Respiratory System Commons^™

Documenting Social Media Engagement As Scholarship: A New Model For Assessing Academic Accomplishment For The Health Professions, Kimberly D. Acquaviva, Josh Mugele, Natasha Abadilla, Tyler Adamson, Samantha L. Bernstein, Rakhee K. Bhayani, Annina Elisabeth Büchi, Darcy Burbage, Christopher L. Carroll, Samantha P. Davis, Natasha Dhawan, Alice Eaton, Kim English, Jennifer T. Grier, Mary K. Gurney, Emily S. Hahn, Heather Haq, Brendan Huang, Shikha Jain, Jin Jun, Wesley T. Kerr, Timothy Keyes, Amelia R. Kirby, Marion Leary, Mollie Marr, Ajay Major, Jason V. Meisel, Erika A. Petersen, Barak Raguan, Allison Rhodes, Deborah D. Rupert, Nadia A. Sam-Agudu, Naledi Saul, Jarna R. Shah, Lisa Kennedy Sheldon, Christian T. Sinclair, Kerry Spencer, Natalie H. Strand, Carl G. Streed Jr., Avery M. Trudell

Respiratory Therapy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: The traditional model of promotion and tenure in the health professions relies heavily on formal scholarship through teaching, research, and service. Institutions consider how much weight to give activities in each of these areas and determine a threshold for advancement. With the emergence of social media, scholars can engage wider audiences in creative ways and have a broader impact. Conventional metrics like the h-index do not account for social media impact. Social media engagement is poorly represented in most curricula vitae (CV) and therefore is undervalued in promotion and tenure reviews.

Objective: The objective was to develop crowdsourced guidelines …