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Twelve tips for implementing a community of practice for faculty development
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Teaching and learning practices often fail to incorporate new concepts in the ever-evolving field of medical education. Although medical education research provides new insights into curricular development, learners' engagement, assessment methods, professional development, interprofessional education, and so forth, faculty members often struggle to modernize their teaching practices. Communities of practice (CoP) for faculty development offer an effective and sustainable approach for knowledge management and implementation of best practices. A successful CoP creates and shares knowledge in the context of a specific practice toward the development of expertise. CoPs' collaborative nature, based on the co-creation of practical solutions to daily problems, aligns well with the goals of applying best practices in health professions education and training new faculty members. In our article, we share 12 tips for implementing a community of practice for faculty development. The tips were based on a comprehensive literature review and the authors' experiences.
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- Authors
- de Carvalho-Filho, M. A., Tio, R. A., & Steinert, Y.
- Affiliations
- Emergency Medicine Department School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas
- Catharina Ziekenhuis (NL)
- McGill University (CA)
- Venue
- Medical Teacher
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-02-01
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 143-149
- ISSN
- 0142-159X (ISSN-L)
- 1466-187X
- OpenAlex
- W2913616384
- Cited by
- 216
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 17.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Medical Teacher (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (/, 8-1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Education
- Keywords
- communities of practice, faculty development, medical education, knowledge management, best practice implementation, cooperative learning, health professions education
- MeSH terms
- Interdisciplinary Placement, Education, Medical, Faculty, Medical, Humans, Learning, Program Evaluation, Program Development, Knowledge
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