CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
Cincinnati, Ohio
Team Contact/Coordinator: Lisa Vaughn, Ph.D.
E-mail: lisa.vaughn@chmcc.org
Phone: 513/636-4506
Fax: 513/636-7247
Faculty Development Needs to Address at the Models That Work Conference
Through the consultation of the Models That Work resources and a formal need's assessment, we propose a Master Teachers Program which will provide advanced training in the areas of educational and social scientific theory and applications related to teaching and research in medical education, which will enhance and expand already successful faculty development programs which we have conducted over the last four years.
Preliminary Needs Assessment Plan
At the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, we have developed effective Basic Faculty Development and Advanced Faculty Development Programs. Although these programs have been and continue to be very effective at addressing core educational concepts, they do not meet the need of in-depth skill and knowledge development necessary to be a master educator within the medical education system. Several of our faculty and community physicians involved with teaching have indicated that they would be interested in further developing their skills and knowledge in social science and research arenas associated with education in general and medical education in particular (interested faculties include Ray Baker, MD; Javier Gonzalez, MD; Richard Ruddy, MD and community pediatricians include Ellen Buerk, MD; Manny Doyne, MD; Bob Siegel, MD). Several of these faculty and community physicians will be attending the Models That Work conference as part of our team.
Our interest in the Models That Work conference and being a pilot team comes from our desire to enhance and expand already successful faculty development programs which we conducted over the last 4 years at Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati. We also strive to become a regional and national resource in faculty development and want to build on what we have previously offered in the faculty development arena. We propose a Master Teachers Program which will provide advanced training in the areas of educational and social scientific theory and applications related to teaching and research in medical education.
There are two basic needs areas to successfully develop and implement this Master Teachers Program: 1) the individual needs that participants in our programs have identified and 2) the programmatic needs - how to identify and incorporate lessons learned from other programs concerning structure and management of the program.
It is essential that we further identify the specific needs of potential participants of the proposed Master Teachers Program. Through a formal needs assessment with the help of Models That Work consultants and the scheduled video teleconference, we intend to answer several questions about participants' interest. Should the Master Teachers Program offer a Masters of education degree or a fellowship in medical education? Should the Master Teachers Program be certificate program? What times and with what frequency should seminars be scheduled within the program? Should we market the program regionally or nationally?
There are no pediatric models in the country that have developed this type of master educator program. However, there have been some institutions nationally and internationally that have developed such programs in other primary care disciplines or in a multi-disciplinary way. An additional programmatic need is to determine how we can apply the lessons learned in these other programs to the resources and structure that we have developed to date in our program. We also believe that it is essential to draw in expertise from non-traditional domains such as social psychology and educational psychology which are historically known for expertise in social learning theory, the interaction process, and formal educational theory to complement and reinforce the underpinnings of this program. Once the program is running smoothly, we intend to expand the program to include a multi-disciplinary focus by collaborating with Internal Medicine and Family Medicine departments at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Addressing Faculty Development Needs
The Master Teachers Program would include a series of seminars over a period of time that will build on basic educational, psychological, and social learning concepts. The program will also cover the principles of educational research with the expectation that participants will identify a medical education project emphasizing research and evaluation to complete as part of the process. This project would be completed over 1-2 years with core faculty of the Master Teachers Program acting as resources for participants to accomplish the projects. We envision faculty within our institution (e.g., Thomas DeWitt, MD; Lisa Vaughn, PhD; Michael Sostok, MD - internal medicine) as providing the expertise needed to effectively manage and guide the development of the Master Teachers Program. We anticipate that faculty outside the medical institution but within the university will be consulted (education department, psychology department) if particular areas are identified outside of our expertise.
