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- Title
ORIGINAL ARTICLES Teaching the Teachers National Survey of Faculty Development in Departments of Medicine of U.S. Teaching Hospitals.
- Authors
Clark, Jeanne M.; Houston, Thomas K.; Kolodner, Ken; Branch Jr., William T.; Levine, Rachel B.; Kern, David E.
- Abstract
To determine the prevalence, topics, methods, and intensity of ongoing faculty development (FD) in teaching skills. Mailed survey. Two hundred and seventy-seven of the 386 (72%) U.S. teaching hospitals with internal medicine residency programs. Prevalence and characteristics of ongoing FD. One hundred and eight teaching hospitals (39%) reported ongoing FD. Hospitals with a primary medical school affiliation (university hospitals) were more likely to have ongoing FD than nonuniversity hospitals. For nonuniversity hospitals, funding from the Health Resources Services Administration and >50 house staff were associated with ongoing FD. For university hospitals, >100 department of medicine faculty was associated. Ongoing programs included a mean of 10.4 topics (standard deviation, 5.4). Most offered half-day workshops (80%), but 22% offered ≥1-month programs. Evaluations were predominantly limited to postcourse evaluations forms. Only 14% of the hospitals with ongoing FD (5% of all hospitals) had “advanced” programs, defined as offering ≥10 topics, lasting >2 days, and using ≥3 experiential teaching methods. These were significantly more likely to be university hospitals and to offer salary support and/or protected time to their FD instructors. Generalists and hospital-based faculty were more likely to receive training than subspecialist and community-based faulty. Factors facilitating participation in FD activities were supervisor attitudes, FD expertise, and institutional culture. A minority of U.S. teaching hospitals offer ongoing faculty development in teaching skills. Continued progress will likely require increased institutional commitment, improved evaluations, and adequate resources, particularly FD instructors and funding. J GEN INTERN MED 2004;19:205–214.
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2004, Vol 19, Issue 3, p205
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30334.x