Seminal Articles and Resources
These articles present some articles that give a general overview of educational research and scholarship:
- Conducting Educational Research from Design To Dissemination, click to see PDF
- Scholarship Toolkit, click to see PDF
- Educational Research Guideline, click to see document
- Five steps to Publication, click to see PDF
- A Primer on Med Ed Research, click to see PDF
- Medical Education Scholarship: An introductory guide, click to see PDF
- The Research Compass: An introduction to research in medical education, click to see PDF
Educational Frameworks, Conceptual Models and Tools
- Overview of Conceptual Frameworks, click to see PDF
- Kerns 6 Step Curriculum Development, click to see PDF
- Kirkpatrick Model for Outcomes Evaluation, click to see document
- CIPP Model for Outcomes Evaluation, click to see PDF
- Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI), click to see PDF
- Instruments for Measuring Clinical Environment, click to see PDF
- Choosing Statistical tests: click here for A Clinician-Educator’s Roadmap to Choosing and Interpreting Statistical Tests, here for Diagrammatic Approach to Choosing Summary Measures, Statistical Tests and Methods, and here for the Glossary of Terms
- Program Evaluation Models and Related Theories
- Learn, See, Practice, Do, Maintain: An Evidence-based Pedagogical Framework for Procedural Skill Training in Medicine
Curriculum Development
Simulation
High Level Summary of Yale Simulation Resources
SYNAPSE
- Hospital simulation center- focus on hospital staff, improvement efforts
- Application process for programs (services include educator consult, technician, resources)
- Many pediatric simulators/skills trainers, educators/facilitators/technicians/actors
- Course work: intro to sim/experiential learning, debriefing, advanced debriefing
Yale Center for Medical Simulation:
- Medical school center- focus on students/university/research
- Many pediatric simulators/skills trainers, educators/facilitators/technicians/actors
- Course work: debriefing, journal clubs
- ** sim fellowship, ** grants/research program
Other simulation centers/programs:
- Standardized patient program: clinical skills rooms at medical school (Harkness)
- Nursing school simulation center
- EMS simulation center
- Sim resources: PALS, NRP, EMS, VR, EMSC
Entrustable Professional Activities
Question Writing
- Item Writing Guide and Free Online Item Writing Tutorial: The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Item Writing Guide and Tutorial are resources for educators interested in learning how to write quality test items. The NBME Item Writing Guide incorporates lessons that NBME staff have learned from decades of collaborating and developing exam questions and conducting workshops with medical educators globally.
- NBME Learning Resources: Unlocking Assessment is a new video series that helps students and residents see how a panel of their peers, as well as a team of licensed physicians, approach NBME® test questions used to measure their clinical knowledge. Each episode focuses on a different patient scenario and includes an interactive discussion.
- United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Sample Items: Sample items for USMLE are available as a resource for educators and students.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
Medical Education Associations
- Academic Pediatric Association
- Alliance for Clinical Education
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Generalists in Medical Education
- National Board of Medical Examiners
- Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
- Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research
- Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE)
- International Association of Medical Science Educators
- Society for Simulation in Healthcare
- Association of Directors for Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP)
- Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO)
- Association for Surgical Education (ASE)
- Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM)
- Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors (CNCD)
- Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP)
- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM)
- Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education
- American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
- Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) of the AAMC
International Associations
- Association for Medical Education in Europe
- Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)
- European Medical Students Association (EMSA)
- Gesellschaft fur Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA)
- International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA)
- National Association of Clinical Tutors (NACT)
- Sociedad Española De Educación Médica (SEDEM)
- World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)
- Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME)
- Institut für medizinische und pharmazeutische Prüfungsfragen (IMPP)
- International Association of Medical Science Educators
- Medical Council of Canada
- Medical Protection Society
- MEDINE: Medicine Thematic Network
- General Medical Council