Overview

Medical education citizenship can be challenging due to competing priorities of faculty including clinical demands and academic productivity. Yet participation in the education of developing physicians remains essential—departments depend on this often underrecognized service to sustain educational excellence and community engagement. Departments are grappling with how best to support faculty in educational endeavors in the current academic climate of decreasing resources. There is an inherent tension in whether citizenship leads to leadership opportunities in education with protected time, or whether being granted a leadership role with protected time enables one to fully demonstrate and model educational citizenship. This interactive workshop explores the concept of citizenship within medical education, differentiating it from the idea of engagement. We intend to foster discussion on questions like: what is the responsibility of the individual and collective? What system supports are needed to optimize citizenship? What are the responsibilities of educators, senior faculty, leaders, and institutions? Participants will examine what it means to be a “good citizen” in academic medicine and co-create strategies to foster a more engaged medical education community.

Speakers

Susan Budnick, MD
Sonia Ananthakrishnan, MD

Content Track

Faculty Development

Audience

GME

Program Type

University-Based, Community-Based

Additional Information

Year Published: 2025 - APDIM Fall Meeting 2025