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Roles and competencies of medical faculty members: A competency framework
Zeynab Foroughi1, Maryam Hoseini Abardeh2, Shahram Yazdani3
1Education Development Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Purpose:
Medical education requires competent faculty members with the ability to create change in medical education. The focus on teacher competency are emerged as the results of medical education movements toward learner competency. The purpose of this study was to identify medical faculties competencies in their main roles and to provide a competency framework.
Method:
The integrative review approach was utilized for identifying competencies and expert opinions was conducted to assigned competencies to roles and academic ranks. The search strategies were conducted in online databases including PubMed, Scopus, WOS and Eric to detect studies published from May 2003 to May 2023.
Results:
The identified competencies were classified to four themes including (1) essential personal competencies, (2) technical/functional competencies, (3) enabling competencies, and (4) meta-competencies.
Conclusion:
According to the results, a competency framework was proposed which is a valuable tool for various important decisions related to faculty, such as promotions and tenurship.
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