The past twenty years have seen a national movement aimed at engaging health professional schools with their communities. As a result, both communities and campuses have come together in a number of innovative ways to build effective partnerships to improve health and health professions education. As faculty begin to redefine their roles and become more actively involved with their communities, the issue that continually arises is that of faculty rewards, promotion and tenure. Both faculty and administrators acknowledge that community work is not easily rewarded in the traditional academic system. Faculty are pulled in many different directions, and despite their interest in community work, they must pay attention to their own professional development. Administrators and faculty alike are beginning to recognize that we must find ways to address the application of one's discipline to societal problems through academic reward systems. Much has been accomplished through partnerships between community and academic institutions. However, if we are to continue our progress and institutionalize this philosophy, we must address the issue of faculty promotion, tenure and rewards. This presentation presents a model of community scholarship in the health professions, outlines innovative methods for assessing community scholarship, describes the components of a portfolio that faculty can use to document their community scholarship.
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Learning Objectives: "At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1.Describe a model of community scholarship in academic public health that encompasses community-based teaching, research and service 2.Identify three strategies for advancing community scholarship in schools of public health and other health professional schools 3.Describe five products of community scholarship in addition to publication in peer-reviewed journals 4.List major initiatives in higher education and health professional education to redefine scholarship to embrace community-based teaching, research and service
Keywords: Community Outreach, Community Involvement
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, Association of Schools of Public Health, American Association of Higher Education, Campus Compact, East/West Clearinghouse on the Scholarship of Engagement
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.