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Health Professions Education Research Primer

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Reviewed:: Dec 8, 2023 by Health Sciences

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Overview:

This book has been designed to promote research in the health professions. Chapter titles include: 1-1 The Philosophy of Science Sandra Monteiro & Renate Kahlke 1-2 The Nature of Evidence: Inductive and Deductive Reasoning Renate Kahlke, Jonathan Sherbino & Sandra Monteiro 1-3 Common Methods of Education Research Renate Kahlke & Sandra Monteiro 2-1 Searching and Reviewing the Literature Catherine Tong & Teresa Chan 2-2 Defining Research Objectives and Formulating Research Questions Matthew Sibbald & Sarah Blisset 2-3 Setting and Defending your Methodological Choices Teresa Chan 3-1 Getting Started on Writing Teresa Chan & Sandra Monteiro 3-2 Writing a Methods Section Meredith Vanstone & Lawrence Grierson 3-3 The Anatomy of a Discussion Sarah Blisset & Matthew Sibbald 3-4 Explaining your potential impact Sarrah Lal & Teresa Chan 4-1 Considerations for Research Ethics in HPE Teresa Chan 4-2 Working Collaboratively: Building a Research Team Yusuf Yilmaz & Sandra Monteiro 4-3 Road to Publication Siraj Mithoowani & Teresa Chan 4-4 Research Project Logistics: Project Management and Study Schedules Mark Lee 4-5 Planning Knowledge Translation and Dissemination Activities Teresa Chan & Siraj Mithoowani 4-6 Design Fiction Scenarios for Health Professions Education Research Arianna Mazzeo & Teresa Chan

Type of Material:

Open (Access) Textbook

Recommended Uses:

Individual
Teamwork
Lecture
Homework
Self-paced

Technical Requirements:

Internet access
Web browser

Identify Major Learning Goals:

After active engagement with the material, the learner will:

Describe a wide variety of current health professions education (HPE) research, scholarship, and techniques.
Explain Research Objectives.
Formulate Research Questions.
Explain methodological choices for the research in the health science discipline field.
Create the skeleton of the research project chapters.
Distinguish research ethics in dissemination of data with the public.

Target Student Population:

Graduate School
Professional

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Scholarly writing skills
Statistics
Research methods

Content Quality

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Strengths:

Content is accurate and complete
Includes citations and references
Demonstrates a core concept grounded in the discipline
It is supported by appropriate research.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:

Identifies learning objectives for each chapter.
Chapters include Key Points of the chapter.
Chapters include vignettes, deeper dives into the content, key takeaways, and vignette conclusions
Reinforces concepts progressively for each listed topics.
Demonstrates relationships between concepts in the research field.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:

Instructions are clear
The OER textbook is easy to navigate and uses consistent navigational headings and format
The links are all in working order
It is engaging in its presented information and data.
It is of high design quality in presenting the information.
It is visually appealing in presenting the information.

Other Issues and Comments:: I suggest that the authors offer the audience an option to download this book as a PDF file. I also suggest that the authors separate the research topics in the health sciences per chapter and provide some detailed examples on each topic.
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