This volume addresses all facets of faculty development, including academic and career development, teaching improvement, research capacity building, and leadership development. In addition, it describes many ways, ranging from workshops to the workplace, in which health professionals can develop their knowledge and skills. By providing an informed and scholarly overview of faculty development and describing original content that has not been published, this book helps ensure that research and evidence inform practice, moves the scholarly agenda forward, and promotes dialogue and debate in this evolving field. It will prove an invaluable resource for faculty development program planning, implementation, and evaluation and will help to sustain faculty members’ vitality and commitment to excellence.
Kelley M. Skeff, M.D., Ph.D., May 2013:
In this text, Steinert and her colleagues have contributed significantly to the future of faculty development. Academically and comprehensively, the authors have documented past efforts in faculty development and provided guidance and stimuli for the future. The scholarly and well-referenced chapters offer a compendium of methods previously used while emphasizing the expanding areas deserving of work. Moreover, the writers consistently elucidate the faculty development process by highlighting the theoretical underpinnings of faculty development and the research conducted. Thus, the book provides an essential resource for two major groups: current providers and researchers in faculty development and those desiring to enter the field. Both groups of readers can benefit from reading the entire book or delving into their primary areas of interest and passion. In so doing, they will better understand our successes and limitations in this emerging field. Faculty development in the health professions has now received attention for six decades. Yet, dedicated faculty members trying to address the challenges in medical education and the health care delivery system do not have all the assistance they need to achieve their goals. This book provides a valuable resource towards that end.
