Submission ID 77862
| Code | P22 |
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| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Poster |
| Will the presenter be a: | Other |
| Presenter Other | Faculty Mid-Career |
| Title | Sustaining Faculty Engagement in the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Family Medicine: Virtual Education Pivots. |
| Background/Purpose | TAAAC-FM is an international academic partnership between the Departments of Family Medicine at Addis Ababa University (AAU-FM) and the University of Toronto's Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM). Launched in 2013, supporting the first family medicine residency training program in Ethiopia, the DFCM supported in-person faculty teaching trips to AAU focused on program capacity-strengthening and education. COVID-19 necessitated a pivot to a new virtual curriculum, as requested by our Ethiopian colleagues, that actively served to sustain DFCM faculty engagement and linkages during the pandemic. |
| Methods | Methods: A sequential, mixed-methods approach was used to explore key enablers and challenges faced by DFCM faculty. Surveys and individual interviews with DFCM faculty and leadership were conducted. Transcripts/narrative survey responses were reviewed independently by two reviewers using constant, comparative, descriptive thematic analysis. |
| Results | Results: Of faculty instructors contacted, 8/9 completed the survey, and 6 were interviewed, along with three leadership team members (n = 9). Preliminary data indicates that 63% of teaching faculty found virtual teaching to be a rewarding experience. Emerging enablers for program development are identifying key individual skills/experiences, maintaining strong institutional supports and using transcultural, bidirectional learning rooted in equity and cultural humility to bolster faculty engagement. Emerging challenges discussed include individual and institutional barriers to engagement, communication/connectivity limitations, and the value of virtual teaching. |
| Discussion | Conclusions: Findings will enhance recruitment and retention of DFCM faculty in global health partnerships such as TAAAC-FM. Lessons learned could inform other global health programs on best practices around faculty involvement in collaborative virtual teaching models. |
| Keyword 1 | Global Health |
| Keyword 2 | Capacity Strengthening Partnership |
| Keyword 3 | Virtual Teaching |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Other |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Social Accountability |
| Authors | Praseedha Janakiram Leila Makhani Ramanan Aiyadurai Joyce Nyhof-Young Katherine Rouleau Abbas Ghavam-Rassoul Jamie Rodas Praseedha Janakiram |
