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Persona-Driven Vignettes: A Novel Needs Assessment and Audit Tool for Faculty Development.
X Catherine Tong1, Mark Lee2, Maria Pratt3
1Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Kitchener, CAN.
Cureus
|June 22, 2026
Summary
A novel storytelling approach using faculty vignettes enabled rapid needs assessment for health professions faculty development. This method identified 70 learning objectives, with 69% addressable by existing resources and 31% highlighting gaps for future content creation.
Area of Science:
- Health Professions Education
- Faculty Development
- Digital Transformation
Background:
- COVID-19 prompted a digital transformation in health professions faculty development.
- This created an opportunity for innovative needs assessment strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To implement a novel, rapid needs assessment method for faculty development.
- To identify faculty learning objectives and existing resource gaps.
Main Methods:
- An inter-professional team used a storytelling technique to create faculty vignettes based on lived experiences.
- Learning objectives were derived from vignettes, peer-reviewed, and indexed by faculty lifecycle.
- Resources were identified to address learning objectives.
Main Results:
- Seventy learning objectives were identified from seven unique faculty journeys.
- Sixty-nine percent of objectives could be met with existing resources.
- Thirty-one percent of objectives indicated gaps requiring new or adapted content.
Conclusions:
- The vignette-based method allows for rapid identification of faculty development needs and resource gaps.
- This approach can guide the creation of comprehensive faculty development resources.
- The methodology is replicable across academic health science institutions.
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