Recruiting community faculty
Sharp, M.C.
Pediatrics 98(6 Pt 2): 1268-72; Discussion 1289-92
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4005 PMID: 8951332 Document Number: 455004
The success of community-based resident education depends on a partnership between a residency program and a variety of individuals, physician and nonphysician, in the community. The process of recruiting community faculty in the education of pediatric residents begins with selection of learning objectives. Next, characteristics of effective teachers and teaching sites should be listed so that appropriate faculty may be identified and recruited. A residency program's existing physician network of both referring physicians and graduates of the residency is a good beginning point for making contacts. Selection of specific educational goals, objectives, and activities will lead to identification of potential nonphysician participants. Understanding why community colleagues might want to become part of the training program leads to techniques for contacting and recruiting them.