APA Educational Scholars Program

Mission: The mission of the APA Educational Scholars Program is to assist the membership in developing themselves as productive, advancing and fulfilled faculty members and to increase the quality, status and visibility of pediatric educators in academia.

Goals

1.       To create a comprehensive faculty development curriculum covering six domains, and to coordinate continuing education offerings at regional and national meetings to address each of these domains.

Faculty Development Domains 

·         Education

·         Research

·         Advocacy and Health Policy

·         Communications/Technology

·         Leadership/Administration

·         Career Development

2.       To help members develop personal Faculty Development Plans to guide their CME activities.  
 Link here to information about how the 2004 San Francisco workshops fit into the 6 domains

3.       To develop a Faculty Development certification process for workshop participants and workshop presenters.  
        Development of a certification process will be a major point of discussion
        at the 2004 Faculty Development SIG meeting.  Sat May 1, 3:15-5:15
        All are welcome.  link here for agenda.

4.       To facilitate networking of members, especially those who want consultation on workshop development and presentation and those who have offered such consultation.      

The APA Faculty Development Program is jointly sponsored by the APA Education Committee
and the Faculty Development Special Interest Groups (SIG).  
 link here for list of FD Program Executive Committee members and contacts
link here to FAC DEV SIG
link here to APA Education
 

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