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Establishing an educational value unit to promote teaching in an academic unit
Lavjay Butani1, Jennifer Plant1
1Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Education for Health (Abingdon, England)
|April 30, 2022
Summary
Academic health centers can quantify teaching using the educational value unit (eVU) metric. This practical guide shares lessons learned for implementing eVU systems to better reward faculty education efforts.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Academic Health Centers
- Faculty Development
Background:
- Education is an underfunded mandate in academic health centers.
- The educational value unit (eVU) is a metric developed to quantify teaching.
- Existing eVU systems vary in their implementation and goals.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide practical advice on implementing an educational value unit (eVU) system.
- To share lessons learned from developing and implementing an eVU system in Pediatrics.
- To guide other institutions in quantifying and rewarding faculty teaching.
Main Methods:
- Review of limited published literature on eVU systems.
- Incorporation of personal experience from implementing an eVU system in a Department of Pediatrics.
- Analysis of practical challenges and successes in eVU system implementation.
Main Results:
- Successful implementation of an eVU system in a Department of Pediatrics.
- Identification of key lessons learned for eVU system design and logistics.
- Demonstration that eVU systems can be implemented even in resource-limited settings.
Conclusions:
- Quantifying teaching through eVU metrics can support and fund educational endeavors.
- Lessons learned can guide institutions in developing effective eVU systems.
- eVU systems offer a framework for recognizing and rewarding faculty teaching contributions.
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