have increased over time.
Methods:
A survey was mailed to all currently accredited PA programs in May 2002. Program directors distributed the survey to core faculty in their program; surveys were identified only by a code number. Faculty were asked to report the numbers of various types of scholarly activity they had undertaken in their entire careers as educators and also over the preceding 3 years, along with demographic information.
Results:
The response rate for individual faculty was 67%, and 72% of accredited PA programs were represented in the sample. The mean number of peer-reviewed publications over the previous 3 years was 1.0 (median and mode were both 0); 73.3% of faculty had no peer-reviewed publications over their entire careers as PA educators.
Discussion:
This study may provide more appropriate benchmarks for use in decisions regarding promotion and tenure than have been available previously for PA program faculty. The apparent lack of progress over time highlights a continuing need for faculty development activities to help PA educators publish successfully.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Benchmarking Scholarship Activities of Physician Assistant Faculty
- Creators
- Theresa E. Hegmann
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The journal of physician assistant education, Vol.19(3), pp.13-17
- DOI
- 10.1097/01367895-200819030-00004
- ISSN
- 1941-9430
- eISSN
- 1941-9449
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2008
- Academic Unit
- Physician Assistant Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984295036202771
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