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Preparing tomorrow's medical educators
Author(s) -
Thompson Brent J,
Cunningham Anna,
Allen Gregg C,
Dalley Arthur F,
Wente Susan R,
Chalkley Roger,
Norden Jeanette J
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.21.5.a139-b
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , economic shortage , medical education , gross anatomy , medical school , medicine , psychology , anatomy , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , radiology
Recent surveys conducted by the American Association of Anatomists have found that schools and departments responsible for teaching gross anatomy and other basic sciences are facing increasingly severe shortages of trained and well qualified instructors for recruitment. To address this critical issue, the Vanderbilt University Biomedical Research Education and Training Office and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology implemented the Vanderbilt Scientist‐Educator Program in 2005. This postdoctoral training program currently provides support for three years of post‐doctoral training with a 25% time commitment to learning and teaching gross anatomy and a 75% time commitment to bioscience research. In the first year of the Scientist‐Educator program, fellows enroll in the first year medical gross anatomy course, form and meet with a mentoring committee, and participate in faculty led discussions on pedagogy. Fellows in the second year of the program serve as laboratory instructors and prosectors. In the third year, fellows serve as full time gross anatomy instructors. This presentation will provide details regarding the Vanderbilt Scientist‐Educator program, lessons learned from the first two years of this program and a discussion with postdoctoral fellows participating in this exciting new program. Supported by the Vanderbilt Biomedical Research Education and Training Office and an Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH 5K12 GM068543‐04