Developing a Clinician Educator Faculty Development Program: Lessons Learned (original) (raw)

Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry, 2016

Abstract

Over the past 25 years, the roles of physicians as clinicians, educators, and administrators in academic medicine have received increasing attention [1, 2]. Awareness of the complex nature of this career path has also been heightened [3]. A review of the literature revealed several types of programs intended to help Clinician Educator (CE) faculty with career development and advancement. The first type of program, available through universities or professional organizations, is open to applicants from a variety of disciplines [4]. The second type of program, developed at several academic medical centers, focuses on comprehensive development of physician faculty members across medical school departments [5]. These types of programs typically provide a certificate or advanced degree in medical education. They also require significant financial and time commitments from departments and participants, including protected time from clinical work. A third type of program emphasizes peer mentorship and skill building. These programs, which require less financial and time commitment than the first two types, have generally been grass roots programs developed by faculty members within a department [6]. More recently, departments are developing systematic programs for their early career faculty members with a focus on skill development and mentorship and guided by the expertise of more senior faculty [7]. In developing the Clinician Educator Faculty Development Program (CEFDP), we evaluated these program models and designed a program that was focused within our Department, required relatively few resources and required limited time investment. The program was encouraged and supported by the Department Chair and hospital leadership and expanded on our Department’s CE development track for residents [8, 9]. This paper describes the development of a CEFDP pilot in our Department of Psychiatry from 2012 to 2013. We provide an overview of the program’s conceptualization, implementation, and evaluation, as well as reflections on lessons learned in the process that may be instructive to other departments seeking to pursue similar initiatives.

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