Ortega Pilar, Becker Mara L, Chan Teresa M, Manning Kimberly D
Departments of Medical Education and Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Faculty at the Duke University School of Medicine and a faculty leader at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
Perspect Med Educ. 2025 May 14;14(1):286-295. doi: 10.5334/pme.1681. eCollection 2025.
In academic medicine, the label of nontraditional is often used to refer to scholars whose outputs or journeys differ from what is considered normative. Those who do not sufficiently align with traditional expectations may be at risk of being excluded from fully participating or achieving advancement in academic medicine, an experience that disproportionately affects groups who have been historically marginalized and underrepresented in medicine. In this eye opener, the authors use the lenses of their own stories in academic medicine to illustrate some of the traditional roadblocks experienced by these scholars, such as the lack of mentorship, the tendency to overlook or discourage work on nontraditional topics, and difficulty fitting innovative scholarship formats into curricula vitae or promotion packets. To clear the roadblocks, the authors call upon institutional leaders to enhance their processes, support systems, and criteria for learner and faculty academic advancement. Secondly, the authors call upon individuals to consider how they might engage in and frame their scholarly pursuits in a way that their merit can be readily ascertained.
在学术医学领域，“非传统”这一标签常被用于指代那些产出或经历与被视为规范的情况不同的学者。那些与传统期望不完全相符的人可能有被排除在学术医学的充分参与或职业晋升之外的风险，这种经历对医学领域历史上被边缘化和代表性不足的群体影响尤为严重。在这篇发人深省的文章中，作者利用他们自己在学术医学领域的经历，来说明这些学者所面临的一些传统障碍，比如缺乏导师指导、忽视或不鼓励研究非传统主题的倾向，以及难以将创新的学术成果形式纳入简历或晋升材料中。为了清除这些障碍，作者呼吁机构领导者改进他们的流程、支持系统以及学习者和教师学术晋升的标准。其次，作者呼吁个人思考如何以一种能够容易确定其价值的方式参与并构建他们的学术追求。
