Professional Development Track to Prepare Future Academic Clinicians
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Professional Development Track to Prepare Future Academic Clinicians K. Marie Traylor 1 & Jorge L. Cervantes 1 & Cynthia N. Perry 1 Accepted: 12 October 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract Professional development is instrumental in the success of professionals and trainees in academic medicine. In response to medical student feedback requesting additional professional development opportunities, the Foster School of Medicine developed a distinction program, the Pathway for Preparing Academic Clinicians (PPAC), designed to deliver sought-after skill development and foundational knowledge in the three primary activities of academic medicine: medical education, research, and patient care. This distinction program addresses a curricular gap as identified by students and common to many UME curricula and also provides an opportunity for residency programs to identify student achievement within a pass/fail program. Keywords Academic medicine . Professional development . Medical education . Distinction program
Background Professional development encompasses the formal and informal learning and training aimed at improving professional performance as it relates to the competencies inherent in medical practice including research, teaching, and patient care [1]. Professional development in medical school is not only important for a health care system aimed to improve patients’ safety and quality of service, but improved understanding of academic medicine career roles may also support development of future academic clinicians [2, 3]. Most undergraduate medical education (UME) programs do not offer formalized professional development content for students interested in an academic career and often extracurricular opportunities are utilized to fill this void [4]. This makes it difficult for medical students to understand the advantages and drawbacks to various career paths Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01118-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Cynthia N. Perry [email protected] 1
Department of Medical Education, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, MSC 21009, 5001 El Paso Drive, El Paso, TX 79905-2827, USA
including knowing what to expect from a career in academic medicine. Completion of a formal professional development program, focused on academic medicine careers, provides a means for medical students to further distinguish themselves within the residency selection process particularly in the face of evolving changes to UME and may increase the pipeline of future medical school faculty [2, 3]. Although Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) provides faculty professional development in the areas of clinical skills, teaching, and research through the Office for Faculty Development, medical students at the Paul L Foster School of Medicine (PLFSOM) do not have access to a similar formal curriculum. Rather
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