title: A Review of Programs, Components and Outcomes in Biomedical Research Faculty Development.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review, compare and synthesize current faculty development programs and components. Findings are expected to facilitate research that will increase the competency and competitiveness of less-established biomedical research faculty.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed the current literature on research faculty development programs, and report on their type, components, outcomes and limitations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nineteen articles met inclusion criteria. There were no prospective studies; most were observational and all lacked a control group. Mentoring was the most successful program type, and guided and participatory learning the most successful enabling mechanism, in achieving stated program goals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings are limited by the small number of current studies, wide variation in implementation, study design, and populations, and the lack of uniform metrics. However, results suggest that future prospective, randomized studies should employ quantitative criteria, and examine individual, human factors that predict "success."
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
authors.forename: Stacey A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Teruya
authors.affiliation: Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) and Chair of the CDU/UCLA Medical Student Research Thesis program. She holds a joint appointment as Adjunct Professor at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
authors.forename: Shahrzad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bazargan-Hejazi
authors.affiliation: Student researcher in the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science;
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mojtahedzadeh
authors.affiliation: Student researcher in the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science;
authors.forename: Megha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doshi
authors.affiliation: Senior librarian at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science;
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.affiliation: Director of the Health Sciences Library, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science;
authors.forename: Darlene
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parker-Kelly
authors.affiliation: Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science;
authors.forename: Theodore C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Friedman
keywords: Research faculty development; grants; mentoring; open learning; training curriculum