FAIMER Institute
Education Innovation Project
A major goal of the FAIMER Institute program is the completion of an education innovation project, proposed by Fellows in their initial application to the Institute, and then implemented at their home institution during the first distance learning session. Projects with the potential to improve the health of the community, region, or country of the applicant’s institution are given higher priority in the fellowship selection process.
To encourage the development of knowledge and skills in health professions education scholarship (research, evaluation, and publishing), Fellows prepare a poster and an abstract based on their project after one year of project implementation. Ongoing support from faculty and Fellows throughout the program also fosters scholarship based on project activities.
Project proposals typically involve, but are not limited to, one or more of the following areas: student assessment, educational application of information technology, health systems integration, community-based health professions education, problem-based learning, clinical skills development, professionalism and ethics, critical thinking, program evaluation, faculty development, curriculum revision and/or integration, student affairs, interactive teaching methods, development of medical education units, and distance learning.
Project titles for all FAIMER Institute classes are listed here. (Abstracts were submitted beginning with the class of 2003 and are provided for those classes that have completed the program.)
