The Purpose, Design, and Promise of Medical Education Research Labs

Michael A Gisondi, Sarah Michael, Simiao Li-Sauerwine, Victoria Brazil, Holly A Caretta-Weyer, Barry Issenberg, Jonathan Giordano, Matthew Lineberry, Adriana Segura Olson, John C Burkhardt, Teresa M Chan

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1281-1288
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Medical Education
Volume97
Issue number9
Early online date24 May 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2022

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