How to Be an Academic Clinical Educator

Caroline, Sue: What gets me really excited is finding innovative ways to teach and motivate new learners. I feel as though contributing to educational policy or being a leader in education really has to be founded in the fact that we're there to take care of patients. And so it feels inauthentic to be a big E educator without knowing what it feels like to be at the bedside and take care of patient's needs. They both say they never thought about this as what they were becoming or wanted to become. The three best tips for most people starting out? Go to where the learners are; find them in your clinical work,. Volunteer to lecture, give talks, like just engage with