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Academic advancement of clinician educators: why is it so difficult?

2011; Wiley; Volume: 65; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02780.x

1742-1241

Irene Alexandraki, Arshag D. Mooradian,

Healthcare cost, quality, practices

The role of clinician educators (CEs) in institutions and medical centres continues to be vital without any doubt. Although there has been more than a century since Sir William Osler established the role of the CE and the tradition by encouraging bed-side teaching, there is still a lack of consensus on the attributes that define a 'clinician-educator'. The concept of a superior clinician who is also a dedicated teacher seems to fit the description of a CE but most often seems insufficient to support the CE's academic advancement.