First, whilst it is beyond the scope of a faculty development initiative to address national or state level policy, it is clear that educational initiatives alone will have a limited impact in the absence of work to review the nursing curriculum and regulation of nurse training institutions.
The educational scholarship track represented 1 of 3 tracks of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association/ Health Resources and Services Administrationfaculty development initiative.
The Children's Environmental Health Faculty Champion Initiative was successful in building capacity among health care providers in PEH.
The need for a comprehensive faculty development initiative in institutions is emphasized among the various strategies that are directed to improve teaching practices in medical schools.
The Marquette University School of Dentistry provides not only an effective model, but also preliminary evidence to address these questions through a comprehensive faculty development initiative.
A faculty development initiative, modeled after the 1987-1988 STFM/National Institute on Alcohol Abusel andse Alcoholismlism)/NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) program [ 2], is needed to train a new cadre of faculty as model substance abuse teachers.
This study sheds light on information for clinical educators interested in designing interprofessional simulation based faculty development initiatives.
In a systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to improve teaching effectiveness in medical education, the use of experiential learning, feedback, effective relationships with peers, and diverse educational methods were found to be most important in the success of these programs.
We suggest that future faculty development initiatives include both forms of mentorship.
These insights can be used to inform faculty development initiatives as well as stimulate the reflection about role modeling for this group of teachers.
