Developing a preliminary questionnaire for the faculty development programme needs of medical teachers using Delphi technique

Abstract

ObjectiveThe study aimed to develop a preliminary medical teachers' faculty development programme (FDP) needs questionnaire through two rounds of Delphi technique.MethodsThis study utilised the Delphi study between April to June 2019. Face-to-face interviews and a literature review were conducted to propose a set of domains and items for the FDP needs of medical teachers. Two rounds of the Delphi technique were incorporated to obtain a consensus for the proposed questionnaire by 10 expert panels from their respective fields. The consensus was pre-defined as a mean score of four or above and with a percent agreement of 75%.ResultsInitially, four domains and 26 items were proposed. Finally, a total of six domains and 38 items were endorsed by the expert panels. The selected domains included six competencies, including teaching, assessment, research, curriculum, publication, and public service. These domains consisted of seven, nine, six, seven, four, and five items, respectively.ConclusionThis study developed the first preliminary FDPs needs questionnaire specifically designed for medical teachers. It would be an effective instrument to measure the needs of the FDPs in medical education.

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OSPE (Objective structured practical examination): Perception of the faculty and students at A Public Sector Medical College in Pakistan.

“…7 In the field of medical education, various researches have been led on the advantages of organized evaluation in essential sciences and in clinical or surgical fields. [8][9][10] Organized assessment has been seen as advantageous in the improvement of insight, psychomotor abilities, and impact of students, superfluous of which field they taking the assessment in, and their range of abilities. It has been found to improve the clinical abilities 8 , information 9 , and demeanor 10 Acknowledgment of the requirement for offering significance to an organized evaluation in clinical sciences makes the premise of the applied system for this research, foreseeing that there will be a huge effect of the organized assessment on both the exhibition of clinical students in various subjects and furthermore teacher's method of surveying the students.…”

“…[8][9][10] Organized assessment has been seen as advantageous in the improvement of insight, psychomotor abilities, and impact of students, superfluous of which field they taking the assessment in, and their range of abilities. It has been found to improve the clinical abilities 8 , information 9 , and demeanor 10 Acknowledgment of the requirement for offering significance to an organized evaluation in clinical sciences makes the premise of the applied system for this research, foreseeing that there will be a huge effect of the organized assessment on both the exhibition of clinical students in various subjects and furthermore teacher's method of surveying the students. The aim of the study was to compare the perceptions of students and the faculty members to the objectively structured performance evaluation (OSPE) at Public sector medical college in Pakistan.…”