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- Title
Program Director Participation in a Leadership and Management Skills Fellowship and Characteristics of Program Quality.
- Authors
Carek, Peter J.; Mims, Lisa D.; Conry, Colleen M.; Maxwell, Lisa; Greenwood, Vicki; Pugno, Perry A.
- Abstract
<bold>Background and Objectives: </bold>The association between a residency program director completing a leadership and management skills fellowship and characteristics of quality and innovation of his/her residency program has not been studied. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the association between a residency program director's completion of a specific fellowship addressing these skills (National Institute for Program Director Development or NIPDD) and characteristics of quality and innovation of the program they direct.<bold>Methods: </bold>Using information from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) and FREIDA® program characteristics were obtained. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. The relationship between programs with a NIPDD graduate as director and program quality measures and indicators of innovation was analyzed using both chi square and logistic regression.<bold>Results: </bold>Initial analyses showed significant associations between the NIPDD graduate status of a program director and regional location, mean years of program director tenure, and the program's 5-year aggregate ABFM board pass rate from 2007--2011. After grouping the programs into tertiles, the regression model showed significant positive associations with programs offering international experiences and being a NIPDD graduate.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Program director participation in a fellowship addressing leadership and management skills (ie, NIPDD) was found to be associated with higher pass rates of new graduates on a Board certification examination and predictive of programs being in the upper tertile of programs in terms of Board pass rates.
- Subjects
EDUCATION of executives; FAMILY medicine; LEADERSHIP; SCHOLARSHIPS; JOB performance; EVALUATION of human services programs
- Publication
Family Medicine, 2015, Vol 47, Issue 7, p536
- ISSN
0742-3225
- Publication type
journal article