Advancing the science of health professions education through a shared understanding of terminology : a content analysis of terms for “faculty”

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dc.contributor.authorTeunissen, Pim W.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAtherle, Aniqueen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorClelan, Jennifer J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHolmboe, Ericen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHu. Wendy C. Y.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDurning, Steven J.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNishigor, Hiroshien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSamaraseke, Dujeepa D.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSchuwirth, Lamberten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Schalkwyk, Susanen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMaggi, Lauren A.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-05T12:31:44Z
dc.date.available2024-04-05T12:31:44Z
dc.date.issued2021-09-10en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at: https://pmejournal.orgen_ZA
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Health professions educators risk misunderstandings where terms and concepts are not clearly defined, hampering the field’s progress. This risk is especially pronounced with ambiguity in describing roles. This study explores the variety of terms used by researchers and educators to describe “faculty”, with the aim to facilitate definitional clarity, and create a shared terminology and approach to describing this term. Methods: The authors analyzed journal article abstracts to identify the specific words and phrases used to describe individuals or groups of people referred to as faculty. To identify abstracts, PubMed articles indexed with the Medical Subject Heading “faculty” published between 2007 and 2017 were retrieved. Authors iteratively extracted data and used content analysis to identify patterns and themes. Results: A total of 5,436 citations were retrieved, of which 3,354 were deemed eligible. Based on a sample of 594 abstracts (17.7%), we found 279 unique terms. The most commonly used terms accounted for approximately one-third of the sample and included faculty or faculty member/s (n = 252; 26.4%); teacher/s (n = 59; 6.2%) and medical educator/s (n = 26; 2.7%) were also well represented. Content analysis highlighted that the different descriptors authors used referred to four role types: healthcare (e.g., doctor, physician), education (e.g., educator, teacher), academia (e.g., professor), and/or relationship to the learner (e.g., mentor). Discussion: Faculty are described using a wide variety of terms, which can be linked to four role descriptions. The authors propose a template for researchers and educators who want to refer to faculty in their papers. This is important to advance the field and increase readers’ assessment of transferability.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://pmejournal.org/articles/10.1007/S40037-021-00683-8en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher’s versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent6 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTeunissen, P.W., et al. 2022. Advancing the science of health professions education through a shared understanding of terminology: a content analysis of terms for “faculty”. Perspectives on Medical Education, 11(1):22-27 pages. doi.10.1007/S40037-021-00683-8en_ZA
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/S40037-021-00683-8en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2212-277X (online)en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0930-0048en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6350-7285en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1433-9323en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-0108-6021en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1711-3808en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6916-6741en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-6279-5158en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1596-6791en_ZA
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-2997-6133en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/129594
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subject.lcshHealth educationen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshMedicine -- Vocational guidanceen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshAllied health personnel -- Vocational guidanceen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVocational guidanceen_ZA
dc.titleAdvancing the science of health professions education through a shared understanding of terminology : a content analysis of terms for “faculty”en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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