The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Med Educ Online. 2010 Dec 6;15. doi: 10.3402/meo.v15i0.5356.
The increasing complexity of medical training often requires faculty members with educational expertise to address issues of curriculum design, instructional methods, assessment, program evaluation, faculty development, and educational scholarship, among others.
In 2007, The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada responded to this need by establishing the first national clinician-educator program. We define a clinician-educator and describe the development of the program. Adopting a construct from the business community, we use a community of practice framework to describe the benefits (with examples) of this program and challenges in developing it. The benefits of the clinician-educator program include: improved educational problem solving, recognition of educational needs and development of new projects, enhanced personal educational expertise, maintenance of professional satisfaction and retention of group members, a positive influence within the Royal College, and a positive influence within other Canadian academic institutions.
Our described experience of a social reorganization - a community of practice - suggests that the organizational and educational benefits of a national clinician-educator program are not theoretical, but real.
医学培训的日益复杂性通常需要具备教育专业知识的教师来解决课程设计、教学方法、评估、项目评估、教师发展和教育学术等问题。
2007 年,加拿大皇家内科医生与外科医生学院通过设立第一个全国临床医生教育者计划来满足这一需求。我们定义了临床医生教育者,并描述了该计划的发展。我们采用了商业界的一个概念,使用实践社区框架来描述该计划的好处(举例说明)及其发展过程中的挑战。临床医生教育者计划的好处包括:提高教育问题解决能力、认识教育需求和开发新项目、增强个人教育专业知识、保持职业满意度和保留小组成员、在皇家学院内产生积极影响以及在其他加拿大学术机构内产生积极影响。
我们所描述的社会重组——实践社区——的经验表明,全国临床医生教育者计划的组织和教育效益不是理论上的,而是真实存在的。