Becoming a medical educator: motivation, socialisation and navigation

Becoming a medical educator: motivation, socialisation and navigation

BACKGROUND Despite an increasing concern about a future shortage of medical educators, little published research exists on career choices in medical education nor the impact of specific training posts in medical education (e.g. academic registrar/resident positions). Medical educators at all levels, from both medical and non-medical backgrounds, are crucial for the training of medical students,...

Exploring the tensions of being and becoming a medical educator

BACKGROUND Previous studies have identified tensions medical faculty encounter in their roles but not specifically those with a qualification in medical education. It is likely that those with postgraduate qualifications may face additional tensions (i.e., internal or external conflicts or concerns) from differentiation by others, greater responsibilities and translational work against the stat...

On becoming and being an international medical educator

It is almost 15 months since I arrived on Australian soil as the Academic Lead for Problem-based Learning at Bond University, after a five and half year stint in the Middle East. How did a South African end up in Australia via the Middle East, you might well ask? The story of this journey to becoming an " international " medical educator began in April 2005, when my cosy (but not mundane) routi...

Computing Educator Attitudes about Motivation

While motivation is of great interest to computing educators, relatively little work has been done on understanding faculty attitudes toward student motivation. Two previous qualitative studies of instructor attitudes found results identical to those from other disciplines, but neither study considered whether instructors perceive student motivation to be more important in certain computing cla...

Becoming a “Medical Salesman”