Faculty development (FD) is a crucial component of medical education today, mainly due to the rapidly changing healthcare scenario.
While the proposition to connect assessment and
faculty development seems relatively simple, some obstacles to faculty development/assessment partnerships may need to be overcome.
While TOPkit was launched for the purpose of supporting
faculty development professionals in Florida public colleges and universities, the Community of Practice (COP), TOPkit Digest, and TOPkit's online resources (including two downloadable sample
faculty development courses) are available to all educational institutions in the US and around the world.
As we look toward the future of SLCE, we want to build upon the bold calls of others to increase democratic engagement--engagement enacted with democratic principles and with the understanding that knowledge comes from multiple sources and stakeholders, not simply from the experts of the "academy"--among faculty and community partners, particularly through how we structure
faculty development programming.
It was also observed that faculty of University of the Punjab was highly motivated towards receiving
faculty development opportunities.
The importance of needs assessment has also been underscored in the literature about
faculty development. (12-23) The scope of
faculty development needs range from enhancing pedagogy and assessment, to promoting scholarship, and advancing careers.
Faculty development is the driver of many of Tri-C's important student success initiatives that have become important tools for orienting, retaining and graduating students.
The NLN Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators 2014
faculty development group identified a lack of a common language/terminology to outline the progression of expertise of simulation educators.
Major Gen.Mohammad Aslam was very keen on
faculty development and entrusted her the responsibilities in this regard.
Enhanced motivation by incentives, rewards and institutional support along with a robust
faculty development program, training faculty and improving instructional, professional and organizational structure were identified as context specific solutions to address the needs and barriers.
Recently, Siemens PLM Software, in association withDesignTech Systems Ltd., organised a special
Faculty Development Programme on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software for thirty three senior professors of mechanical engineering from colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai.
Objective: To appraise learning behaviour among participants of
faculty development programme in a diverse group setting.
