title: Faculty development needs.
abstract: We compared prior training in 4 areas (general teaching skills, teaching specific content areas, teaching by specific methods and in specific settings, and general professional skills) among community-based teachers based in private practices (N = 61) compared with those in community sites operated by teaching institutions (N = 64) and hospital-based faculty (N = 291), all of whom attended one of three national faculty development conferences. The prevalence of prior training was low. Hospital-based faculty reported the most prior training in all 4 categories, teaching hospital affiliated community-based teachers an intermediate amount, and private practice community-based teachers the least (all P <.05). This association remained after multivariable adjustment for age, gender, and amount of time spent in teaching and clinical activities. Preferences for future training reported frequently by the private practice community-based teachers included: time management (48%); teaching evidence-based medicine (46%); evaluation of learners (38%); giving feedback (39%); outpatient precepting (38%); and "teaching in the presence of the patient" (39%).
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-3407, USA. tkhouston@uabmc.edu
authors.forename: Thomas K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ferenchick
authors.forename: Jeanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Branch
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alguire
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Esham
authors.forename: Charles P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Clayton
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kern
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011331:Private Practice; D016730:Program Development; D013663:Teaching