The Challenges of Teaching Ambulatory Internal Medicine: Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Development: An AAIM/SGIM Position Paper

• Published in: The American journal of medicine Vol. 130; no. 1; pp. 105 - 110
• Main Authors: Fazio, Sara B., Chheda, Shobhina, Hingle, Susan, Lo, Margaret C., Meade, Lauren, Blanchard, Melvin, Hoellein, Andrew, Brandenburg, Suzanne, Denton, G. Dodd
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2017; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Ambulatory Care - methods; College faculty; Curriculum; Education, Medical, Graduate - methods; Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods; Faculty, Medical - organization & administration; Female; Health education; Humans; Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine - education; Male; Needs Assessment; Professional recruitment; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Teacher retention; United States

Difficulty in recruiting and retaining clinical faculty to teach learners is widely reported. Data from the 2010 Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine survey demonstrate that greater than 40% of programs reported difficulty recruiting core ambulatory faculty and training them in comp...