EURACT – a sustainable model for the development of teachers of General Practice/Family Medicine [GP/FM]

Buchanan, Jo; Maagaard, Roar; Sammut, Mario R.; Windak, Adam

doi:10.1080/14739879.2016.1219238

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“…Our research also indicates that most medical faculty members in Taiwan are adjunct faculty and do not work full-time. This may be because most of them are physicians in medical centres, performing clinical work mostly while being partially involved in research or teaching, which is consistent with a previous study [ 22 ]. A proactive approach to family medicine faculty retention begins with recruitment.…”

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Family Medicine Academic Workforce of Medical Schools in Taiwan: A Nationwide Survey

Chen

Chang

Lin

et al. 2021

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Little is known about family medicine academic workforce in Taiwan, and basic data on this may aid healthcare decision-makers and contribute to the limited literature. We analyzed data from 13 medical schools in Taiwan collected by the Taiwan Association of Family Medicine from June to September 2019, regarding characteristics of medical schools, and total staff, gender, age, degree, working title (adjunct/full-time), academic level, and subspecialty of each current family medicine faculty member. Total 13 medical schools in Taiwan with an undergraduate education program in family medicine, but only nine of the 13 medical schools had family medicine departments, while four still do not. A total of 116 family medicine faculty members ranging from 33–69 years. Of these, most were male (n = 85, 73.3%), with a mean age of 43.3 years. Most faculty members possessed a master’s degree (n = 49, 42.2%), were academic lecturers (n = 49, 42.2%), were located in northern Taiwan (n = 79, 68.1%), and subspecialize in gerontology and geriatrics (n = 55, 47.4%) and hospice palliative care (n = 53, 45.7%). Additionally, most family medicine faculty in medical schools were adjunct faculty (n = 90, 77.6%), with only about one-fourth (n = 26, 22.4%) working full-time. Our study provides the most holistic census to date on academic family medicine faculty from all medical schools in Taiwan. The novel information can provide educational leaders, health policy managers, and decision-makers about the current developments of the family medicine departments in Taiwan’s medical schools. The basic data will help formulate an effective medical school family medicine education plan and improve the establishment and development of the family medicine faculty workforce to help medical education and national health policy development in the future in Taiwan.

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Family Medicine Academic Workforce of Medical Schools in Taiwan: A Nationwide Survey

Chen

Chang

Lin

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“…Compared with men with children, women with children spend more time on childcare issues, encounter more difficulties at work, and work more on weekends. Women believe that the lack of support and recognition from part-time teachers weakens their ability to balance family needs and careers [13]. Our research results substantiated the current status of women's family medicine teaching positions and the bottlenecks encountered in academic advancement.…”

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“…Our research shows that most faculty in the department of family medicine are male (73.3% vs. 26.7%), and these results are similar to those in the United States (62.7% vs. 37.3%) [13]. In Taiwan's medical departments, the proportion of female teachers being promoted to professors is lower than that of their male counterparts and needs to be improved [14].…”

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Family Medicine Academic Workforce of Medical Schools in Taiwan: A Nationwide Survey

Chen¹,

Chen²,

Hwang³

2021

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Little is known about family medicine academic staff in Taiwan, and basic data about this workforce may aid healthcare decision makers. We analysed data on Taiwan’s 13 medical schools collected by the Taiwan Association of Family Medicine from June to September 2019. Items included medical school names and total staff, and the gender, age, degree, working title (part-time/full-time), academic level, and sub-specialty of each current family medicine faculty member. A total of 116 family medicine faculty members were reported; most were male (n= 85, 73.3%). Ages ranged between 30 and 69 years, with a mean (SD) age of 43.3 (8.09). Faculty members with a master’s degree were the largest group (n= 49, 42.2%), and most were academic lecturers (n=49, 42.2%). Additionally, only about one-fourth (n=26, 22.4%) of family medicine faculty in medical schools were full-time, while the other three-fourths (n=90, 77.6%) were part-time faculty; most were located in northern Taiwan (n=79, 68.1%) and specialized in gerontology and geriatrics (n=55, 47.4%) and hospice palliative care (n=53, 45.7%). Our research provides the most complete census of family medicine academic physicians in medical schools in Taiwan. The results inform efforts to improve the establishment and development of family medicine departments in Taiwan.

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“…Examples like the courses promoted and accredited by the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice / Family Medicine (EURACT) 12 are good basis for achieving the desired improvement. 13 They are structured in a pyramidal model of continuous formative steps 14 based on knowledge (I know), on which skills (I know how to do), attitudes (I do) and competencies (I'm an expert) are consolidated.…”

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EURACT – a sustainable model for the development of teachers of General Practice/Family Medicine [GP/FM]

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Family Medicine Academic Workforce of Medical Schools in Taiwan: A Nationwide Survey

Family Medicine Academic Workforce of Medical Schools in Taiwan: A Nationwide Survey

Family Medicine Academic Workforce of Medical Schools in Taiwan: A Nationwide Survey

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