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GEA Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) Workshop Overviews
The Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) program is designed
to provide a basic foundation in research principles relevant to educational
research in medical education.
Each MERC workshop requires pre-registration and a $30 registration
fee. Register early online; workshops tend to fill up fast.
Register for the MERC Certificate Program
Following are detailed descriptions of each MERC workshop and the faculty
involved. There is a 30 minute overlap for the two MERC workshops. We
simply have too much programming and too little meeting space to accommodate
all of the meetings, so we had to compromise on these two MERC workshops.
There is still opportunity to participate in four workshops during this
meeting, including a new one on Sunday.
No paper copies of MERC workshop sessions will be available to
constituents.
All GEA Sessions occur in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
unless otherwise noted.
Sunday, November 2
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7:30 - 10:30a
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GEA/GSA Mini-Workshop Session
MERC: Introduction to Qualitative Data Collection Methods NEW!
Faculty
Ilene B. Harris, PhD
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Linda C. Perkowski, PhD
Associate Dean for Education and Curriculum Development
University of Minnesota Medical School
Bridget O'Brien, PhD
University of California at San Francisco
This workshop is intended for physicians and generalists
in medical education, as well as faculty and staff involved in student
affairs, who wish to develop perspectives and skills for collecting
qualitative data, such as data from focus group discussions, interviews,
observation field notes, and responses to open-ended questions -
used in admissions processes, program development, curriculum evaluation,
needs assessments, performance evaluation, and various scholarship
and research applications. At the end of the workshop, participants
will be able to:
- Demonstrate applied knowledge of the appropriate
selection, use, and standards for rigor of some common methods
for collection of qualitative data;
- Generate research questions appropriate for qualitative
studies and choose appropriate data collection methods;
- Demonstrate applied knowledge of approaches to achieve
rigor in the design of qualitative studies and collection of qualitative
data;
- Demonstrate essential skills required for conducting
focus groups.
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Convention Center - Room 209 A
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Tuesday, November 4
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1:00 - 4:00p
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GEA/GSA Mini-Workshop Session
MERC: Searching and Evaluating the Medical Education Literature
Faculty
Sonia J. S. Crandall, PhD
Professor
Wake Forest University
Lauren A Maggio, MS (LIS), MA
Medical Education Librarian
Lane Medical Library & Knowledge Management Center
This workshop is intended for individuals,
medical educators and clinician educators who want to learn how
to effectively search the published medical education literature
and to evaluate the value of those searches. At the end of the workshop
participants will be able to:
- Formulate an effective approach to searching the
medical education literature;
- Conduct a search using relevant MeSH headings;
- Communicate effectively with a research librarian;
- Evaluate the search results using specific review
criteria.
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Convention Center - 210 A
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3:30 - 6:30p
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GEA/GSA Mini-Workshop Session
MERC: Data Management and Preparing for Statistical Consultation
Faculty
Ann W. Frye, PhD
Associate Director, Office of Educational Development
University of Texas Medical Branch
This workshop helps participants prepare their data
for analysis and be able to answer questions about their data that
a statistician will likely ask when providing consultation. At the
end of the workshop the participants will be able to:
- Develop a codebook;
- Determine the best approach for data entry;
- Determine how to "clean" data prior to analysis;
- Analyze participants to determine if they are representative
or differ from the non- respondents;
- Distinguish between Type I and Type II error and
the researcher's responsibility in setting those levels;
- Identify the usefulness of effect size calculations.
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Convention Center - Room 217 B
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Wednesday, November 5
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8:00 - 11:00a
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GEA/GSA Mini-Workshop Session
MERC: Measuring Educational Outcomes with Reliability and Validity
Faculty
Judy A. Shea, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
This workshop introduces participants to the principles
of score reliability and validity, using a combination of didactics
and review of medical education research projects. The workshop
is divided into two parts with group exercises designed to reinforce
understanding of the main principles. At the end of the workshop
participants will be able to:
- Identify three types of reliability (inter-rater,
test-retest, and internal consistency);
- Match types of reliability with appropriate statistical
measures;
- Describe the relationship between reliability and
validity;
- Describe multiple forms of evidence for validity;
- Select an approach to reliability and validity
assessment for a particular study.
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Convention Center - Room 214 D
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1:00 - 4:00p
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GEA/GSA Mini-Workshop Session
MERC: Formulating Research Questions and Designing Studies
Faculty
Carol S. Hodgson, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
In this workshop, participants will brainstorm research
ideas, write, and refine a measurable research question. They will
discuss when IRB approval is required for their study. The basics
of research design will be discussed and applied to their selected
research question. Participants will be able to:
- Write a FINER (feasible, interesting, novel, ethical,
relevant) educational research question;
- Specify an educational research area of interest;
- Evaluate whether they need IRB approval for their
study;
- Select the correct design for their research question.
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Convention Center - Room 211
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