FACULTY MEMBERS DEVELOPMENT IN MEDICAL EDUCATION: PROGRAMS, INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES

Faculty member’s development at present and with regard to recent developments in various fields of medical education, is very important. This issue is so important various programs have been conducted in different countries. In this review article we try to identify the various aspects of empower faculty members in medical education in Iran and worldwide.
In this review study, by using the key words of faculty member development, medical education, medical universities and their English equivalents, studies from 2000 to 2014 in the database, Scopus Google scholar, Pub med were searched. Finally, to analyze the different aspects of empowerment programs, related articles, studies and various aspects of the programs, were studied.
According to results, entries were grouped into four categories: 1) analyze the content of faculty development programs, 2) educational methods used in faculty member development programs, 3) the type of interventions used in faculty member development programs, 4) faculty development outcomes.
Promoting empowerment programs in medical education, need to use a wide variety of content for implementation, qualitative and mixed methods studies and use of multiple and high level data sources. However, if we believe that faculty development programs, improves professional skills and qualifications of the faculty members, accordingly, using a systematic plan to evaluate the results of the program can be improved empowerment programs. As a result, faculty members and individuals involved in empowerment programs must continue to reflect the inherent weaknesses of traditional empowerment programs and at the same time, it should be noted that the faculty development is complex process and has intertwined structure.