Beatriz Tapia, MD, EdD, MPH, is our guest on the Faculty Factory Podcast this week as we discuss the evolving academic medicine landscape and the role of faculty development programs in ensuring success for faculty while keeping up with these changes.

Dr. Tapia is the Interim Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Assistant Dean of Faculty Development & CME, and an Associate Professor, Pediatrics, at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine.

The AAMC’s Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) has played a crucial role in organizing and coordinating these efforts. We applaud the volunteers contributing to the GFA, including Dr. Tapia and many others!

You can read Dr. Tapia's AAMC presentation: "Assessing the Role of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development Offices in the Contemporary Academic Medicine Landscape." 

“We are seeing changes in terms of developments of new schools, and we saw an opportunity to really ask, who constructs an Office of Faculty Affairs and what are the current roles and have they changed?” she told us.

It probably comes as no surprise that research and hard work are at the forefront of determining the next steps for faculty development and the role and tactics of the faculty affairs department to ensure we keep up with the changing times.