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. 2017 Feb;18(2):311-317.
doi: 10.5811/westjem.2016.11.32613. Epub 2017 Jan 20.

Academic Primer Series: Five Key Papers for Consulting Clinician Educators

Teresa M Chan  1 , Michael Gottlieb  2 , Antonia Quinn  3 , Kory London  4 , Lauren W Conlon  5 , Felix Ankel  6
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Academic Primer Series: Five Key Papers for Consulting Clinician Educators

Teresa M Chan et al. West J Emerg Med. 2017 Feb.

Abstract

Introduction: Clinician educators are often asked to perform consultations for colleagues. Invitations to consult and advise others on local problems can help foster great collaborations between centers, and allows for an exchange of ideas between programs. In this article, the authors identify and summarize several key papers to assist emerging clinician educators with the consultation process.

Methods: A consensus-building process was used to generate a list of key papers that describe the importance and significance of educational consulting, informed by social media sources. A three-round voting methodology, akin to a Delphi study, determined the most impactful papers from the larger list.

Results: Summaries of the five most highly rated papers on education consultation are presented in this paper. These papers were determined by a mixed group of junior and senior faculty members, who have summarized these papers with respect to their relevance for their peer groups.

Conclusion: Five key papers on the educational consultation process are presented in this paper. These papers offer background and perspective to help junior faculty gain a grasp of consultation processes.

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Conflicts of Interest: By the WestJEM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. The authors disclosed none.

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