Educational Research Spotlight – Dealing with Frustration: Balancing Academic Duties and Publishing Expectations

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Managing teaching and publishing expectations can be tough. How can you leverage your teaching duties and assignments and turn them into publications? What strategies can be implemented to help a busy clinician become a productive scholar? This spotlight session will be a panel of seasoned clinicians who have navigated the challenging task of being an effective teacher and productive scholar.

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Educational Research Spotlight: Navigating Digital Accessibility


Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Online

Promoting inclusive environments ensures all learners have an optimal learning experience. To accomplish this, instructors must consider digital accessibility when designing their courses and educational material. However, these practices are still unfamiliar to many faculty members. This session will cover the basic digital accessibility considerations when developing a course or educational materials for students. This event is certified for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit.

Educational Research Spotlight: Teaching Across Generations


Date: Friday, March 29, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Location: Online

Student demographics are changing. Effective teachers can reach all age demographics. The global pandemic advanced the technical necessities and advancements of our curricula; however, it did not advance the technical capabilities of all students. This session will highlight some of the common challenges instructors face when leading a course with learners that span across multiple generations and technical abilities.

Educational Research Spotlight: Grant Winning for New Professionals


Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Online

Grant writing can be an overwhelming endeavor. Winning a grant requires knowing where to look for funding opportunities, understanding the grant requirements, and then actually writing the grant. This session will provide attendees with an introduction to approaching grant writing and what it takes to be successful.

Educational research spotlight: Building effective and efficient survey questions

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Survey research is one of the most used research designs. There is a strong likelihood that you have been asked to complete at least one survey this week. However, designing a good survey requires understanding how to write quality items and an understanding of how to order them. This session will provide guidance for how to select items that measure the construct of interest, how to order items to increase response and completion rates, and even how to write a good survey question.

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Educational research spotlight: Manuscript submission tips

Preparing a manuscript requires a lot of work and dedication. After weeks, sometimes months, of waiting, authors are asked to make revisions, if the manuscript is even considered for publication. This session will feature a panel of current and past journal reviewers who will identify common manuscript errors they encounter and how to avoid them to help increase your chances for publication.

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Educational research spotlight: Introduction to mixed-methods research

Mixed-methods research combines the best of both quantitative and qualitative worlds. This research design allows researchers to collect evidence from multiple sources and triangulate their findings. Attendees will learn the benefits and challenges of implementing this type of design.

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Educational research spotlight: Translating educational innovations/interventions into scholarship

Are you faced with the challenge of compiling vital reports and producing quality scholarship with the finite time you have? Perhaps there is a way to create both? This spotlight session will help you generate ideas and strategies to complete both needed reports and scholarship that contributes to the literature.

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Educational research spotlight: Qualitative research

What exactly is qualitative research?  Is it really a respected and acceptable approach to research? Qualitative approaches have become increasingly important to health professions educational research. During this active workshop, participants will learn about the scope, purpose, and importance of qualitative research as well as the different approaches to gaining thick, rich understandings of phenomena.

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