Supporting a community of MEDEV professional developers

The authors' experience of bringing together staff and educational developers working across the areas served by the MEDEV subject centre suggested a need to establish ways in which colleagues could come together to share experiences and resources. The aims of this project were twofold:

• to initiate the creation of a vibrant on-line community of educational/staff developers in the MEDEV subject areas;
• to create a forum where it was possible to share resources and best practice to offer peer support and mentorship and to foster collaborative working.

This paper reports on both the face-to-face and on-line elements of this community of practice.