title: Does a faculty development programme improve teachers' perceived competence in different teacher roles?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Changing concepts of education have led many medical schools to adopt student-centred approaches to teaching, requiring different teaching competencies than more traditional approaches.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate whether participation in a faculty development (FD) programme had a positive effect on veterinary medical teachers' perceptions of their competence in seven different teaching roles.
  
  
  METHODS
  All teaching staff of a veterinary medical school (251) were invited to complete a questionnaire asking about their perceived competence in seven teaching roles. A stepwise multiple linear regression analysis examined the effect of the completion of a FD programme on perceived teaching competence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant positive effect of the FD programme on teachers' perceived competence in majority of the teaching roles at issue.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FD appeared to have a positive effect on the perceived competence of veterinary medical teachers. Further research should investigate whether FD actually results in improved teaching performance.
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University, Chair Quality Improvement in Veterinary Education, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands. t.b.b.boerboom@uu.nl
authors.forename: T B B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Boerboom
authors.forename: D H J M
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Dolmans
authors.forename: A M M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Muijtjens
authors.forename: A D C
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Jaarsma
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Beukelen
authors.forename: A J J A
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Scherpbier
mesh_terms: D004520:Education, Veterinary; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D009426:Netherlands; D010465:Perception; D011361:Professional Competence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013192:Staff Development / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching