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

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Implementation Science
• Academic Medicine

Background:

• Scholarship is crucial for academic career advancement but faces barriers like time constraints and unclear processes.
• An internally funded scholarship program was created for Emergency Medicine (EM) faculty clinician educators.
• The program was developed by faculty physician scientists and a Health Science Research Analyst.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe the development, implementation, and effectiveness of a faculty scholarship program.
• To address identified needs in mentorship, curriculum, academic writing, and journal navigation.
• To increase scholarly output among EM faculty clinician educators.

Main Methods:

• A needs assessment survey and faculty development discussions informed program design.
• The PRISM implementation framework guided program development.
• Effectiveness was evaluated using an interrupted time series analysis (1 year pre/post-implementation).

Main Results:

• The program was adopted by 17% of the target audience and received high acceptability ratings (over 88% rated 4/5 or 5/5).
• Overall scholarly output increased by 35.8% post-implementation (from 330 to 448 outputs).
• Significant increases were observed in manuscripts, abstracts, and presentations; output per participant rose from 0.4 to 0.58.

Conclusions:

• A faculty scholarship program, utilizing an implementation science framework, was successfully implemented for EM clinician educators.
• The program demonstrated positive user reception and a significant increase in scholarly productivity.
• Future evaluations will assess program sustainability, growth, and its impact on faculty promotion.