Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Corewell Health, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
BMC Med Educ. 2023 Mar 27;23(1):185. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04155-x.
Faculty development (FD) programs are critical for providing the knowledge and skills necessary to drive positive change in health professions education, but they take many forms to attain the program goals. The Macy Faculty Scholars Program (MFSP), created by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation (JMJF) in 2010, intends to develop participants as leaders, scholars, teachers, and mentors. After a decade of implementation, an external review committee conducted a program evaluation to determine how well the program met its intended goals and defined options for ongoing improvement.The committee selected Stufflebeam's CIPP (context, input, process, products) framework to guide the program evaluation. Context and input components were derived from the MFSP description and demographic data, respectively. Process and product components were obtained through a mixed-methods approach, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data obtained from participant survey responses, and curriculum vitae (CV).The evaluation found participants responded favorably to the program and demonstrated an overall increase in academic productivity, most pronounced during the two years of the program. Mentorship, community of practice, and protected time were cited as major strengths. Areas for improvement included: enhancing the diversity of program participants, program leaders and mentors across multiple sociodemographic domains; leveraging technology to strengthen the MFSP community of practice; and improving flexibility of the program.The program evaluation results provide evidence supporting ongoing investment in faculty educators and summarizes key strengths and areas for improvement to inform future FD efforts for both the MFSP and other FD programs.
教师发展（FD）计划对于提供推动医疗保健专业教育变革所需的知识和技能至关重要，但它们采取了多种形式来实现计划目标。Macy 教师学者计划（MFSP）由 Josiah Macy Jr. 基金会（JMJF）于 2010 年创建，旨在培养参与者成为领导者、学者、教师和导师。在实施十年后，一个外部审查委员会进行了一项计划评估，以确定该计划在多大程度上实现了其预期目标，并为持续改进定义了选项。委员会选择了 Stufflebeam 的 CIPP（背景、投入、过程、产品）框架来指导计划评估。背景和投入部分分别来自 MFSP 描述和人口统计数据。过程和产品部分通过混合方法获得，利用从参与者调查回复和简历（CV）中获得的定量和定性数据。评估发现参与者对该计划反应良好，并表现出学术产出总体增加，在计划的两年内最为明显。指导、实践社区和受保护的时间被认为是主要优势。需要改进的领域包括：增强计划参与者、计划领导人和导师在多个社会人口领域的多样性；利用技术加强 MFSP 实践社区；并提高计划的灵活性。该计划评估结果为持续投资教师教育者提供了证据，并总结了关键优势和改进领域，为 MFSP 和其他 FD 计划的未来 FD 工作提供信息。
