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Faculty development for community-based physicians at the University of Massachusetts and SUNY-Buffalo. 1999

S L Stone, and D G Schwartz, and M Quirk, and R Sarkin, and D Qualters

Center for Community Faculty Development, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655-0311, USA.

Community-based faculty development (CBFD) is becoming increasingly important as medical education moves into the ambulatory/office-based setting CBFD provides preceptors with essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes directly related to teaching while providing a sense of identity as teachers to a diverse group of practitioners in a variety of settings. This article reviews the structure and function of successful community-based faculty development, using as examples programs from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the State University of New York at Buffalo that were supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Generalist Physician Initiative. After reviewing the literature on successful implementation of programs dedicated to community-based precepting, the authors investigate the educational concepts, instructional designs, and operational characteristics that are the framework for providing successful faculty development to community-based preceptors. They list rationales and examples of the educational methods used and compare structural components of the programs at both institutions. Last, they explore future directions in the rapidly changing medical education environment that need to be addressed in CBFD in the areas of outcome/program evaluation, comprehensive needs assessment, and regionalization.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008404	Massachusetts	State bounded on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the west by New York.
D009518	New York	State bounded on the north by Lake Ontario and Canada, on the east by Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and on the west by Pennsylvania, Lake Erie, and Canada.
D004504	Education, Medical, Undergraduate	The period of medical education in a medical school. In the United States it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the M.D.	Medical Education, Undergraduate,Education, Undergraduate Medical,Undergraduate Medical Education
D005180	Faculty, Medical	Teaching and administrative staff having academic rank in a medical school.	Faculties, Medical,Medical Faculties,Medical Faculty
D005194	Family Practice	A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.	Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012577	Schools, Medical	Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of medicine.	Medical Schools,Medical School,School, Medical
D015397	Program Evaluation	Studies designed to assess the efficacy of programs. They may include the evaluation of cost-effectiveness, the extent to which objectives are met, or impact.	Evaluation, Program,Family Planning Program Evaluation,Program Appropriateness,Program Effectiveness,Program Sustainability,Appropriateness, Program,Effectiveness, Program,Evaluations, Program,Program Evaluations,Program Sustainabilities,Sustainabilities, Program,Sustainability, Program
D016730	Program Development	The process of formulating, improving, and expanding educational, managerial, or service-oriented work plans (excluding computer program development).	Program Descriptions,Description, Program,Descriptions, Program,Development, Program,Program Description