Faculty Development for the Future: How Education Fellowships and Advanced Degrees Can Affect the Transition

摘要

I recently read the intriguing article by Simpson and colleagues entitled “The Power of Peers: Faculty Development for Medical Educators of the Future”1 published in the October 2019 issue. The dynamics of academic medicine and current learners are changing, requiring the faculty to follow suit. Faculty will be asked to identify performance gaps and tailor learning targets, adopt new technology, and design “space” to optimize learning. These are in response to the demands of the modern learner and the trends of medicine. As mentioned in the article, this can be a daunting task for those who have already established their identity within academic medicine and are now being expected to expand their expertise into new areas and new roles.