A program in one of the National Institutes of Health offers clinical training fellowships as a means of training potential dental school faculty by providing both unique clinical skills and high-quality research experience. The program was developed in response to a perceived need for change in academic dentistry. (MSE)

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has developed a system for academic appointments that retains tenure but removes traditional time and promotion requirements. The system is designed to reward all faculty for academic work, reduce stress on new faculty, and improve recruitment, especially of clinicians and allied health professionals. (MSE)

A study evaluated the design, implementation, and evaluation procedures in an experimental dental school faculty development program to increase faculty skills in lecturing and related teaching strategies. (MSE)

Evaluation of the clinical competence of medical faculty in teaching hospitals is discussed. Different approaches to clinical assessment and theoretical and practical problems in assessing clinical faculty's performance are discussed. A University of Virginia medical school system for evaluation that combines objective and subjective assessment is…

Reviews need for internal leadership training programs at academic health centers and describes three programs. Elements common to the programs include small classes, participants from many areas of academic medicine and health care, building on prior experience and training, training conducted away from the institution, short sessions, faculty…

The University of Wisconsin Medical School began a class mentor program in 1985 utilizing five senior physician faculty members who attended courses as mentors through four years with the assigned class. Mentors shared practical experience about the subjects being taught. Program response was highly favorable. (GLR)

Stanford Medical Group, a model group practice in internal medicine, was established at Stanford University (California) within the academic medical center. Clinical faculty status was raised by developing a separate faculty track for the practice. The approach has been well-received and successful in attaining training and patient care goals.…

University of Virginia medical student evaluations of teachers at the end of clerkships are compiled into a detailed annual report containing constructive criticism and recommendations. Teaching faculty then respond by addressing the comments and initiating proposals for improvement. Experience with the system has been encouraging, and wider…

University of Hawaii medical school workshops retrain faculty for their roles as tutors in the newly adopted problem-based curriculum. Assessment of trainees' knowledge and skills before and after the sessions indicate the training was successful and also identified common problems faced by traditional teachers in the new role of facilitator.…

Major issues in medical school faculty promotion are examined, drawing on experience at Johns Hopkins University (Maryland). It is stressed that the promotions process is not simple or mechanistic and is aided by institutional memory and by the committee's knowledge of contributions made by leaders elsewhere. (Author/MSE)

A three-hour workshop that succeeds in overcoming medical faculty's reluctance to participate in educationally relevant situations is described. The program's strength is seen in increased faculty sensitivity to limitations of their teaching approach and awareness of the role of their concept of teaching. Workshop weaknesses are also discussed.…

The evolution of a faculty development program for clinical medical teachers in a required ambulatory care clerkship in which students work at 20 different sites is described. The objective was to assist physicians teaching a new ambulatory clerkship, to practice a learner-centered approach to precepting rather than the traditional…

A program for newly appointed lecturers in general practice at the University of Leicester's (England) medical school focuses on development of both teaching and assessment skills and encourages self-appraisal. Participant progress is monitored by direct evaluation and video-recording, with regular feedback an important feature. (Author/MSE)

A family medicine faculty professional association designed a 5-day intensive curriculum in addiction medicine taught to 165 graduate family practice faculty at 10 sites in 1990. Pre- and postsurveys showed significant increases in participants teaching addiction medicine in 8 of 11 clinical situations. The model is seen as applicable to other…

Argues that minority dental school faculty are needed to train a pluralistic dental labor force, and describes the University of Iowa's long-term affirmative action and minority faculty recruitment efforts. Discusses issues in retention, particularly workload concerns and acculturation, and the use of mentoring and other support mechanisms to…