Journal article
Defining Their Own Success: Scholars' Views After a Faculty Development Program
Academic pediatrics, Vol.23(1), pp.193-200
01/2023
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.07.016
PMID: 35914731
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Educator roles in medicine are expanding yet career paths and definitions of successful careers are not uni-formly agreed upon. Educator success from their own perspec-tive has not been broadly explored as these studies usually occur from the institutional or organizational viewpoint. This study examined the impact of a national educational faculty develop-ment program (FDP) for academic pediatricians on educators' self-description of their own professional and personal success.METHODS: This was a cross-sectional, qualitative study of FDP alumni between 2019-2021. Interviews explored partici-pants perspectives on their professional success, and supports and barriers. Using an iterative process, thematic analysis of the data identified 6 themes.RESULTS: Fourteen scholars were interviewed. All felt they were successful citing both outcome and impact measures cat-egorized into 6 themes: personal attributes, adequate resources and barriers, foundational skill development, experiencing strong mentoring and networking, engaging, and being connected to a community of practice and self-identifying as a medical educator. To view the data holistically, a model incor-porating 3 frameworks was developed. CONCLUSIONS: These educators viewed themselves as suc-cessful academic educators. While papers, promotions and positions were important, educators viewed impact in mentor-ing and collaborations with others, along with acquired exper-tise and an expanded viewpoint of the field and themselves as equally important. Educators and leaders could use these ele-ments for their own self-assessment and support, FDP develop-ment and enhancement, and for investment in programs and faculty educators. KEYWORDS: career satisfaction; community of practice; fac-ulty development program; medical education; professional identity formationACADEMIC PEDIATRICS 2023;23:193-200
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Defining Their Own Success: Scholars' Views After a Faculty Development Program
- Creators
- Donna M. D'Alessandro - University of IowaNeha H. Shah - George Washington UniversityRobert R. Riss - University of MissouriAlix G. Darden - University of Oklahoma
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Academic pediatrics, Vol.23(1), pp.193-200
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.acap.2022.07.016
- PMID
- 35914731
- ISSN
- 1876-2859
- eISSN
- 1876-2867
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100017930, name: Academic Pediatric Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984383910602771
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