Individualized strategic planning for faculty development in medical schools

dc.creator	Jennifer Woodward
dc.creator	Theresa Ratti
dc.creator	Ann Thompson
dc.creator	Ora A. Weisz
dc.creator	Steven L. Kanter
dc.creator	Goutham Rao
dc.date	2013-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:24:31Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:24:31Z
dc.identifier	10.4081/med.2013.e2
dc.identifier	2038-9531
dc.identifier	2038-954X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8928b3e0851c4602a99a76fc04fe3bc4
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/29937
dc.description	<em>Background</em>. Faculty development is essential to provide skills not taught in typical medical training such as designing <em>curricula</em> or scientific writing, to help medical faculty acquire new skills valued today such as financial management, and to maintain institutional vitality. Faculty development receives relatively little attention in many medical schools and is narrowly focused upon teaching skills.<br /> <em>Innovation</em>. We propose a program that includes individual needs assessment and strategic planning. This strategy is consistent with Knowles’ principles of andragogy, a model of adult learning that differs in some ways from traditional pedagogy. We have included a self-assessment tool that may be useful to medical schools and an illustrative case study. <br /><em>Evaluation</em>. We have introduced the self-assessment tool to a small number of faculty members who have found it clear and useful. We plan to introduce it to a large number of faculty members and to measure completion rates, perceived usefulness, and subsequent participation in faculty development activities and fulfillment of goals. <br /><em>Conclusions</em>. Faculty development needs to be a higher priority in medical schools and to better reflect the current needs of faculty members. An individualized faculty development process has the potential to have a substantial impact upon acquisition of important skills, and faculty and institutional morale and vitality.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	PAGEPress Publications
dc.relation	http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/med/article/view/4671
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2038-9531
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2038-954X
dc.rights	CC BY-NC
dc.source	Medical Education Development, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp e2-e2 (2013)
dc.subject	faculty development, medical education, strategic planning
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Individualized strategic planning for faculty development in medical schools
dc.type	article