Coproducing a Faculty Feedback Program for School of Medicine Educators

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Faculty Development
• Program Design

Background:

• Holistic faculty evaluation programs are needed to overcome limitations of solely using student feedback.
• Existing literature often lacks prospective faculty input in program design.
• Co-production with faculty is a novel approach to address these limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

• To proactively identify faculty educator needs for designing a new faculty evaluation program.
• To ensure faculty needs and values are integrated into the program's foundation.
• To foster stakeholder buy-in and increase participation in faculty evaluation.

Main Methods:

• Conducted focus groups with 25 faculty members in 2023.
• Utilized a co-production framework to guide faculty partnership.
• Mapped focus group transcript codes to the Faculty Developmental Conceptual Framework to identify themes.

Main Results:

• Identified key themes related to institutional context, interpersonal relationships, and individual factors.
• Themes provide insights into faculty needs and values for program development.
• Established three guiding principles for the faculty feedback program.

Conclusions:

• Co-production with faculty is essential for designing effective evaluation programs.
• Addressing faculty needs and values promotes program sustainability and faculty growth.
• This approach is anticipated to increase faculty engagement in evaluation initiatives.