title: Supervising the supervisors: a case-based group forum for faculty development.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Faculty development has increasingly become a focus in medical education. Many models are employed around the United States. The authors present a group model process developed to train new educators to teach our medical students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors met monthly with a diverse faculty over the past 4 years and interacted in a nonhierarchal manner. The authors reviewed the literature, supervised one another, and developed a participatory method of solving educational and administrative problems.
  
  
  RESULTS
  What emerged was a "case-based," collaborative group format to develop an educational philosophy, address challenging supervisory problems, develop tangible educational materials and "products," and promote academic careers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors propose this model for faculty development.
authors.affiliation: Temple University, School of Medicine, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, TUH-Episcopal Campus, Philadelphia, PA 19125, USA. rlamdan@temple.edu
authors.forename: Javed Ahmed
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Joy
authors.forename: Joseph Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garbely
authors.forename: Jonathan Gershon
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Shack
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurien
authors.forename: Ruth M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lamdan
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*