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Comparative Study
. 2004 Apr;19(4):375-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30619.x.

Faculty development needs

Thomas K Houston  1 , Gary S Ferenchick, Jeanne M Clark, Judith L Bowen, William T Branch, Patrick Alguire, Richard H Esham, Charles P Clayton, David E Kern
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Comparative Study

Faculty development needs

Thomas K Houston et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2004 Apr.

Abstract

We compared prior training in 4 areas (general teaching skills, teaching specific content areas, teaching by specific methods and in specific settings, and general professional skills) among community-based teachers based in private practices (N = 61) compared with those in community sites operated by teaching institutions (N = 64) and hospital-based faculty (N = 291), all of whom attended one of three national faculty development conferences. The prevalence of prior training was low. Hospital-based faculty reported the most prior training in all 4 categories, teaching hospital affiliated community-based teachers an intermediate amount, and private practice community-based teachers the least (all P <.05). This association remained after multivariable adjustment for age, gender, and amount of time spent in teaching and clinical activities. Preferences for future training reported frequently by the private practice community-based teachers included: time management (48%); teaching evidence-based medicine (46%); evaluation of learners (38%); giving feedback (39%); outpatient precepting (38%); and "teaching in the presence of the patient" (39%).

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