Conducting Medical Education Research Workshop
Facilitators
Dr Lesley Pugsley - Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, Cardiff University
Dr Jane Stewart - Senior Lecturer in Clinical Education, Newcastle University
Workshop Description
The workshop aims to be instructive and fun. The session will be interactive with participants required to submit a brief synopsis of their research ideas to the workshop. Your synopsis should be no more than a single page of A4 and include your research goals (overarching aims, research questions, objectives, outcomes or hypotheses), your motivation for conducting the study, and brief notes about what methodological questions you are grappling with at the moment.
Please email your submissions by 14 June 2013 to nicola@asme.org.uk. Please note that your synopsis will be shared amongst the group and used to inform discussions in the workshop.
Who is this workshop aimed at?
Those who are about to begin or wish to begin a research project and wish to 'do it right' and members of our Special Interest Groups; JASME and TASME.
Workshop Objectives
By attending the workshop, participants will develop skills in:
- Choosing a topic and focusing a researchable problem
- Formulating clear research goals
- Underpinning your research with theory
- Choosing appropriate research methods to answer your research goals
Draft Programme
12.00 Registration and sandwich lunch
12.30 - 12.45 Introduction by workshop leaders
12.45 - 13.00 Participants to introduce themselves to others in their group by name, level of experience (novice to intermediate), and research interests
13.00 - 13.30 Ways of thinking about research
13.30 - 14.00 Being in the club
14.00 - 14.45 Paradigms, practice and theories
14.45 - 15.00 Break
15.00 - 15.45 Theory, methodology and method
15.45 - 17.00 Taking your study forward
17.00 - 17.45 Summary and discussion
17.45 - 18.00 Evaluation
Location
Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus, Edinburgh