The National Clinician Scholars Program: Teaching Transformational Leadership and Promoting Health Justice Through Community-Engaged Research Ethics

Bromley, Elizabeth; Jones, Loretta; Rosenthal, Marjorie S.; Heisler, Michele; Sochalski, Julie; Koniak‐Griffin, Deborah; Punzalan, Cristina; Wells, Kenneth B.

doi:10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.12.medu1-1512

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“…The Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation initiated the Clinical Scholars Program (CSP) in 1972 to train postresidency physicians as change agents in transformation of the quality of American healthcare by providing 2 years of training in health services research and healthcare policy. 13,14 Graduates of the RWJ CSP represent a highly motivated and exquisitely well-prepared group of physicians who have received rigorous research training and have had access to a rich network of mentors and influence leaders. The program has been successful.…”

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The Challenges, Joys, and Career Satisfaction of Women Graduates of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program 1973–2011

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BACKGROUND: To ensure a next generation of female leaders in academia, we need to understand challenges they face and factors that enable fellowship-prepared women to thrive. We surveyed woman graduates of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program (CSP) from 1976 to 2011 regarding their experiences, insights, and advice to women entering the field. METHODS: We surveyed every CSP woman graduate through 2012 (n = 360) by email and post. The survey, 12 prompts requiring open text responses, explored current work situation, personal definitions of success, job negotiations, career regrets, feelings about work, and advice for others. Four independent reviewers read overlapping subsets of the de-identified data, iteratively created coding categories, and defined and refined emergent themes. RESULTS: Of the 360 cohort, 108 (30%) responded. The mean age of respondents was 45 (range 32 to 65), 85% are partnered, and 87% have children (average number of children 2.15, range 1 to 5). We identified 11 major code categories and conducted a thematic analysis. Factors common to very satisfied respondents include personally meaningful work, schedule flexibility, spousal support, and collaborative team research. Managing professionalpersonal balance depended on career stage, clinical specialty, and children's age. Unique to women who completed the CSP prior to 1995 were descriptions of "atypical" paths with career transitions motivated by discord between work and personal ambitions and the emphasis on the importance of maintaining relevance and remaining open to opportunities in later life. CONCLUSIONS: Women CSP graduates who stayed in academic medicine are proud to have pursued meaningful work despite challenges and uncertain futures. They thrived by remaining flexible and managing change while remaining true to their values. We likely captured the voices of long-term survivors in academic medicine. Although transferability of these findings is uncertain, these voices add to the national discussion about retaining clinical researchers and keeping women academics productive and engaged.

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The Challenges, Joys, and Career Satisfaction of Women Graduates of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program 1973–2011

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“…One strategy to prepare general internists is a general internal medicine (GIM) or health services research fellowship. 1,2 GIM fellowships have grown in number since the early 1980s, including national programs, such as the National Clinician Scholars Program 3 and the Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Program, 4 and institution-based fellowships funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). 5,6 As recently graduated GIM fellows, we are often asked to provide career advice to current or prospective fellows.…”

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Surviving and Thriving as Physicians in General Internal Medicine Fellowship in the Twenty-First Century

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General internal medicine (GIM) fellowships play an important role in the development of physician scientists and clinical educators, as well as leaders in academic medicine. Nevertheless, the challenges of developing another novel aspect to one's career, along with balancing coursework, research productivity, clinical duties, and personal life during fellowship, can be overwhelming. Similarly, successfully securing a job at the end of fellowship can be a daunting process. In this article, we discuss the foundational tenets and themes of the GIM fellowship. These themes include (1) finding your purpose and passion, with a focus on selecting research coursework and developing an area of study; (2) the role and importance of mentorship, including the various kinds of mentorship that fellows require (traditional and peer mentorship, sponsors, and coaches), as well as how to be an effective mentee; (3) securing research funding; (4) landing a job; (5) and protecting time to meet personal goals. There is an increased need for a vibrant, diverse, and successful generation of general internal medicine researchers to advance our understanding of complex issues in clinical medicine and healthcare delivery and to inform health policy. It is our hope that this piece helps to support that mission.

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Ethical Controversies in Engaged Research

Janich

Duffee

2019

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

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The National Clinician Scholars Program: Teaching Transformational Leadership and Promoting Health Justice Through Community-Engaged Research Ethics

Cited by 10 publications

References 28 publications

The Challenges, Joys, and Career Satisfaction of Women Graduates of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program 1973–2011

The Challenges, Joys, and Career Satisfaction of Women Graduates of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program 1973–2011

Surviving and Thriving as Physicians in General Internal Medicine Fellowship in the Twenty-First Century

Ethical Controversies in Engaged Research

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