Scholarship in EducationScholarship in EducationEducational Research, and MoreEducational Research, and More

Becoming an Effective Medical Educator Program

Julie Byerley, MD, MPHThe Teaching Center

UNC Department of Pediatrics

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Educational ResearchEducational Research

• Plan a program and evaluate it regarding outcomes

• Program planning steps (remember curriculum development)» Define the educational problem (needs

assessment)» Specify the goals and outcomes» Determine strategies to measure the

outcomes (evaluate)• Tool development• Statistical support

» Plan the content

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Outcomes in Educational Outcomes in Educational ResearchResearch

• Health outcomes » Does teaching physicians smoking session

counseling techniques lead to fewer heart attacks? fewer smokers?

• Health providers behavior, performance, or practice» Does teaching physicians smoking session

counseling techniques lead to more counseling?

• Learning» Does teaching physicians smoking session

counseling techniques lead to physicians knowing more about techniques?

• Participant satisfaction• Participation

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Challenges in Challenges in Educational ResearchEducational Research

• Experimental designs• Attribution of effect• Rigor versus do-ability• Time

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Scholarship in Education is more Scholarship in Education is more than just Researchthan just Research

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Definitions of ScholarshipDefinitions of Scholarship

• Scholarship is demonstrated when knowledge is advanced or transformed by application of one’s intellect in an informed, disciplined, and creative manner.

• There must be a product that others can build upon.

• The product must be peer reviewed and made public.

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Opportunities for Opportunities for dissemination of ideasdissemination of ideas

• National meetings• Journals

» Academic Medicine» Teaching and Learning in Medicine» Medical Education» Medical Teacher» NEJM, JAMA» Pediatrics, Archives» Ambulatory Pediatrics» Field specific journals

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Online ResourcesOnline Resources

• MedEdPortal» Demo

• COMSEP (Counsel on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics)

• APPD (Association of Pediatric Program Directors)

• Others» Demo

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Organizations that Support Organizations that Support Medical Education Scholarship Medical Education Scholarship

in Pediatricsin Pediatrics

• AAMC » American Association of Medical Colleges

• ACGME» Accreditation Council for Graduate

Medical Education• COMSEP• APPD• Subspecialty Groups• Others

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ExerciseExercise

• Articles to review

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Individual WorkIndividual Work

• Project• Tool Development• Reflective Statement Work

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