Journal article
Increasing departmental and college-wide faculty development opportunities through a teaching scholars program
Academic medicine, Vol.81(11), pp.965-968
11/2006
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000242478.12299.c1
PMID: 17065857
Abstract
The University of Iowa Teaching Scholars Program was initiated in 1999 at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) with the overall goal of promoting leadership in faculty development related to teaching skills. Specific goals of this program are (1) to promote the development of a cadre of faculty members who have the skills to implement faculty development within their departments and the CCOM; (2) to increase departmental involvement in faculty development efforts; (3) to increase resources available for dissemination of college-wide faculty development efforts; and (4) to acknowledge the extra effort faculty put into developing their skills and knowledge in medical education and in providing continuing education to their faculty colleagues. All clinical and basic science departments in the CCOM are given the opportunity to have a faculty member participate in the program. Unlike other programs reported in the literature, competitive decisions for program participation are made at the departmental level. The three-year program combines monthly meetings and other activities to train faculty to provide faculty development in teaching skills. Each scholar develops and implements a project to address departmental faculty development needs as well as needs of other departments in the CCOM. To date (2006), 50 faculty members from 19 different departments have participated in the program with an average of 12 scholars per class. The program has resulted in a substantial increase in departmental and college-wide faculty development programming and has had a positive impact on individual scholars' teaching skills and leadership roles.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Increasing departmental and college-wide faculty development opportunities through a teaching scholars program
- Creators
- Marcy E Rosenbaum - Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. marcy-rosenbaum@uiowa.eduSusan LenochKristi J Ferguson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Academic medicine, Vol.81(11), pp.965-968
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1097/01.ACM.0000242478.12299.c1
- PMID
- 17065857
- ISSN
- 1040-2446
- eISSN
- 1938-808X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2006
- Academic Unit
- Family and Community Medicine; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984024418102771
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