WORK ACTIVITIES OF CLINICIAN-EDUCATORS

In order to make meaningful scholarly contributions, clinician-educato rs need protected time. Forty-one clinician-educators at the Universit y of Washington recorded their work activities in 30-minute intervals for 2 weeks, The average work week was 58.7 hours (SD = 13.8), The tim e devoted to scholarship, 7.6 hours (13%), was significantly less than the 20%, designated for scholarship in the clinician-educator job des cription (p < .001): 42% of scholarly work occurred outside the regula r work week. At a time when many schools rely on clinician-educators t o sustain their clinical and teaching missions, schools should ensure that faculty have adequate time and resources to meet scholarly expect ations for promotion.