title: How can clinician-educator training programs be optimized to match clinician motivations and concerns?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Several medical schools have implemented programs aimed at supporting clinician-educators with formal mentoring, training, and experience in undergraduate medical teaching. However, consensus program design has yet to be established, and the effectiveness of these programs in terms of producing quality clinician-educator teaching remains unclear. The goal of this study was to review the literature to identify motivations and perceived barriers to clinician-educators, which in turn will improve clinician-educator training programs to better align with clinician-educator needs and concerns.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of medical education literature using the terms "attitudes", "motivations", "physicians", "teaching", and "undergraduate medical education" resulted in identification of key themes revealing the primary motivations and barriers involved in physicians teaching undergraduate medical students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A synthesis of articles revealed that physicians are primarily motivated to teach undergraduate students for intrinsic reasons. To a lesser extent, physicians are motivated to teach for extrinsic reasons, such as rewards or recognition. The key barriers deterring physicians from teaching medical students included: decreased productivity, lack of compensation, increased length of the working day, patient concerns/ethical issues, and lack of confidence in their own ability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that optimization of clinician-educator training programs should address, amongst other factors, time management concerns, appropriate academic recognition for teaching service, and confidence in teaching ability. Addressing these issues may increase the retention of clinicians who are active and proficient in medical education.
authors: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors: Brendan
authors: B
authors: McCullough
authors: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors: Gregory E
authors: GE
authors: Marton
authors: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
authors: Christopher J
authors: CJ
authors: Ramnanan
keywords: clinician-educators; teaching; undergraduate medical education
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