An evaluation framework for faculty practice.
Faculty practice is promoted in schools of nursing for the purposes of strengthening the clinical expertise of faculty, maintaining clinically relevant curricula, fostering student learning, and generating revenue. For clinical faculty, this practice often provides the foundation for academic scholarship. The integration of this scholarship into the traditional academic triad of education, research, and service has proved difficult. Pohl et al notes, "In promotion and tenure decisions, 68 percent of faculty reported that practice was weighted less than teaching and research in their institutions." There appears to be an inherent tension between the requirements for scholarly faculty practice and the academic missions of schools of nursing. The purpose of this article is to describe a framework for the evaluation of faculty practice at the Johns Hopkins University School Nursing (JHUSON) and the actions taken to align the scholarship of faculty practice with the academic research mission of the School.
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Kathleen Lent
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School of Nursing, The Johns Hopkins University, 525 North Wolfe Street #459, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. kbecker@son.jhmi.edu
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015142:Baltimore; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003479:Curriculum; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000592:standards*; D017144:Focus Groups; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000379:methods*; D009734:Nursing Faculty Practice / Q000592:standards*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012579:Schools, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires