Faculty Development in the Health Professions : A Focus on Research and Practice / edited by Yvonne Steinert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Steinert, Yvonne., Editor.

Series:

Innovation and Change in Professional Education, 2542-9957 ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical education.

Professional education.

Vocational education.

Continuing education.

Medical Education.

Professional and Vocational Education.

Lifelong Learning.

Local Subjects:

Medical Education.

Professional and Vocational Education.

Lifelong Learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVII, 479 p. 25 illus., 20 illus. in color.)

Edition:

2nd ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

This second edition of 'Faculty Development in the Health Professions', originally published in 2014, presents updated chapters and new topics . It also highlights changes in the evidence base for faculty development and identifies recommendations for research and practice in the field. With chapter authors coming from five continents, it builds on and presents global lessons learned for an international audience. This book describes a multitude of ways, ranging from workshops to the workplace, in which health professionals can develop their knowledge and skills as teachers and educators, leaders and managers, and researchers and scholars. By providing an informed and scholarly overview of faculty development, and by describing original content that has not been previously published, this book helps to ensure that research and evidence inform practice, move the scholarly agenda forward, and promote dialogue and debate in this evolving field. It serves as an invaluable resource for faculty development program planning, implementation and evaluation, and helps to sustain faculty members’ vitality and commitment to excellence. .

Contents:

Part I. Introduction

1. Faculty development: Core concepts and principles

Part II. The Scope of Faculty Development

2. Faculty development for teaching improvement

3. Faculty development for leadership and management

4. Faculty development for research capacity building

5. Faculty development for academic and career development

6. Faculty development for organizational change

III. Approaches to Faculty Development

7. Learning from experience: From workplace learning to communities of practice

8. Peer coaching and mentorship

9. Faculty development workshops, seminars and short courses

10. Fellowships, certification, and degree programs in faculty development

11. Faculty development online

IV. Faculty Development and Practice

12. Teacher identity: A critical component of faculty development

13. Faculty development and reflective practice

14. Faculty development for curriculum change: Towards competency-based approaches to teaching and assessment

15.Faculty development for interprofessional education and practice

16. Faculty development for simulation-based education

17. Towards social justice: Implications for faculty development

18. Cross-cultural faculty development

19. Starting a faculty development program

V. Research and Scholarship in Faculty Development

20. Faculty development research: The ‘state of the art’

21. Promoting scholarship in faculty development: Relevant research paradigms and methodologies

VI. Conclusion

22. Faculty development: Future directions.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789819793723

9819793726

OCLC:

1524422151