How to Develop and Optimize a Community of Practice for Educational Scholarship

Health profession educators face the challenge of simultaneously providing clinical care and undertaking scholarly activities. New models are needed to help faculty achieve their goals. Community of practice is an approach that can help busy faculty engage in scholarship collaboratively. This is a p...

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Published inMedical science educator Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 799 - 803
Main Authors Edwards, Catherine M., Islam, Shehla, Zaidi, Zareen, Hahn, Paulette
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.12.2017
Subjects
Education
Medical Education
Medical education
Community of practice
Education scholarship
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Summary:Health profession educators face the challenge of simultaneously providing clinical care and undertaking scholarly activities. New models are needed to help faculty achieve their goals. Community of practice is an approach that can help busy faculty engage in scholarship collaboratively. This is a process that moves through stages of inquiry, design, launch, and finally sustain, all with careful attention to the social architecture of the community. Reflecting our experience of developing a community of practice at the University of Florida, this article provides guidelines for the development and optimization of a community of practice for scholarship within academic settings.
ISSN:2156-8650
2156-8650
DOI:10.1007/s40670-017-0478-1