A study investigated the effectiveness of the Stanford Faculty Development program of nine small-group seminars for eight pathology faculty. The seminars were designed to provide teachers with a framework for analyzing teaching and identifying areas for improvement and to provide training in specific teaching skills. Results suggest significant…

A study examined 634 medical students' ratings of 126 attending and 152 resident physicians' teaching to prioritize specific skills needing focused faculty development. Results indicated students can discriminate between more- and less-effective teaching behaviors. Attending physicians were less effective at communicating goals than other teaching…

Two methods to improve the teaching performance of clinical teaching physicians were studied: an intensive feedback method and a seminar. Both methods were designed to help clinical teachers analyze their teaching and implement more effective teaching methods. Pre- and post-intervention data were collected early and late in each attending…