title: Rheumatology Research Foundation Clinician Scholar Educator Award: Fifteen Years Promoting Rheumatology Educators and Education.
abstract: The Rheumatology Research Foundation's Clinician Scholar Educator (CSE) award is a 3-year career development award supporting medical education research while providing opportunities for mentorship and collaboration. Our objective was to document the individual and institutional impact of the award since its inception, as well as its promise to strengthen the subspecialty of rheumatology.
  
  
  
  All 60 CSE Award recipients were surveyed periodically. Fifty-six of those 60 awardees (90%) responded to requests for survey information that included post-award activities, promotions, and further funding. Data were also collected from yearly written progress reports for each grant.
  
  
  
  Of the total CSE recipients to date, 48 of 60 (80%) are adult rheumatologists, 11 of 60 (18%) are pediatric rheumatologists, and 1 is an adult and pediatric rheumatologist. Two-thirds of survey respondents spend up to 30% of their total time in educational activities, and one-third spend greater than 30%. Thirty-one of the 60 CSE recipients (52%) have published a total of 86 medical education papers. Twenty-six of 52 (50%) had received an academic promotion following the award. Eleven awardees earned advanced degrees.
  
  
  
  We describe the creation and evolution of a grant program from a medical subspecialty society foundation and the impact on producing education research, individual identity formation, and ongoing support for educators. This community of rheumatology scholar educators now serves as an important resource at the national level for the American College of Rheumatology and its membership. We believe that this grant may serve as a model for other medical societies that want to promote education scholarship and leadership within their specialties.
authors: Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York. bermanj@hss.edu.
authors: Jessica R
authors: JR
authors: Berman
authors: Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors: Kenneth S
authors: KS
authors: O'Rourke
authors: Perelman School of Medicine and Penn Musculoskeletal Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors: Sharon L
authors: SL
authors: Kolasinski
authors: Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York.
authors: Juliet
authors: J
authors: Aizer
authors: Rheumatology Research Foundation, American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors: Mary J
authors: MJ
authors: Wheatley
authors: University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City.
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Battistone
authors: University of Maryland, Baltimore.
authors: Bernadette C
authors: BC
authors: Siaton
authors: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: Lisa
authors: L
authors: Criscione-Schreiber
authors: New York University School of Medicine and Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York.
authors: Michael H
authors: MH
authors: Pillinger
authors: State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine and VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, Brooklyn, New York.
authors: Deana M
authors: DM
authors: Lazaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000193:education*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D005260:Female; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*