title: Twelve tips for developing, implementing, and sustaining medical education fellowship programs: Building on new trends and solid foundations.
abstract: Medical education fellowship programs (MEFPs) are a form of faculty development contributing to an organization's educational mission and participants' career development. Building an MEFP requires a systematic design, implementation, and evaluation approach which aligns institutional and individual faculty goals. Implementing an MEFP requires a team of committed individuals who provide expertise, guidance, and mentoring. Qualified MEFP directors should utilize instructional methods that promote individual and institutional short and long term growth. Directors must balance the use of traditional design, implementation, and evaluation methodologies with advancing trends that may support or threaten the acceptability and sustainability of the program. Drawing on the expertise of 28 MEFP directors, we provide twelve tips as a guide to those implementing, sustaining, and/or growing a successful MEFP whose value is demonstrated by its impacts on participants, learners, patients, teaching faculty, institutions, the greater medical education community, and the population's health.
authors.affiliation: a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Charlene M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Dewey
authors.affiliation: b Baylor College of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Teri L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.affiliation: c Central Michigan University College of Medicine , USA .
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authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perkowski
authors.affiliation: c Central Michigan University College of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.affiliation: d University of Michigan School of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Larry D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Gruppen
authors.affiliation: e University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Riddle
authors.affiliation: b Baylor College of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.affiliation: d University of Michigan School of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mullan
authors.affiliation: f California Northstate University College of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poznanski
authors.affiliation: b Baylor College of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Tyson
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pillow
authors.affiliation: g University of Washington , USA .
authors.forename: Lynne S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.affiliation: h Alpert Medical School of Brown University , USA .
authors.forename: Steven C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Rougas
authors.affiliation: a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Leora
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.affiliation: a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , USA .
authors.forename: Marine V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Ghulyan
authors.affiliation: i Aurora Health Care , USA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D013192:Staff Development