Newly appointed medical faculty members' self-evaluation of their educational roles at the Catholic University of Korea College of Medicinein 2020 and 2021: A cross-sectional survey-based study

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the degree to which newly appointed medical faculty members at the Catholic University of Korea are aware of Harden and Crosby's 12 educational roles and to identify their preferred educational roles. A 12-item survey questionnaire was distributed to 110 participants, and100 responses were included in the analysis. The respondents gave the highest score to "clinical or practical teacher"and the lowest score to "curriculum planner"for their current personal competencies. Fortheir preferred personal future competencies, they assigned the highest score to "on the job role model"and the lowest score to "student assessor.". They gave almost equally high values to all12 roles. However, individual faculty members had different preferences for educational roles. Accordingly, medical schools need to plan and implement customized faculty development programs, and efforts to provide appropriate educational roles according to individual faculty members' preferences are needed.