Defining contemporary roles of the pharmacy educator : The essential first step in developing equitable faculty teaching workload

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INTRODUCTION: Faculty workload policy has gained increased attention recently given the growing amount of faculty burnout leading to decreased productivity, worsened faculty morale, and impaired retention. Faculty are one of the most valuable resources of an academic institution; thus, it is essential that a clear picture of the "jobs to be done" are defined and valued.

PERSPECTIVE: The approach of a task force charged with developing a teaching workload policy is described. Through this work, it was recognized that essential roles of the contemporary pharmacy educator have not been defined, resulting in workload policies that might only value and recognize "traditional" educator roles. This led the task force to evaluate the forces driving change in education and to identify the roles of faculty as educators. The stepwise approach used to define nine essential roles of contemporary pharmacy educators is described.

IMPLICATIONS: Roles of the educator have become more complex, and traditional definitions of these roles do not recognize and value the multifaceted nature of the job to be done. Consideration of contemporary definitions of educator roles is a critical first step for developing workload policies. The new definition of educator roles will allow the academic institution to have more clarity around total teaching effort and recognize the value faculty provide the institution. We believe this is the essential first step for the Academy when developing teaching workload policies that are fair and equitable, while also understanding the overall faculty needs for executing their educational enterprise.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning - 16(2024), 3 vom: 17. Feb., Seite 151-159

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rhoney, Denise H [VerfasserIn]
Cox, Wendy [VerfasserIn]
Gosk, Chris [VerfasserIn]
Jarstfer, Mike [VerfasserIn]
Pomykal, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, Megan C [VerfasserIn]
Shepherd, Greene [VerfasserIn]
Singleton, Scott [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Academia
Education
Journal Article
Pharmacy
Teaching
Workload

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cptl.2023.12.032

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367238225