Journal article
Creating a Cadre of Fellowship-Trained Medical Educators: A Qualitative Study of Faculty Development Program Leaders' Perspectives and Advice
Academic medicine, Vol.91(12), pp.1696-1704
12/01/2016
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001097
PMID: 26826070
Abstract
Purpose
Well-trained educators fill essential roles across the medical education continuum. Some medical schools offer programs for existing faculty to enhance teaching and scholarship. No standard postgraduate training model exists for residency graduates to attain competency as faculty members before their first academic appointment. The objective of this study is to inform the development of postgraduate medical education fellowships by exploring perceptions of educational leaders who direct wellestablished faculty development programs.
Method
The authors undertook a qualitative study, using purposeful sampling to recruit participants and a constant comparative approach to identify themes. They conducted semistructured telephone interviews with directors of faculty development fellowships using an interpretivist/constructivist paradigm (November 2013). Questions addressed curricular and fiscal structure, perceived benefits and challenges, and advice for starting a postgraduate fellowship.
Results
Directors reported institutional and participant benefits, notably the creation of a community of educators and pool of potential leaders. Curricular offerings focused on learning theory, teaching, assessment, leadership, and scholarship. Funding and protected time were challenges. Advice for new program directors included evaluating best practices, defining locally relevant goals; garnering sufficient, stable financial support; and rallying leaders' endorsement.
Conclusions
Medical education fellowships cultivate leaders and communities of trained educators but require participants to balance faculty responsibilities with professional development. Advice of current directors can inform the development of postgraduate programs modeled after accredited clinical specialty fellowships. Programs with the support of strategic partners, financial stability, and well-defined goals may allow new faculty to begin their careers with existing competency in medical education skills.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Creating a Cadre of Fellowship-Trained Medical Educators: A Qualitative Study of Faculty Development Program Leaders' Perspectives and Advice
- Creators
- Wendy C. Coates - University of California at Los AngelesDaniel P. Runde - University of IowaLalena M. Yarris - Emergency Medicine EducationSteven Rougas - Brown UniversityTodd A. Guth - University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusSally A. Santen - University of Michigan–Ann ArborJessica Miller - Pennsylvania State UniversityJaime Jordan - University of California, Los Angeles
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Academic medicine, Vol.91(12), pp.1696-1704
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001097
- PMID
- 26826070
- ISSN
- 1040-2446
- eISSN
- 1938-808X
- Number of pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Emergency Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984297358502771
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