title: Core Competencies for Medical Teachers (KLM)--A Position Paper of the GMA Committee on Personal and Organizational Development in Teaching.
abstract: Recent developments in medical education have created increasing challenges for medical teachers which is why the majority of German medical schools already offer educational and instructional skills trainings for their teaching staff. However, to date no framework for educational core competencies for medical teachers exists that might serve as guidance for the qualification of the teaching faculty. Against the background of the discussion about competency based medical education and based upon the international literature, the GMA Committee for Faculty and Organizational Development in Teaching developed a model of core teaching competencies for medical teachers. This framework is designed not only to provide guidance with regard to individual qualification profiles but also to support further advancement of the content, training formats and evaluation of faculty development initiatives and thus, to establish uniform quality criteria for such initiatives in German-speaking medical schools. The model comprises a framework of six competency fields, subdivided into competency components and learning objectives. Additional examples of their use in medical teaching scenarios illustrate and clarify each specific teaching competency. The model has been designed for routine application in medical schools and is thought to be complemented consecutively by additional competencies for teachers with special duties and responsibilities in a future step.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum der Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Görlitz
authors.affiliation: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Fachbereich Medizin, Frankfurter Arbeitsstelle für Medizindidaktik, Frankfurt, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ebert
authors.affiliation: Klinikum der Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universität Wien, Universitätsklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenkrankheiten, Wien, Österreich.
authors.forename: Matthäus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grasl
authors.affiliation: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Studiendekanat Medizin, Arbeitsgruppe Medizindidaktik, Düsseldorf, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hofer
authors.affiliation: Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Kompetenzzentrum für Hochschuldidaktik Medizin Baden-Württemberg, Tübingen, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lammerding-Köppel
authors.affiliation: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Medizinische Psychologie und Soziologie, Freiburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Götz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fabry
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*
keywords: faculty development; higher education pedagogy; organizational development; teach-the-teacher; teaching competencies; teaching skills