Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Faculty Scholarship Program for Emergency Medicine Clinician...

Scholarship is essential for career progression within academic settings. Unfortunately, time pressures, uncertain processes, and unclear or absent resources remain barriers. We describe the development, implementation, and effectiveness of an internally funded scholarship program for EM faculty clinician educators led by the effort from 2 faculty physician scientists and a full-time Health Science Research Analyst.

The program was developed through a needs assessment survey, discussions with faculty development leadership, and components of the PRISM implementation framework. Effectiveness was assessed using an interrupted time series (1 year pre- and 1 year post-implementation). Scholarship was defined a priori as manuscripts, abstract acceptances, regional/national presentations, book chapters, and online publications. The target audience was faculty, residents, fellows, attendings, and advanced practice providers.

Our needs assessment survey suggested deficiencies in mentorship, formal curriculum, academic writing, and navigating journal submissions. A conceptual framework for scholarship was developed with 4 domains: education, clinical trials and studies, administrative, and training. The program was implemented July 1, 2024, and adopted by 17% (n = 17) of the audience. Acceptability ratings were high, with over 88% of respondents selecting 4/5 or 5/5 (1-5 ordinal scale). Overall scholarship increased from pre-implementation (146 manuscripts, 69 abstracts, 54 presentations, 27 book chapters, 34 online publications; total 330) to post (195 manuscripts, 90 abstracts, 78 presentations, 28 book chapters, 57 online publications; total 448), representing a 35.8% growth. The most notable increases occurred in manuscripts, followed by abstracts and presentations. For adoptees, output increased from a mean of 0.4 to 0.58 per participant per year.

A faculty scholarship program for EM clinician educators was successfully executed within an implementation science framework. Our program was well received by end users and displayed an increase in scholarly output. Future evaluations will focus on program sustainability, growth, and impact on promotion.