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1Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center (Brentwood Division), 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90024-1759, USA.
Summary
Training directors face challenges like resident selection and bureaucracy. This guide offers coping strategies to enhance job survival and personal well-being for medical educators.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Psychiatry Training
Background:
- The role of training directors in medical education is critical but demanding.
- Training directors manage complex programs, facing numerous administrative and interpersonal challenges.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify common problems encountered by training directors.
- To propose effective coping strategies for training directors.
Main Methods:
- Cataloguing of inevitable problems faced by training directors.
- Description of coping strategies for improved director survival and quality of life.
Main Results:
- Key difficulties include resident selection, faculty teaching assurance, bureaucratic tasks, and workload management.
- Rewarding aspects involve guiding faculty, managing programs, and witnessing resident competence.
Conclusions:
- Implementing proposed strategies can mitigate challenges for training directors.
- Improved director well-being can positively impact the quality of medical training programs.
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