The Educational Research Series Spotlight Sessions are intended to help introduce faculty and staff from the College of Medicine and the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences to relevant topics of interest.
Session 1: Navigating the IRB Process
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 from 12pm – 1pm
This session will provide attendees with the knowledge they need to start and successfully complete the IRB process. The presentation will cover best practices for writing an IRB protocol, what documents are needed with a submission, and common issues with applications and how to avoid them.
To register for this webinar, visit go.osu.edu/IRBSpotlightSession.
Session 2: Writing the Literature Review
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 from 12pm – 1pm
This session will demystify the literature review process, providing practical tips and strategies to help you write a compelling review for your academic journal submissions. The presentation will walk participants through the process of conducting a literature review, identify key sources and gaps in the research literature. and outline the structure of a successful literature review.
To register for this webinar, visit go.osu.edu/LitReviewSpotlightSession.
Session 3: Writing Quality Exam Items
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 from 12pm – 1pm
This session will provide attendees with an introduction to developing quality items for their course assessments and evaluations. The presentation will cover clear multiple-choice items, identify item writing best-practices, and help participants understand item analysis statistics.
To register for this webinar, visit go.osu.edu/ExamItemsSpotlightSession.
Session 4: Publishing with Secondary Data
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 from 12pm – 1pm
This session will demystify the process of publishing with secondary data, providing practical tips and strategies to help you successfully publish educational research projects. The presentation will cover defining secondary data, identifying reliable secondary data sources, and understanding the key components of a successful publication using secondary data.
To register for this webinar, visit go.osu.edu/SecondaryDataSpotlightSession.
Session 5: Incorporating Standardized-Patients into a Curriculum
Wednesday, February 4, 2025 from 12pm – 1pm
Using standardized patients is a powerful method for engaging learners, as it provides real-world context that is difficult to replicate in a traditional course environment. This session will address challenges to successfully implement these experiences. The presentation will identify how using simulation can improve student engagement, the logistics of using simulation for a course, and outline developing valid assessments for simulation activities.
To register for this webinar, visit go.osu.edu/StandPatientsSpotlightSession.
Session 6: Tips for Grant Writing
Wednesday, March 4, 2025 from 12pm – 1pm
This session will demystify the grant writing process, providing practical tips and strategies to help you secure funding for educational research projects. The presentation will help participants develop a compelling grant proposal, identify appropriate funding sources, and understand the key components of a successful grant application.
To register for this webinar, visit go.osu.edu/GrantWritingSpotlightSession.
Session 7: Introduction to Mixed-Methods Research
Wednesday, April 1, 2025 from 12pm – 1pm
This session will guide attendees through the fundamentals of mixed-methods research and explore how they might effectively incorporate it into their own studies. The presentation will identify components of mixed-methods research, explain how quantitative and qualitative approaches complement each other, and describe how to apply this approach to a research project.
To register for this webinar, visit go.osu.edu/MixedMethodsSpotlightSession.