Success stories: exploring perceptions of former fellows of a global faculty development program for health professions educators.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Faculty development programs (FDPs) in health professions education (HPE) are instrumental in supporting, promoting, and improving HPE curricula and activities that target individual- and system-level capacity strengthening. FAIMER, a division of Intealth, has been offering FDPs for global health professions educators in HPE and leadership for over two decades through the International FAIMER Institute in the USA and FAIMER Regional Institutes located globally. This paper explores perceptions of former program participants (Fellows) of FAIMER global FDPs by eliciting their success stories.

Methods

The study utilized a modified Success Case Method approach. Study participants recruited were 14 FAIMER Fellows nominated as exemplars of success cases by program direct

SUBMITTER: Yuan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11443623 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature