ASPIRE-to-Exellence Award

We are happy to announce that this year the taskforce Faculty Development has won the ASPIRE-to-Exellence Award in the area Faculty Development.

"Congratulations! After careful review by a panel of experts, your application from Maastricht University for an ASPIRE award for Excellence in Faculty Development was determined to meet all of the criteria for the award.

As you know, the ASPIRE program for Faculty Development utilizes peer reviewers from around the world who have distinguished themselves for their experience and understanding of Faculty Development".  

Patricia S. O’Sullivan, EdD Panel Chair, ASPIRE to Excellence in Faculty Development

Our taskforce prepared a short online speech. Chair Herma Roebertsen says a word of thanks on behalf of the taskforce members (present live or via Zoom): “We feel very honored and grateful to be selected for this prestigious award. Our taskforce is part of an enthusiastic department, and we are privileged to work in a setting where research in education is one of the core activities. We want to thank our colleagues and especially the head of department for their inspiration and extensive support.

Within medical education, research in faculty development is still relatively new, but it is an essential area to take faculty development to the next level. Over the years it became clear that performing educational roles is demanding and that it requires the development of teaching competences. Due to the support of the FHML board of directors, and due to the efforts of our excellent team, nowadays all faculty members participate in mandatory longitudinal trajectories to establish teaching competences, based on the principles of workplace learning and just-in-time learning.

Our next challenge is to support communities of practice among the teaching staff, but first we will celebrate this amazing award.