TY - JOUR
T1 - Faculty development in medical education
T2 - An environmental scan in countries within the Asia pacific region
AU - Samarasekera, Dujeepa D.
AU - Lee, Shuh Shing
AU - Findyartini, Ardi
AU - Mustika, Rita
AU - Nishigori, Hiroshi
AU - Kimura, Shunsuke
AU - Lee, Young Mee
N1 - Funding Information:
Dujeepa D. Samarasekera: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6916-6741; Shuh Shing Lee: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6760-1340; Ardi Findyartini: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9601-3994; Rita Mustika: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6891-769X; Hiroshi Nishigori: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0715-7073; Shunsuke Kimura: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0012-1243; Young-Mee Lee: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4685-9465 Acknowledgements: We would like to thank all schools from different regions who voluntarily took part in this research and APME-Net members for their expertise and guidance throughout all the aspects of our study. Funding: No funding provided for this research. Conflicts of interest: No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Author contributions: All authors are involved in the conception or design of the work, data collection, data analysis, and interpretation, and drafting the article, critical revision of the article, and final approval of the version to be published.
PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Purpose: In recent years, faculty development (FD) research is more noticeable within an inter-professional context and in allied health education. However, there is a paucity of published literature on FD medical education programs in Asia. With the formation of the Asia Pacific Medical Education Network (APME-Net) in 2015, a scoping review of an environmental scan of FD medical education programs in main institutions in South East Asia and Australia in 2018 was conducted. Methods: A survey was developed to collect data on FD in medical education after several rounds of discussion with APME-Net members. The representatives from nine countries in Asia and Australia were invited to partner in this research project. They sent the questionnaire to the Dean of all different medical schools after ethical clearance. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Only institutions in four countries responded to the questionnaire. The medical/health professions education center/department/unit has been established in most educational institutions in these countries. These centers/departments/units mostly carry out FD programs to improve the teaching and learning skills of trained participants, particularly clinical teachers via workshops and seminars. Staffing issues and participant buy-in are the current key priorities of the center/department/unit in terms of FD. Lastly, research related FD program has not been well-supported in these countries, hence, the lack of publication in this area. Conclusion: Collaboration between countries to address key areas of interest and develop more standardized and productive FD medical education is required especially in research.
AB - Purpose: In recent years, faculty development (FD) research is more noticeable within an inter-professional context and in allied health education. However, there is a paucity of published literature on FD medical education programs in Asia. With the formation of the Asia Pacific Medical Education Network (APME-Net) in 2015, a scoping review of an environmental scan of FD medical education programs in main institutions in South East Asia and Australia in 2018 was conducted. Methods: A survey was developed to collect data on FD in medical education after several rounds of discussion with APME-Net members. The representatives from nine countries in Asia and Australia were invited to partner in this research project. They sent the questionnaire to the Dean of all different medical schools after ethical clearance. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: Only institutions in four countries responded to the questionnaire. The medical/health professions education center/department/unit has been established in most educational institutions in these countries. These centers/departments/units mostly carry out FD programs to improve the teaching and learning skills of trained participants, particularly clinical teachers via workshops and seminars. Staffing issues and participant buy-in are the current key priorities of the center/department/unit in terms of FD. Lastly, research related FD program has not been well-supported in these countries, hence, the lack of publication in this area. Conclusion: Collaboration between countries to address key areas of interest and develop more standardized and productive FD medical education is required especially in research.
KW - Medical education
KW - Multicenter study
KW - Staff development
KW - Teacher training
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U2 - 10.3946/KJME.2020.160
DO - 10.3946/KJME.2020.160
M3 - Article
C2 - 32486621
AN - SCOPUS:85085908615
VL - 32
SP - 119
EP - 130
JO - Korean journal of medical education
JF - Korean journal of medical education
SN - 2005-727X
IS - 2
ER -