Volunteer Emergency Medicine Faculty

A National Faculty Development Needs Assessment in Emergency Medicine.

OBJECTIVES Emergency physicians who work in academic settings enjoy an expanding number of roles beyond that of the skilled clinician. Faculty development (FD) encompasses the broad range of activities that institutions use to renew skill-sets and assist faculty members in these multiple roles. This study seeks to define the current FD needs and interests of Canadian academic emergency physicia...

Evaluating Emergency Medicine Faculty at End-of-Shift

INTRODUCTION Faculty often evaluate learners in the emergency department (ED) at the end of each shift. In contrast, learners usually evaluate faculty only at the end of a rotation. In December 2007 Southern Illinois University School of Medicine changed its evaluation process, requiring ED trainees to complete end-of-shift evaluations of faculty. OBJECTIVE Determine the feasibility and accep...

Faculty perceptions and practice impact of a faculty development workshop on emergency medicine teaching.

BACKGROUND Faculty development initiatives to improve emergency department (ED) teaching are compromised by the paucity of information about what behaviours and characteristics are desirable in an emergency medicine (EM) teacher. OBJECTIVES To design and evaluate a learner-centred, interactive faculty development workshop based on original ED teaching research. METHODS Registrants for a uni...

Accident and emergency medicine or emergency medicine?

A community continuity programme: volunteer faculty mentors and continuity learning.

BACKGROUND Longitudinal generalist preceptorship experiences early in medical education can have beneficial effects on how students practise the art and science of medicine, regardless of their eventual career choices. DESCRIPTION We evaluated the first 2 years of implementation of an integrated, regional campus-based, early clinical experience programme, the Community Continuity Program, at ...