title: Who will be the faculty of the future? Results of a 5-year study growing educators using an immersive third postgraduate year (PGY-3) faculty development mini-fellowship.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Residency education requires large numbers of skilled teaching faculty. Potential faculty can often be identified during residency training.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Employ a 4-week immersive faculty development mini-fellowship to enhance the teaching skills of selected PGY-3 residents and study outcomes over 5 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  PGY-3 residents were competitively selected and completed the 4-week curriculum to increase skills in precepting, small group teaching, large group teaching, learner feedback/assessment, academic career development, and research.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifteen residents completed the mini-fellowship over the 5-year study period. The curriculum was rated highly by the residents with mean ratings of curriculum components ranging from 4.5 to 4.9 on a 5-point scale. Eight residents (53%) were selected for faculty positions compared to a usual selection rate of 11%. Compared to new faculty without mini-fellowship completion, program directors rated the residents completing the mini-fellowship as better prepared to perform learner feedback (4.1 vs. 3.0, p ≤ 0.01) and to understand the conduct of research (3.6 vs. 2.5 p ≤ 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrates short-term success at growing faculty with enhanced teaching skills during residency. While long-term retention in academic medicine cannot be predicted, this program represents one method to mitigate shortages of qualified junior residency faculty.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Family Medicine, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. breamy@usuhs.mil
authors.forename: Brian V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Reamy
authors.forename: Pamela M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Goodie
authors.forename: Mark B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Stephens
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends