TY - JOUR
T1 - The Purpose, Design, and Promise of Medical Education Research Labs
AU - Gisondi, Michael A
AU - Michael, Sarah
AU - Li-Sauerwine, Simiao
AU - Brazil, Victoria
AU - Caretta-Weyer, Holly A
AU - Issenberg, Barry
AU - Giordano, Jonathan
AU - Lineberry, Matthew
AU - Olson, Adriana Segura
AU - Burkhardt, John C
AU - Chan, Teresa M
N1 - Article type- Scholarly Perspective
Funding Information:
Funding/Support: T.M. Chan reports an honorarium from McMaster University for her education research work with the McMaster Education Research, Innovation and Theory Program and an administrative stipend for her role of associate dean from the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences Office of Continuing Professional Development. She has also received various unrelated research grants, teaching honoraria, and speakership fees from academic institutions (Baylor University/Texas Children’s Hospital, Catholic University of Korea, Taiwan Veterans General Hospital, Prince of Songkla University, Harvard Medical School, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, University of British Columbia, University of Northern British Columbia, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital), nonprofit organizations (PSI Foundation), physician organizations (Association of American Medical Colleges, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Medical Council of Canada, International Association of Medical Sciences Educators, Ontario College of Family Physicians), and governmental sources (government of Ontario for the Virtual Learning Strategy eCampus Ontario Program).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Association of American Medical Colleges.
PY - 2022/9/1
Y1 - 2022/9/1
N2 - Medical education researchers are often subject to challenges that include lack of funding, collaborators, study subjects, and departmental support. The construct of a research lab provides a framework that can be employed to overcome these challenges and effectively support the work of medical education researchers; however, labs are relatively uncommon in the medical education field. Using case examples, the authors describe the organization and mission of medical education research labs contrasted with those of larger research team configurations, such as research centers, collaboratives, and networks. They discuss several key elements of education research labs: the importance of lab identity, the signaling effect of a lab designation, required infrastructure, and the training mission of a lab. The need for medical education researchers to be visionary and strategic when designing their labs is emphasized, start-up considerations and the likelihood of support for medical education labs is considered, and the degree to which department leaders should support such labs is questioned.
AB - Medical education researchers are often subject to challenges that include lack of funding, collaborators, study subjects, and departmental support. The construct of a research lab provides a framework that can be employed to overcome these challenges and effectively support the work of medical education researchers; however, labs are relatively uncommon in the medical education field. Using case examples, the authors describe the organization and mission of medical education research labs contrasted with those of larger research team configurations, such as research centers, collaboratives, and networks. They discuss several key elements of education research labs: the importance of lab identity, the signaling effect of a lab designation, required infrastructure, and the training mission of a lab. The need for medical education researchers to be visionary and strategic when designing their labs is emphasized, start-up considerations and the likelihood of support for medical education labs is considered, and the degree to which department leaders should support such labs is questioned.
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U2 - 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004746
DO - 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004746
M3 - Article
C2 - 35612923
SN - 1040-2446
VL - 97
SP - 1281
EP - 1288
JO - Journal of Medical Education
JF - Journal of Medical Education
IS - 9
ER -