University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2024 Oct;88(10):101274. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101274. Epub 2024 Aug 22.
The academic sabbatical in higher education has been used as a tool for personal and professional growth. Although sabbaticals for tenured faculty have been widely accepted and utilized, their use for nontenure, contract, and practice-based faculty are not well-understood. To explore the reason behind this, the authors undertook focus sessions among practice faculty who had taken a sabbatical leave or were considering a sabbatical leave. Two themes emerged from the conversations with participants: (theme 1) practice faculty assume they are not eligible for sabbatical leaves and (theme 2) practice faculty assume sabbaticals must result in/lead to significant grant funding. Based on these results, sabbatical leaves appear to be under offered to and misunderstood by practice pharmacy faculty. In a time where pharmacy programs are struggling to recruit and retain practice faculty required to prepare the next generation of pharmacists, sabbaticals for practice faculty may be an effective strategy to support practice faculty and incorporate innovation into educational experiences. We hope that this project stimulates a broader conversation within pharmacy academia about the importance of investment in our critically important practice faculty.
高校学术休假被用作个人和职业发展的工具。尽管终身教职员工的休假已被广泛接受和利用，但非终身教职、合同和实践型教职员工的休假情况却鲜为人知。为了探究其中的原因，作者在有休假经历或正在考虑休假的实践教职员工中进行了焦点小组讨论。参与者的对话中出现了两个主题：（主题 1）实践教职员工认为自己没有资格休学术假，（主题 2）实践教职员工认为休假必须导致/获得重大资助。基于这些结果，实践药学教职员工似乎没有得到充分的休假机会，也对休假存在误解。在药学课程难以招聘和留住培养下一代药剂师所需的实践教职员工的时代，为实践教职员工提供休假可能是支持实践教职员工并将创新融入教育体验的有效策略。我们希望这个项目能在药学学术界引发更广泛的讨论，强调投资于我们至关重要的实践教职员工的重要性。
