Submission ID 78227
| Code | OG-1-2 |
|---|---|
| At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: | |
| Category | Medical Education |
| Type | Oral |
| Will the presenter be a: | Other |
| Presenter Other | Faculty |
| Title | Academic Promotion After A Longitudinal Instructional Development Program |
| Background/Purpose | The Master Teacher Program (MTP) at the University of Toronto is one of the largest Canadian medical instructional development programs and has significant longevity. It is a 2-year, half day per week, certificate program which delivers a diverse curriculum in the principles and practice of medical teaching and education to busy clinician teachers. MTP allows participants to gain their initial departmental academic appointment or to accrue valuable professional development activity to enhance their likelihood for academic promotion. |
| Methods | Success and achievement of academic promotion by graduating MTP participants was analyzed. Career advancement of its 243 graduating participants since the program's inception in 2002 was compared to a matched cohort of non-graduate clinician teachers. |
| Results | Promotion of clinician teachers usually occurs on the basis of excellence in teaching. Of 34 MTP graduates who are now lecturers, 2 (6%) were promoted to this rank since graduation. Among the 105 assistant professor MTP graduates, 96 (92%) were promoted to this rank since completion of the program. 36 of 39 MTP participants were appointed as associate professors (92%) since graduation. All eight current full professors achieved their academic rank after graduation from the MTP. Higher likelihood for promotion and shorter time interval to promotion existed for MTP graduates in comparison with non-MTP graduated clinician teachers. |
| Discussion | The MTP delivers a robust practical, theoretical, and evidence-based curriculum in medical teaching and medical education. It provides skills and motivation, so that participants can successfully achieve academic appointment and promotion on the basis of strength and scholarship in clinical teaching. |
| Keyword 1 | Faculty Development |
| Keyword 2 | Academic Promotion |
| Keyword 3 | Teaching Scholarship |
| Abstract content most relevant to: (check all that apply) | Continuing Professional Development (CPD) (faculty development, CME) |
| Abstract Track - First Choice | Faculty Development |
| Authors | Daniel Panisko Daniel Panisko Umberin Najeeb |
