Hills Karen J, Dieter Patricia M
Duke University, Durham, NS, USA.
J Physician Assist Educ. 2010;21(2):31-3. doi: 10.1097/01367895-201021020-00005.
the rapid growth of the number of physician assistant (PA) programs in the last two decades has resulted in a heightened demand for qualified and experienced PA faculty. Barriers to recruitment and retention of faculty include the need for diverse teaching experiences and the lack of available mentors.
in order to provide a structured experience for training potential faculty for careers as PA educators and to address the barriers to recruitment and retention of new faculty, our institution has offered a PA teaching fellowship since 1998.
the teaching fellowship has met its goal of increasing the pool of qualified PA faculty, as nine of the 11 graduates were hired full-time into PA teaching and program administration positions. Curriculum projects developed by the fellows have been incorporated into our curriculum and have been shared with other PA programs.
the PA teaching fellowship is a valuable strategy for developing teaching skills, promoting professionalism among PA educators, increasing the pool of available and qualified PA faculty, and overcoming barriers to retention. This model may be useful to other institutions.
在过去二十年中，医师助理（PA）项目数量迅速增长，导致对合格且经验丰富的PA教员的需求增加。招聘和留住教员的障碍包括需要多样化的教学经验以及缺乏可用的导师。
为了为培训潜在的PA教育工作者提供结构化的经验，并解决招聘和留住新教员的障碍，自1998年以来，我们机构提供了PA教学奖学金。
教学奖学金实现了增加合格PA教员储备的目标，11名毕业生中有9人被全职聘为PA教学和项目管理职位。研究员开发的课程项目已纳入我们的课程，并与其他PA项目共享。
PA教学奖学金是培养教学技能、促进PA教育工作者的专业精神、增加可用且合格的PA教员储备以及克服留用障碍的宝贵策略。这种模式可能对其他机构有用。
