title: Academic Primer Series: Five Key Papers for Consulting Clinician Educators.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Teresa M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Rush University Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.affiliation: SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn, New York.
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Data and Informatics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Kory
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: London
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Emergency Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Lauren W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Conlon
authors.affiliation: HealthPartners Institute, Health Professions Education, Bloomington, Minnesota; University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ankel
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors; D011643:Publishing