Does Academic Blogging Enhance Promotion and Tenure? A Survey of US and Canadian Medicine and Pediatric Department Chairs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic educational (e-learning) technology usage continues to grow. Many medical journals operate companion blogs (an application of e-learning technology) that enable rapid dissemination of scientific knowledge and discourse. Faculty members participating in promotion and tenure academic tracks spend valuable time and effort contributing, editing, and directing these medical journal blogs.

Objective

We sought to understand whether chairs of medicine and pediatric departments acknowledge blog authorship as academic achievement.

Methods

The authors surveyed 267 chairs of US and Canadian medicine and pediatric departments regarding their attitudes toward the role of faculty participation in e-learning and blogging in the promotion and tenure process. The

SUBMITTER: Cameron CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5041355 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature