International Residency Program Directors on Implementing Educational Transformation: A Qualitative Study of Their Experiences and Strategies for Overcoming Challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residency program directors (PDs) need to navigate diverse roles and responsibilities as clinical teachers, administrators, and drivers of educational improvement. Little is known about the experience of PDs leading transformation of international residency programs.

Objective

We explored the lived experiences of international residency PDs and developed an understanding of how PDs manage educational program transformation.

Methods

Using a phenomenological approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with current and former PDs involved in the transformation to competency-based medical education in the first international settings to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International (ACGME-I). Thirty-three interv

SUBMITTER: Dutta D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8370373 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature