The AMEE Faculty Development Committee
The AMEE Faculty Development Committee acts as a guide for AMEE in all areas relating to Faculty Development
The AMEE Faculty Development Committee acts as a guide for AMEE in all areas relating to Faculty Development and has the following as its driving goals:
- To advance best practice and excellence in the development of health professional academic faculty across the globe
- To provide advice to the AMEE Executive Committee and AMEE staff on the area of faculty and health professional educator development
- To promote scholarly work in faculty and health professional educator development to and among the membership of AMEE
- To oversee the selection of sites and appointment of conference organising committees for biennial International Conferences on Faculty Development in the Health Professions into the future
- To develop and deliver a symposium on a current topic in faculty and health professional educator development at each AMEE conference that is not associated with an International Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions
- To consider and develop other global and regional activities to support and advance faculty and health professional educator development
- To keep AMEE members informed about current issues and events in faculty and health professional educator development through MedEdWorld and MedEdPublish.
Activities
Education/Conference:
- Our 7th International Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions was held in conjunction with AMEE 2023. Watch previous FacDev Journal Club sessions.
- We hold regular regular faculty development journal clubs and webinars. Watch our previous journal clubs sessions and sign up for upcoming journal clubs and webinars.
Research/Scholarship:
Applications for the 2023 Faculty Development Research Grant have now closed. Information about the 2024 Faculty Development Research Grant will be posted shortly.
Recent Grant Winners:
2023 Winners – Louise Allen (Principal Investigator) and Associate Investigators (Brett Vaughan, Justin Bilszta and Simone Gibson) – The What , Who, How, and Why of Postgraduate Degrees in Health Professions Education: A multi-pronged approach to theory development.
2022 Winners - Boukje Compen (Principal Investigator) and Associate Investigators (Lianne Loosveld, Herma Roebertsen, Peter Cantillon, Susan van Schalkwyk and Diana Dolmans) - How do health professions educators conceptualise their current and future teacher identities in their working contexts? A landscape of practice perspective.
2021 Winners – Ardi Findyartini (Principal Investigator) and Associate Investigators (Komal Atta, Thirusha Naidu, Madawa Chandratilake and Diantha Soemantri) - Social Media and Professional Development of Medical Teachers in Global South: A Phenomenology Study.
AMEE FacDev Search:
Our own custom search engine powered by google which indexes faculty development materials and publications. Find the Faculty Development resources you need.
Connections:
Join the Faculty Development Listserv . To facilitate sharing and exchange of information on faculty development activities.
Our Committee
Regular Members
- Olanrewaju Sorinola (UK) – Co-Chair
- Karen Leslie (Canada) – Co-Chair
- Megan Anakin (New Zealand)
- Manuel João Tavares Mendes Costa (Portugal)
- Ana Da Silva (UK)
- Ardi Findyartini (Indonesia)
- Mark Lavercombe (Australia)
- Rachel Levine (USA)
- Rhoda Meyer (South Africa)
- Subha Ramani (USA)
- Melchor Sanchez-Mendiola (Mexico)
- Marwa Schumann (Germany)
- Farhan Vakani (Pakistan)
- Da-ya Yang (China)
Special Members
- Boukje Compen (Netherlands) - Internship for 2 years
- Matheus Torsani (Brazil) – Internship for 2 years