An Association Between Paying Physician-teachers for their Teaching Efforts and an Improved Educational Experience for Learners

摘要

Medical schools often rely on faculty volunteerism to address clinical teaching needs for students. Increasing time pressures on physicians has made it difficult to secure commitments for clinical instruction. In the 2005–2006 academic year, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) launched the Colleges Program, recruiting 24 salary-supported physician-faculty to serve as advisors to students as well as teachers of the second year course, ‘clinical skills’. We hypothesized that compensating physician educators would have a measurable positive impact on the students’ experiences in this course.