Hale Janet Fraser, Thorndyke Luanne, Milner Robert J, Vitello-Cicciu Joan
UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, United States of America.
J Prof Nurs. 2024 May-Jun;52:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.02.003. Epub 2024 Mar 11.
Within higher education, scholarship is narrowly and inconsistently defined, limiting recognition of evolving faculty expectations, particularly for nursing faculty. At this academic medical center, a campus-wide, multi-school, academic advancement policy was achieved with a broader definition of scholarship that included: peer-reviewed publication of federally funded research, as well as innovation in curriculum development, teaching methodology, community engagement, safety and quality improvement, clinical practice, and health policy that would be applicable to tenure and non-tenure track faculty. The background, process, and outcomes of developing an expanded definition of scholarship that encompasses new and evolving areas of scholarship for a reconstructed academic personnel policy is presented. Beginning with a literature review and surveys of other schools' policies, we describe how a campus-wide working group ensured consensus and acceptance of the new policy. Upon approval of the reconstructed document, guidelines for implementation were widely disseminated through training workshops and discussions, integration into new faculty orientation, and faculty development programs. We share our process, outcomes, and lessons learned believing this information to be useful to other institutions engaged in review and revision of their promotion and tenure processes to align with the increasing expectations of nursing faculty of today and tomorrow.
在高等教育领域，学术成就的定义狭隘且不统一，这限制了对教师不断变化的期望的认可，尤其是对护理教师而言。在这个学术医疗中心，通过对学术成就进行更广泛的定义，达成了一项全校范围、多学院的学术晋升政策，该定义包括：联邦资助研究的同行评审出版物，以及课程开发、教学方法、社区参与、安全与质量改进、临床实践和卫生政策方面的创新，这些适用于终身教职和非终身教职的教师。本文介绍了为重构学术人员政策而制定涵盖新的和不断发展的学术领域的学术成就扩展定义的背景、过程和成果。从文献综述和对其他学校政策的调查开始，我们描述了一个全校范围的工作组如何确保新政策获得共识和认可。在重构文件获得批准后，实施指南通过培训研讨会和讨论、纳入新教师入职培训以及教师发展项目等方式得到广泛传播。我们分享我们的过程、成果和经验教训，相信这些信息对其他正在审查和修订其晋升和终身教职程序以符合当今和未来护理教师不断提高的期望的机构有用。
