Medical Education Research |
In order to offer medical students the highest quality medical education we can provide, it is important to assess effectiveness of our educational programs and for faculty and to participate in medical education research projects.AAMC Group on Educational Affairs: Research in Medical Education (RIME) Section
RIME's mission is to enhance the quality of research in medical education and to promote its application to educational practice. RIME has also launched a new professional development program: MERC - Medical Education Research Certificate, Levels I and II.GEA RIME listserv:
Membership in the National RIME Section is "self-declared," indicated by subscribing to the RIME listserv. You may subscribe by sending a message to: majordomo@aamcinfo.aamc.org . Then, in the message field (not the subject line):
subscribe gearschmail [your e-mail address]Save the "Welcome to gearschmail" message you get in response as it will tell you how to manage your subscription. Issues that may be discussed include, but are not limited to: activities of the GEA, research in medical education, resource materials, and conferences. This list is unmoderated, public and archived.
Defining Research Integrity and Conceptual Frameworks for Assessment
This is a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Larry Gruppen.IRB and Medical Education Research: Construction Strategies for Collaboration
These are the slides from a conference presentation moderated by Dr. Hilary Schmidt with panelists Dr. Rush Fischbach, Dr. Michael Rosenthal, and Dr. Larry Grupen.The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Journals created the Uniform Requirements to help authors and editors create and distribute accurate, clear, easily accessible reports of biomedical studies, They were updated in 2004. The requirements address ethical principles related to the process of evaluating, improving and publishing manuscripts in biomedical journals and the relationships between editors and authors, peer reviewers, and the media, as well as the more technical aspects of preparing and submitting manuscripts. Journals that agree to use the Uniform Requirements are encouraged to state in their instructions to authors that their requirements are in accordance with the Uniform Requirements and to cite this version. This Web site includes a list of these journals (as of January 1997).
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This page compiled by Dr. David Barnett, Office of Medical Student Programs, Rush Medical College of Rush University, Chicago, IL 60612.