Advancing Research and Innovation in MedEd module (CM50151)

This module will provide you with interactive and practical experiences. This will be of benefit to you as an aspiring health professions education researcher.

You will develop the skills to design, conduct, and communicate impactful research. You will develop these skills through hands-on data collection, peer collaboration, and assessments.

Monthly reflections and peer feedback promote a supportive research community. Assessments will also prepare you for publication and professional dissemination.

This module places a strong emphasis on ethical principles underpinning research practices. There is also a focus on multimedia communication.

With this emphasis, you will learn to become a confident, independent researcher. You will be capable of driving meaningful change in health professions education.

What you will learn

In this module, you will:

• engage in authentic and practical assessments
• develop hands on experience of data collection and analysis
• present data to peers and HPE researchers
• engage in peer review and feedback opportunities on your research project
• develop publication research practices and strategies
• learn how to be an independent researcher
• learn the ethical principles underpinning research approaches
• develop knowledge exchange pathways in your research
• persuade stakeholders you have developed research with impact
• work as part of a research team
• design and implement multimedia output

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• apply knowledge, skills and understanding learned for the Medical Education Research module. You will be able to plan and execute a significant project of research, investigation or development
• critically select and apply methods to generate, collate and analyse research data
• synthesise the literature into a coherent and critical account of the relevant published literature. You will also be able to critically appraise key findings
• develop and report your empirical research into a research paper. This will be fit for publication in an appropriate health professions education journal
• design and develop a poster presentation. You will also be able to present and defend the chosen methodology, analysis and conclusions
• show the ability to work independently and/or as part of a research team
• present and illustrate wider implications of research findings via multimedia and oral communication

Assignments / assessment

Formative assignments

You will post a monthly reflection of your research in progress to date.

Part of this module is built around gaining the experience of peer review within the research process. With this in mind, you will also provide feedback to at least one peer each month.

Summative submissions

• Prepare a letter to an editor
  • This letter will provide a clear rationale for why the editor should publish your research article. It should also convey the key findings/implications of your findings.
• Prepare a research article
  • Your research article will be in the format of a journal article. You will decide which journal you will format your research paper into.
• Poster presentation and oral communication
  • You will submit a one-piece slide poster. This will focus on the key points/implications of your educational research findings. It will also cover any recommendations you would make based on these. This will then be presented orally to faculty and your peers.

This module does not have a final exam.

Teaching methods / timetable

You will learn by taking a hands-on approach. This will involve taking part in:

•  peer feedback
• peer discussion
• discussion boards
• individual supervision meetings with an experienced HPE supervisor
• Regular virtual classrooms with an experienced researcher for mentorship and guidance

Learning material will be provided through videos, discussion boards, examples, and tutorial questions.