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Faculty Development In Family Medicine Education: What Is Needed?, Brian Johnson, William Edward Cayley, Bich-May Nguyen, Paul Larson, Maria Del C Colon-Gonzalez, Christine Gibson, Ann Evensen

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A growing number of countries are embracing graduate training in the specialty of Family Medicine as a core component of global health systems reform. One significant challenge for new programs is to adequately prepare for educational excellence and leadership. Promising residents are often encouraged to remain in their program as faculty, but may not have had the benefit of specific training in teaching, curriculum development, learner assessment or educational leadership. Faculty Development is a potential avenue to providing these skills to new Family Medicine Faculty and to encourage new graduates to consider teaching. We are currently seeking to further clarify …