Transcript Creative Professional Activity: “The Other CPA”
Creative Professional Activity for Academic Promotion
Carole Cohen Department of Psychiatry December 5, 2014
CPA Committee 2014 - Psychiatry
Melanie Barwick, Chair Susan Abbey Katherine Boydell Carole Cohen David Conn Ian Dawe Mary Jane Esplen Sophie Grigoriadis Bob Maunder Paula Ravitz Ivan Silver
Overview
• Creative Professional Activity – definitions • Creative Professional Activity – promotions • Creative Professional Activity – career options • Discussion about attendees Creative Professional Activity • Resources
Creative Professional Activity
: - Not just a promotions game - The overlooked member of the trio - Career development & beyond
Creative Professional Activity
CPA activities contribute to the candidate’s function as a role model to other members of the profession and the public, and as a recognized expert for students.
Creative Professional Activity
One of 3 pillars or legs of a “stool” – all involve
scholarly activity
Teaching Research
CPA
Creative Professional Activity
Focus on
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excellence, creativity, innovation & impact
(A) Scholarly Plan
1.Review knowledge 2. Rationale 3. Goals 4. Objectives 5. Design & methodology 6. Analysis 7. Conclusion 8. Validation 9. Dissemination
Scholarly Activity Teaching/Education, Research, Creative Professional Activity (B) Scholarly Outcome Evaluation
New Methodology New Discovery New Concept New Dissemination
(C) Dissemination
Impact
• Knowledge • Applied • Discipline • Transformative • Commercial
(1) Professional Innovation & Creative Excellence
• Inventions, patents and licenses • Developing new techniques • Conceptual innovations • Educational programs outside the University e.g., continuing education patient education
(2) Exemplary Professional Practice
• In the introduction and dissemination of an invention, a new technique, conceptual innovation, educational program, etc. • That which is emulated • Illustrative to students & peers • Professional as exemplar or role model • Recognized by peers, emulated by others or impacted practice.
(3) Contributions to the Development of Professional Practices
• Leadership in the profession, professional organizations, government or regulatory agencies that has influenced standards and/or enhanced the effectiveness of the discipline. • Guidelines & health policy development • Government policy • Consensus conference statements • • Regulatory Committees and setting of standards
CPA & Promotion
Candidate Statement
• Brief outline of CPA (vision, goals, rationale, activities) • Supporting documentation • Statement of importance of the achievement • Evidence of impact of CPA
Assessment of CPA
• Related to discipline; relevant to appointment at U of T • Evidence of sustained and current activity including scholarship • Focus on excellence, creativity, innovation, impact on profession • Evidence of scholarship • May be linked to Research or Teaching
Assessment of CPA
Department of Psychiatry: reviewer guide to assist the promotions committee 1. Description of CPA 2. Role of applicant 3. Impact & Significance 4. Dissemination/Knowledge Translation
CPA is not…
• Being “creative” • Being a competent practitioner • Baseline scholarly activity that all faculty engage in
CPA Pitfalls
• Poor documentation • Do not identify candidate contribution in group activity • Do not demonstrate scholarly activity in CPA • Do not document impact of CPA • Do not highlight national or international impact
CPA Challenges
• Collecting appropriate documents • Obtaining appropriate references – external, internal, colleague • Writing a candidate statement that shows scholarship & impact
CPA Promotion Tasks
• Review promotions manual • Find protected time • Reflect on personal goals & accomplishments • Create a timeline for dossier completion • Develop a mentoring process • Review dossiers of successful colleagues • Collate supporting evidence (organize, summarize) • Select referees
CPA & Career Options
• Develop goals, think about target population • Document what you do; present or publish • Disseminate your work in other ways; community forums, policy presentations • Get letters of support, evidence of impact • Solicit peer review of your work • Evaluate your product • Work with a mentor
(A) Scholarly Plan
1.Review knowledge 2. Rationale 3. Goals 4. Objectives 5. Design & methodology 6. Analysis 7. Conclusion 8. Validation 9. Dissemination
Scholarly Activity Teaching/Education, Research, Creative Professional Activity (B) Scholarly Outcome Evaluation
New Methodology New Discovery New Concept New Dissemination
(C) Dissemination
Impact
• Knowledge • Applied • Discipline • Transformative • Commercial
Personal Journey
CPSE
Scholarly Activity
Dementia care Coordination of care Ethical/medical-legal
What CPA Have You Been Engaged In?
Resources
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University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine website Continuing education workshops, Faculty of Medicine Scientist Knowledge Translation Training TM , SickKids http://www.sickkids.ca/Learning/AbouttheInstitute/Programs/Kno wledge-Translation/index.html
Contact: [email protected]
Creative Professional Activity
SOURCE: http://www.psychiatry.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/faculty promotions/senior-promotions/academic-pathways-creative-professional activity/
CPA Considerations for Applicant
It is important that your CPA dossier include specific detail on the CPA(s), information concerning your role (leadership vs team member) and any information that can support the impact and significance of the CPA. You also need to consider how to document CPA activities across the domains of practice as a health professional including scholarly/professional activities, advocate, manager and communicator/collaborator. Did you provide a clear description of the creative professional or scholarly activity/activities?
How does the CPA contribute to the academic enterprise? How does it relate to your position or appointment? How did it come about?
CPA Considerations for Applicant
Did you include objectives or goals for the CPA? Are they clearly described?
Were any goals or objectives based on a clinical issues, a population need or system issue? If so, indicate that. How did you come to know about the issue/ population need etc?
What was your specific role (Indicate whether you were a leader of the CPA? Team member? Did you originate the idea? Implemented the CPA? (It is important to be clear on your role(s), activities, etc. and to indicate how others were involved).
Briefly describe whether significant mentors contributed and how? Did you provide any mentorship to others in relation to the CPA? Were there opportunities for teaching around the CPA experience/ learning?
CPA Considerations for Applicant
What is the significance of the CPA? For example, what does it mean? Does it make a difference? If so, how? (Describe the significance and impact in detail and provide evidence to support any impacts).
Did you include testimonials, letters of support, unsolicited letters or other evidence to demonstrate impacts/ significance?
Did any formal or informal evaluations occur? Were they planned as part of the CPA? What did they demonstrate?
Can you provide evidence of “excellence”? (i.e. evaluations, letters of support on changes or impacts, pre post evaluations, testimonials, changes of practice etc, others adopt approach?, invites to present or provide product/ process?)
CPA Considerations for Applicant
Can you describe any specific impacts or changes to practice? To a community? To a policy? Did your CPA contribute to new frameworks or theories?
Can you provide any evidence of national or international impacts? Or significance? Will the CPA be sustained? If so, how or what plans are underway to sustain it (them)?
Did you describe any associated dissemination activities or plans? Did any knowledge translation activities occur that can be included in your description? (i.e. peer reviewed articles, non-peer review, rounds, newspapers, films etc, community etc.)
AKA Community Engaged Scholarship
SOURCE: http://engagedscholarship.ca/
CCPH – Online Examples
SOURCE: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/toolkit-intro.htm
Acknowledgements
Dr. A Gotlieb Dr. M. Bell Dr. M. Barwick