Kathryn N. Huggett, Ph.D.

Dr. Kathryn N. Huggett is Director of The Teaching Academy, Robert Larner MD ’42 Professor in Medical Education, and Assistant Dean for Medical Education at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. Dr. Huggett is currently a Member-at-Large for the AAMC Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) and conference Chair for the 2020 NEGEA Annual Conference. She is a past president of the Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education (SDRME) and the Society’s current senior representative to the AAMC Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS). Dr. Huggett also serves as Past Chair of the national Academies Collaborative and is a past member of the IAMSE Board of Directors. Her recent publications address academic program quality, faculty recognition, curricular innovation, and inter-professional education. In addition, she has conducted research and published in the areas of medical school admissions, preparation for Graduate Medical Education, undergraduate honors education, and professional development.

Turn Your Teaching into Scholarship         

How is educational scholarship different from other research scholarship? Dr. Huggett discusses and defines the four areas of educational scholarship and the six common areas of quality that apply across all four areas. She also describes the five areas of educator work, explains the difference between scholarly work and educational scholarship as well as how to get started in pursuing educational scholarship.

At the end of the professional development byte, you will be able to:

  • Identify the four areas of educational scholarship
  • Describe the common elements of quality that apply across the areas of educational scholarship
  • Use these areas and elements to begin building educational scholarship into your educator work

Watch this professional development byte: Turn Your Teaching into Scholarship

Resources

  • Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate, Ernest L. Boyer, (Author), Drew Moser (Author), Todd C. Ream (Author), John M. Braxton (Author)
  • Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professoriate, Charles E. Glassick (Author), Mary Taylor Huber (Author), Gene I. Maeroff

* Presenter has disclosed that she has no relevant financial relationships.