title: The academic health center coming of age: helping faculty become better teachers and agents of educational change.
abstract: There is a growing appreciation of the need for educational faculty development within medical education. The authors describe the establishment and subsequent expansion of one such fellowship in medical education that arose from the cooperative efforts of Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Mount Auburn Hospital. Three resultant fellowships are outlined that share the common goals of enhancing the skills of the faculty as educators, providing an opportunity to conduct scholarly educational research, supporting the fellows as change agents, and fostering the creation of a supportive community dedicated to enhancing the field of medical education. Curricular structure and content are outlined as well as current approaches to curricular and programmatic evaluation. The fellowships have been well received and are widely perceived as transformative for the faculty, many of whom have assumed increased roles of organizational and educational leadership. Lastly, future directions for these fellowships are presented.
authors.affiliation: The Academy Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. chatem@mah.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hatem
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lown
authors.forename: Lori R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000328:Adult; D001900:Boston; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods