Factors Influencing Faculty Participation in Medical Education Development Programs: A Qualitative Case Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Faculty development plays a pivotal role in enhancing teaching, research, educational, and clinical leadership, as well as in fostering career and professional development, which helps improve medical education. Despite its importance, engagement in faculty development programs is roughly variable among educators. This study aimed to identify and explain the factors influencing the participation of basic and clinical science faculty members in an online medical education faculty development course at medical universities.

Methods

This study was conducted in Iran between July 2022 and May 2023. Data were collected through an online qualitative survey and semi-structured telephone interviews with faculty members who were actively involved in or gradua

SUBMITTER: Khoshgoftar Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12504842 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature