Successful Implementation of a Faculty Development Program in Geriatrics for Non-Primary Care Physician Educators

摘要

A four-year faculty development program to enhance geriatrics learning among house officers in seven surgical and related The authors wish to thank the participating faculty-Patrick Benedict, Pamela Davis, Liselle Douyon, Laurel Fisher, Scott Gitlin, Daniel Hinshaw, Laura Hopson, Robert Hyzy, Steve Kasten, Irene Kazmers, Eve Losman, David Marzano, Vladmir Ognenovski, Andrew Urquhart, and Mark Ziadeh; the consultant faculty; James Jensen for administrative support; Kathryn Clark for her writing assistance to faculty; and Kelley Skeff, Georgette Stratos, and Merlyn Bergen from the Stanford Faculty Development Program (SFDP) for assistance with analyses and permission to include the SFDP Geriatrics in Primary Care faculty assessment instrument. disciplines and five medical subspecialties at a large academic institution resulted in changes in attitudes and knowledge of faculty participants, expanded curricula and teaching activities in geriatrics, and enhanced and altered career trajectories of faculty participants. The program centered on problem-oriented longitudinal small group seminars with concurrent application of new skills. Key success factors included securing the active support of institutional leaders, focus on career development, examining presumptions regarding professional scope, protected time for faculty participants, and provision of teaching and evaluation resources for individualized application by faculty