A curriculum for teaching faculty budgeting and financial management skills.
BACKGROUND
As funding sources diminish, it is critical for faculty members in primary care residency programs to better utilize available resources. The curriculum presented here, a practice management course for academicians, can provide fellows and new faculty with some of the budgeting and financial management skills necessary to perform in an academic environment.


METHODS
The curriculum described is a 6-hour seminar series that relates essential budgeting and financial management concepts with academic practice.


RESULTS
Pre- and postassessments displayed a statistically significant increase in the learner's fund of knowledge. One year after instruction, six of seven participants had used an aspect of the curriculum. All seven recommended its continuation.


CONCLUSIONS
This curriculum should be considered for implementation in all fellowship programs that train future faculty.
Woods
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Institute for the Generalist Physician, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Griggs
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D002017:Budgets; D003479:Curriculum; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005376:Financial Management; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States