A facilitated peer mentoring program for junior faculty to promote professional development and peer networking.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To explore the design, implementation, and efficacy of a faculty development program in a cohort of early career junior faculty.

Method

Interested junior faculty members were divided into interdisciplinary small groups led by senior faculty facilitators. The groups met monthly for 1.5 hours to review a modular curriculum from 2011 to 2013. Using a survey at two time points (September 2011 and 2013) and an interim program evaluation, the authors collected data on participants' demographics, faculty interconnectedness, and self-reported knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSA) in the domains of professional development and scholarship, including the ability to write career goals and align activities with those goals.

Results

A total of 104 junior faculty participa

SUBMITTER: Fleming GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4446138 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature