TAGME Faculty Development and Supervision 2

Question 1

What is the role of a Program Coordinator (PC) in supporting faculty development activities?

Accepted Answer

Organizing faculty development sessions, tracking attendance, and managing logistics

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Conducting resident performance evaluations

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Setting faculty salary structures

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Approving faculty leave requests

Question 2

Which ACGME core competency is most closely related to faculty supervision and mentorship skills?

Accepted Answer

Interpersonal and Communication Skills

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Professionalism

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Systems-Based Practice

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Medical Knowledge

Question 3

What is the 'teaching-as-scholarship' model in GME faculty development?

Accepted Answer

Applying scholarly rigor — inquiry, evidence, reflection — to educational practice

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Publishing textbooks as a teaching requirement

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Requiring all faculty to hold advanced education degrees

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Counting teaching hours toward research metrics

Question 4

How should a Program Director handle a faculty member who is providing inadequate supervision of residents?

Accepted Answer

Counsel the faculty member, provide development resources, and document the process

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Immediately terminate the faculty member's appointment

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Report directly to ACGME without internal review

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Reassign all residents away from that faculty member

Question 5

What is 'co-teaching' or 'team-based supervision' in GME programs?

Accepted Answer

Multiple faculty collaborating to supervise and teach the same resident cohort

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Two residents sharing the same patient load

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Residents teaching medical students independently

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Faculty sharing administrative duties only

Question 6

What is the 'hidden curriculum' in medical education and why is it relevant to GME administrators?

Accepted Answer

Implicit values, norms, and behaviors trainees learn from the clinical environment beyond formal teaching

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Unapproved elective courses

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Secret faculty evaluation criteria

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Undocumented research requirements