Consensus Guidelines for Digital Scholarship in Academic Promotion.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As scholarship moves into the digital sphere, applicant and promotion and tenure (P&T) committee members lack formal guidance on evaluating the impact of digital scholarly work. The P&T process requires the appraisal of individual scholarly impact in comparison to scholars across institutions and disciplines. As dissemination methods evolve in the digital era, we must adapt traditional P&T processes to include emerging forms of digital scholarship.

Methods

We conducted a blended, expert consensus procedure using a nominal group process to create a consensus document at the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Academic Assembly on April 1, 2019.

Results

We discussed consensus guidelines for evaluation and promotion of digital scholarship with

SUBMITTER: Husain A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7390542 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature