A systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to enhance teaching effectiveness: A 10-year update: BEME Guide No. 40.

Background: This review, which focused on faculty development initiatives designed to improve teaching effectiveness, synthesized findings related to intervention types, study characteristics, individual and organizational outcomes, key features, and community building.

Methods: This review included 111 studies (between 2002 and 2012) that met the review criteria.

Findings: Overall satisfaction with faculty development programs was high.