GEA NATIONAL GRANT PROGRAMSebastian Uijtdehaage, PhD

Maria Blanco, EdD

SDRME Summer Meeting

Charleston, SC

June 23, 2014

Objectives

Step back process:• 10 minutes: brief description of the GEA Grant Program and

summary of the 2014 submissions

• 5 minutes: clarify questions

• 20 minutes: Seek the group’s consultation on program challenges

• 5 minutes: Debrief

Program aims• Develop community of scholars• Advance medical education research and innovation • Foster collaborations among GEA sections, regions,

schools, professions, departments

Available Funds: $10,000

Developed/administered by MESRE

GEA National Grant Committee• Sebastian Uijtdehaage• Maria Blanco• Karen Szauter• Sara Kim• Janet Riddle• Scott Cottrell• Steve Durning

Charge:• Develop RFP• Develop/administer review process• Make funding decision

Target areas in RFP• Implications across the training continuum of the transition

to accountable care in general, and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in particular.

• Innovations in faculty development.

• Inter-professional education.

• Curricular innovations (competency-based education, EPAs, milestones, creative approaches to delivery of education-flipped classroom, MOOCs, simulations, etc).

Submission process

Pre-proposals (3 pages)

1. Lit review

2. Conceptual framework

3. Study objectives and research question/hypothesis

4. Methods

5. Anticipated outcomes

6. Total funds requested and preliminary budget breakdown

7. Qualifications of research team

8. References

Full proposals (5 pages)

• Budget justification

• Power analysis

• Bio sketches• Letters of

support

62 4

Number of submissions per region

NEGEA SGEA CGEA WGEA0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Common themes

Type of Proposal

Innovation (N=45)74%

Research (N=16)26%

Type of Proposal

What GEA section was targeted?

UGME42%

GME24%

CME12%

Combination13%

Unclear9%

Type of Collaboration

None 38%

Inter-professional20%

Inter-regional23%

Inter-institu-tional13%

Inter-disciplinary7%

GEA Grant Program: your input• How should we evaluate the impact of the program?

• What should be the future direction of program in terms of:• Target topics• Type of submission (research vs. innovation)• How can we increase funds?• How can we further develop program?

CLARIFYING QUESTIONS?