Table 4 Qualitative analysis of survey responses
Areas of strength | ||
Themes | Codesa | Representative Quotes |
Mentorship | Mentorship (2a, 3) | “Mentorship. The quality of people I have met in the MFSP is extraordinary. I feel very very fortunate.” “The world renowned mentors who share their time and expertise to make us better.” |
Sponsors (2a) | “Sponsorship: They want us to succeed. They include us in programming and recommend us for positions.” | |
Community of Practice | Networking (2a, 3, 8) | “It is a unique network of scholars dedicated to health professions education.” “Opportunity to network with colleagues doing cutting edge educational work.” |
Connection (2a, 3) | “Connection with national peers and leaders.” | |
Cohort (2a) | “Cohort/Cadre of educational scholars.” “Colleagues, colleagues, colleagues–friends for life.” | |
Career Development (3, 7, 11) | “The MFSP is the most impactful career development program I have ever seen. It is unique in all of health professions education and fills a profound gap. It was career changing for me. I simply would not have the career that I have today without it.” | |
Resources | Protected Time (2a, 8) | “This gave me the TIME to do the program I needed to do including the research.” “Adequate amount of protected time to develop an area of program development and scholarship in a novel area of medical education.” |
Financial Support (2a) | “The financial assistance for traveling to meetings gave me unprecedented access to meetings that I wouldn't have been able to attend otherwise.” “Financial support to pursue educational work that is not otherwise generally supported in academia.” | |
Leverage (2a, 8) | “Provide prestige and validation to be considered for future leadership roles.” “Validation as a leader from a highly reputable national organization.” “Increased visibility at my home institution and nationally—I strongly believe this award ‘opened doors’ for me in my career.” | |
Curriculum (2a, 3) | “Incorporation of Harvard Macy program for educators (for me as someone who previously did not have formal med ed training, this was incredibly useful and served as a foundation for my med ed work).” | |
Areas for improvement | ||
Themes | Codes | Representative Quotes |
Lack of Diversity | Professional Diversity (2b, 3) | “Greater professional diversity.” “Heavy on medicine.” |
Scholar Diversity (2b) | “Greater attention to equity among scholars, mentors, program goals and process.” | |
Mentor Diversity (2b, 3) | “Diversification of Macy Advisory Committee members.” | |
Health Equity and Disparities (2b) | “Advancing health equity.” | |
Technology | Social Media Presence (2b) | “Using the website and social media to keep us up-to-date or the work and accomplishment of scholars.” |
Remote Learning (2b) | “More contacts through Zoom platform throughout the year.” | |
Individualization | Flexibility (2b) | “Have more flexibility with use of the funding.” |
Grant Writing (2b) | “NIH grant writing support.” “Support to develop research proposals for AHRQ.” | |
Personal Coaching (2b) | “Consider offering continued formalized leadership growth opportunities for former MFS.” “Could there be coaching available for the Scholars? This could be something that Scholars could apply for. Could provide deep transformative guidance.” | |
Alumni Connection (2b, 3) | “Transition out of the program.” “Continuous programming and connection beyond two year fellowship.” “Further emphasis on transition from Macy Faculty Scholars program to next phase–maybe emphasizing inter cohort communication outside of the annual meeting.” | |
Standardization of Mentorship (2b, 3) | “Mentorship varies tremendously.” “Better defined expectations and outcomes for mentor/mentee relationship with Macy-assigned mentors.” “There are no standard expectations for the national mentor, for example, my mentor did not reach out to me and often did not respond to my request for mentorship. Some standardization and transparency would be appreciated.” | |