Supporting a teacher identity in health professions education: AMEE Guide No. 132

Thea van Lankveld; Harish Thampy; Peter Cantillon; Jo Horsburgh; Manon Kluijtmans

doi:10.1080/0142159X.2020.1838463

Supporting a teacher identity in health professions education: AMEE Guide No. 132

Thea van Lankveld^*
, Harish Thampy
, Peter Cantillon
, Jo Horsburgh
, Manon Kluijtmans

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Manchester
School of Medicine
Imperial College London
Utrecht University

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Abstract

This guide provides an understanding of what teacher identity is and how it can be developed and supported. Developing a strong teacher identity in the context of health professions education is challenging, because teachers combine multiple roles and the environment usually is more supportive to the identity of health practitioner or researcher than to that of teacher. This causes tensions for those with a teaching role. However, a strong teacher identity is important because it enhances teachers’ intention to stay in health professions education, their willingness to invest in faculty development, and their enjoyment of the teaching role. The guide offers recommendations on how to establish workplace environments that support teacher identity rather than marginalise it. Additionally, the guide offers recommendations for establishing faculty development approaches that are sensitive to teacher identity issues. Finally, the guide provides suggestions for individual teachers in relation to what they can do themselves to nurture it.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-136
Number of pages	13
Journal	Medical Teacher
Volume	43
Issue number	2
Early online date	6 Nov 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2020.1838463
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Funding Information:
We would like to thank Patricia O?Sullivan and Val Wass for providing very helpful feedback on an earlier version of this paper and Ruth Graham for giving permission to use the figure of the Career framework for University Teaching.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Keywords

faculty development
professional identity
role of teacher
Teacher identity
workplace

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