187 - Implementation of a successful faculty development program in a community setting

Publication Number: 187.5364

Ankhi Dutta, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States; Bonnie McCann-Crosby, Texas Children's Hospital, The Woodlands, TX, United States; Sophia Ebenezer, Baylor College of Medicine, Humble, TX, United States; Grace K. Kim, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States; Rachel Marek, Baylor College of Medicine, The Woodlands, TX, United States; Edward J. Espineli, Baylor College of Medicine, Spring, TX, United States; Yen Tran, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States; Fatusin Oluwatosin, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Childrens Hospital, Magnolia, TX, United States; Mark Riccioni, Baylor College of Medicine, The Woodlands, TX, United States; Holly Oliver, Baylor College of Medicine, Conroe, TX, United States; Katherine Taylor, Baylor College of Medicine, Montgomery, TX, United States; Serife Uysal, Baylor College of Medicine, Spring, TX, United States

Background: Opportunities for faculty development (FD) in terms of education and research are limited in community hospital settings. According to a survey sent out to 75 program or associate program directors from 53 U.S. Community-Based Teaching Hospitals with internal medicine, only 45% of the programs had any FD activities, 44% reported occasional activities and 11% reported no activities. The most frequent barriers stated were increased clinical responsibilities, lack of protected time, or lack of leadership support. Limited data is available about FD programs in pediatric community hospitals. Our aim was to educate community physicians and advanced practice providers to develop a successful FD program in the community setting and to leverage available resources to support professional and career development.

Objective: 1) Creation of a faculty development program using Kern Method of curriculum development in a community hospital setting
2) Implementation and evaluation of the FD program in this setting

Design/Methods: e created a diverse multidisciplinary FD committee at the community campus setting. Beginning in 2018, we utilized the Kern method of curriculum development to evaluate the needs of the community faculty. We focused on six broad themes of faculty development topics based on those needs: 1) Clinical 2) Quality Improvement 3) Research 4) Advocacy 5) Professional and Career Advancement 6) Provider Well Being. We held monthly seminars based on these topics from a variety of experts. A subgroup of peer mentors and award champions were created within the committee to provide 1:1 peer mentoring and advise on the professional portfolio and institutional awards. In 2024, these monthly sessions were approved for CME credit. Annual surveys were sent to evaluate the program impact and faculty needs.

Results: As of 2024, we have 210 providers including advanced practice providers in the departments of pediatrics, surgery, pathology, and radiology at the community campus (Figure 1). Since 2018, we have had 51 awards related to clinical excellence, 5 awards for educational contributions, 10 awards for professionalism. Over the past 5 years, we have had 26 academic promotions across all divisions. As of mid 2024, multiple additional ongoing promotion applications are under review. Faculty have had multiple publications and presentations both locally and nationally. Our annual reviews have been positive

Conclusion(s): We have successfully created a robust multidisciplinary (including pediatrics, surgical and others) FD program at the community campus setting which can be replicated at other institutions

Distribution of Faculty Development Awards and Promotions in a Community Pediatric Hospital
PAS2024Facdevcharts.pdfFaculty Development Achievements