The Educational Research Series (ERS) of the Educator Development Program (EDP) is a 11-month Drake Institute endorsed program that combines virtual workshops, independent work, and personalized one-on-one consultation services to help faculty learn the research process as it relates to health professions education. The goal of ERS is for faculty to design and prepare to conduct educational research; in doing so, faculty will develop greater autonomy in navigating various stages of educational research.
Applications will be available soon for the 2023-2024 EDP-ERS Cohort.
Program Overview
During ERS, participants can expect to:
- Develop strategies to optimize the success and impact of their health professions educational research
- Broaden knowledge of the research process as it relates to health professions education
- Apply educational research knowledge and skills to their own research project
- Prepare a scholarly product
- Share ideas and experiences related to educational research in a supportive environment
Participant Outcomes
Participants will design, and prepare to conduct, their own educational research over the course of the program. By the end of the program, each participant will complete an educational research project. Participants will work with ERS instructors to develop the learning objectives and deliverables (e.g., Institutional Review Board [IRB] protocol; grant proposal; manuscript) for their educational research project based on their interests and career goals.
Learning Objectives
- Introduction to Educational Research
- Form an effective educational research team.
- Describe the requirements for ethical oversight by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
- Develop relevant and measurable educational research questions.
- Conduct an effective literature search for educational research.
- Apply an appropriate conceptual framework to an educational research project.
- Develop a logic model for an educational research project.
- Research Methodologies in Educational Research
- Identify an appropriate quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods design to answer an educational research question (e.g., survey design, experimental, phenomenological).
- Identify specific quantitative and/or qualitative methods for answering an educational research question (e.g., surveys, interviews, focus groups).
- Evaluate quantitative and qualitative educational research.
- Disseminating Educational Research
- Describe strategies for identifying opportunities for disseminating educational research.
- Apply strategies for developing effective conference proposals and peer-reviewed manuscripts for educational research.
- Discuss ethical considerations related to the conduct and dissemination of educational research.
Target Audience
Novice and Advanced Beginners in educational research
- Novices may be aware of educational research skills but are unable to discuss or apply the skills in any detail.
- Advanced Beginners understand and can discuss much but not all of the terminology, concepts, and issues related to educational research skills, but they need to be coached through the application of the skills.
Eligibility
All faculty in the College of Medicine, including the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (HRS)
Certification
- Up to 10 total hours of category A CME credit
- Certification from the College of Medicine’s Center for FAME and Office of Curriculum and Scholarship
Program Requirements
Will be posted soon!
Program Dates
Will be posted soon!