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Got 15? Try Faculty Development on the Fly: A Snippets Workshop for Microlearning.

Carrie Bowler¹, Cecile Foshee², Faye Haggar³

¹Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Program Manager Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

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Summary

Faculty development (FD) using the snippet approach is effective for medical educators. A brief training workshop successfully prepared providers to use this strategy, with most planning to implement it annually.

Keywords:

Clinical Teaching/Bedside Teaching Faculty Development Microlearning Snippets Train the Trainer Workshop

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Medical Education
Faculty Development
Educational Strategies

Background:

Faculty development is crucial for medical educators' growth.
Time constraints and competing priorities limit participation in traditional faculty development.
The snippet approach offers a flexible alternative for faculty development.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate a train-the-trainer workshop for the snippet faculty development approach.
To assess the feasibility and impact of snippet-based faculty development.

Main Methods:

A train-the-trainer workshop was delivered to 310 medical educators at a national conference.
The workshop utilized diverse teaching modalities including lectures, demonstrations, and group activities.
Participant feedback was gathered via a 14-item Likert-scale survey and narrative responses.

Main Results:

95% of participants planned to use snippets annually, with 38% intending to use them quarterly.
Respondents believed snippet-based faculty development would positively impact educational practices (94%).
Participants found the session valuable (94%) and expressed interest in a snippet repository (90%).

Conclusions:

A brief faculty development train-the-trainer workshop effectively prepares educators to use the snippet approach.
The snippet method is a viable and well-received strategy for faculty development in medical education.