Strategies contributing to effectiveness of health science faculty training

Strategies contributing to effectiveness of design, development, and operation of national training programs for health science faculty are presented. Focus is on programs similar to those conducted by the National Medical Audiovisual Center (NMAC)-programs that involve improvement of teaching skills and cooperative efforts (non-funded) between a development agency and geographically dispersed, independent training organizations. Although strategies presented here emanated from experience at NMAC, they may be generalized to encompass training conducted by other networks of cooperating organizations operating in similar contexts. Further, the strategies are consonant with literature on instructional design, adult learning, and innovation.