Overview and Assessment of a Full-time Family Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Part-time faculty development (FD) fellowships help faculty become successful and effective teachers in medicine. Fulltime FD fellowships provide a unique and promising model to train and retain high-quality faculty. This article presents an overview of a well-established, fulltime FD fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh and the results from a survey of its graduates regarding fellowship experiences and their career trajectories.