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2019-07-19
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Tailoring the Professional Development of Volunteer Clinical Faculty at Regional Medical Campuses:
A Needs Analysis and Targeted Interventions
Krista Hoffmann-Longtin
Indiana University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5625-3977
Laura Torbeck
Indiana University School of Medicine
Peter Nalin
Stephen John Cico
Indiana University School of Medicine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9952-6074
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jrmc.v2i2.1635
Keywords: Volunteer Clinical Faculty, Faculty Development, Professional Development
Abstract
Volunteer Clinical Faculty (VCF) are essential for the education of medical students at most medical schools with regional campuses. Indiana University School of Medicine is the largest medical school in the United States, with over 1,400 medical students experiencing part or all of their medical education at nine campuses (one academic center and eight regional medical campuses). Given the large number of students learning in the community, we surveyed our VCF in 2016 to better understand their characteristics, reasons for teaching, and professional development needs. Survey participants reported personal enjoyment from teaching as their primary reason for continuing to teach, but time pressure as a limiting factor. They identified faculty development opportunities in areas of efficient teaching, giving feedback, and adapting teaching style for various learners. Interventions were designed to create a unique, state-wide model of both face-to-face and online professional development to ensure the success of our VCF.
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Author Biographies
Laura Torbeck, Indiana University School of Medicine
Laura Torbeck, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Vice Chair of Professional Development for the Department of Surgery, and an Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development at Indiana University School of Medicine. Laura champions professional development initiatives for surgery as well as for state-wide faculty. Her research interests include program evaluation, remediation practices, resident autonomy, and faculty development.
Peter Nalin
Peter Nalin, MD, is the Senior Associate Dean for Statewide Expansion at Indiana University School of Medicine and the Interim Associate Dean and Director, IU School of Medicine - Bloomington. He joined IU School of Medicine in 2001 as a residency director of the IU Methodist Family Medicine Residency and was selected national president of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.
Dr. Nalin began his career in medical education as a rural medical education preceptor in upstate New York. At IU, he served as associate dean for graduate medical education for eight years. He was also the interim executive associate dean for educational affairs from 2009 to 2010 and 2014 to 2017.
In 2009, Dr. Nalin was recognized by IU Family Medicine residents as a Faculty Member of the Year and received the Program Director Recognition Award in 2005 from the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors. He has been recognized for his role in developing and supporting new family medicine residency sites in Lafayette, Indiana, a collaboration of local and regional health care entities. H
Stephen John Cico, Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr. Cico was recruited to start the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship Program through the Department of Emergency Medicine at Riley Hospital for Children and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. He served for three years as the Associate Fellowship Director at the University of Washington Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital. He also served as a member of the Child Protection Team at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Most recently, he was the only pediatric emergency physician in the state of South Dakota and was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Family Medicine – Emergency Medicine at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.
Dr. Cico is an Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education for Statewide GME Expansion and Faculty Development at the IUSM. He is involved in efforts to expand IUSM residency programs throughout the state, as well as providing faculty development opportunities for Volunteer Faculty at all of the IUSM Campuses. He is a Decision Editor of Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training Journal, and is the online pediatric editor of Access Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Cico completed his undergraduate degree in Honors Biology at Wright State University and the obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He did a dual residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and then completed his fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. While an attending physician in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University, he started work on his Master’s in Medical Education (MEd) through the University of Cincinnati Colleges of Medicine and Education, completing his degree in 2012. He is board certified in pediatric emergency medicine and general pediatrics.
