Algahtani Hussein, Shirah Bader, Subahi Ahmad, Aldarmahi Ahmad, Algahtani Raghad
College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2020 Feb;20(1):e83-e89. doi: 10.18295/squmj.2020.20.01.012. Epub 2020 Mar 9.
Faculty members are the most important resource in any institution of higher education as medical education has been, and continues to be, a priority for medical colleges in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to assess faculty members' perceptions of faculty development programmes (FDPs) in supporting important goals in medical education. In addition, this study aimed to assess faculty members' perceived needs.
This cross-sectional study was conducted between August 2016 and August 2017 and involved participants from six universities in Saudi Arabia's Western Province. The survey consisted of 31 items designed to assess FDP effectiveness and 49 items designed to assess needs in FDPs.
A total of 210 faculty members participated in the study (response rate = 52.5%) and identified 49 needs. Faculty members perceived personal improvement in delivering medical education and the provision of greater educational involvement as the most effective considerations in an FDP. The respondents considered 13 needs to be of utmost importance; the remaining were considered important.
This study assessed and identified faculty needs and important skills to consider when establishing an FDP. Furthermore, it provided information addressing the needs of, or gaps between, current and desired conditions in medical education in Saudi Arabia. The study also identified the most important elements (i.e. personal improvement) of faculty-perceived effectiveness for a successful FDP in medical education.
在任何高等教育机构中，教员都是最重要的资源，因为医学教育一直都是沙特阿拉伯医学院校的重点工作，并且仍将是重点。本研究旨在评估教员对教员发展计划（FDPs）在支持医学教育重要目标方面的看法。此外，本研究旨在评估教员的感知需求。
这项横断面研究于2016年8月至2017年8月进行，涉及沙特阿拉伯西部省份六所大学的参与者。该调查包括31个旨在评估FDP有效性的项目和49个旨在评估FDP需求的项目。
共有210名教员参与了该研究（回复率=52.5%），并确定了49项需求。教员认为在FDP中，在提供医学教育方面的个人提升以及提供更多教育参与度是最有效的考量因素。受访者认为13项需求至关重要；其余的被认为是重要的。
本研究评估并确定了教员需求以及在制定FDP时需要考虑的重要技能。此外，它提供了有关沙特阿拉伯医学教育当前状况与期望状况之间的需求或差距的信息。该研究还确定了教员认为成功的医学教育FDP有效性的最重要因素（即个人提升）。
