Medical Education Research
Networks
RK McKinley
Director of Medical Education Research and
Scholarship
• Introductions and expectations
• Introduction
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– What is the point of getting involved?
– What is medical education research?
– What counts?
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What skills do you already possess?
What support do you already have?
What support do you need?
Conclusion: where do you go from here
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Introductions
• A statement:
– Who I am
– What I do
– Why I am here
• In one breath ……….
What’s the point …
• Enjoyment
• Profile
– Personal
– Institutional
• Promotion
– Personal
– Institutional
• Mobility
What is it anyway …
• Activity which leads to generalisable
theory or results which guide choices
about educational activity and its likely
outcomes.
What is it anyway ...
How good are we?
New knowledge
Local only
Generalisable
‘Private’
‘Public’
Evaluation
Research
An example …
• An idea …
– Let students choose the level of challenge …
• Evaluate
– Do they like it?
• Is there a generalisable knowledge?
– Is there theory in the idea?
– Can we test that theory?
What counts …
• Doing it in public!
– Conference presentations
– Journals
• Hierarchy
– Speciality journals
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What skills do you already
possess?
• 10 minutes + 5
What support do you already
have?
• 10 minutes + 5
What support do you need?
• 10 minutes + 5
Conclusion:
Where do you go from here?