James Bateman Supporting Information for the TASME Conference March 2013

Suggested Education Research Resources

1. Study Design and Grant Writing Experimental study design and grant writing in eight steps and 28 questions. Full texts linked to here on Google… http://ome.med.ufl.edu/files/2009/05/bordage-dawson-med-ed-2003-experimental-design.pdf 2. Letter Writing Academic Medicine Handbook for Academic Writing Workshop: 120 pages http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Documents/Handbook%20for%20Academic%20Medicine%20Writing%20Workshop.pdf Letter Writing: in a long article, but go to Page 90 http://www.academia.edu/2893356/Identifying_the_most_important_research-is_there_more_to_life_than_Impact_Factors 3. Consort Statement Checklists http://www.consort-statement.org/consort-statement/ 4. Getting funding for things... ASME http://www.asme.org.uk/awards/ AOME http://www.medicaleducators.org/ ARUK Education Research Fellowship http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/health-professionals-and-students/educational-grants-fellowships-and-prizes/educational-research-fellowship.aspx ARUK Education Project Grants http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/research/grants-you-can-apply-for/types-of-grant/educational-grants-fellowships-and-prizes/education-project-grants.aspx

Suggested Education Research Resources

5. Journals that Publish Medial Education Research http://www.med.uottawa.ca/aime/eng/journals.html 6. Research Paradigms Poster: Academic Medicine single page summary http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Fulltext/2012/03010/AM_Last_Page___Understanding_Qualitative_and.33.aspx 7. Consider the purchase of/ access to: Survey software Surveymonkey, Video Capture Tools, Snagit, Dropbox Endnote (desktop) 8. Misc: Question Writing resources NBME US : Constructing Written Test Questions http://www.nbme.org/publications/item-writing-manual.html

1. Take advantage of a

university

1: Get and use a university affiliation. •  Connection to

people involved in education research

•  Student 5 years+ with registration

•  Access to journals* •  Access to Training

•  Access to software and stats –  SPSS WORD

Endnote Nvivo OS –  Software4students –  Dynamed etc. –  IT discounts

•  Space on the Web* •  What’s a Library?

2. Start with a letter

Pointless? •  How do you write a

letter to a journal? •  Pointless? What

does the Kieran Walsh at the BMJ think…

•  But how?

•  “So what? •  Medline •  RAE •  Widely read •  More interesting –

debunk •  Learn •  Use rules in other

settings •  Single author •  Low risk strategy •  Commissions

3. Think about for structure and

language

Direct Quote… •  “The first paragraph might briefly refer to the article,

and then refer to something complementary about the study, before stating what it is about the study that you disagree with (i.e. communicate the point of the letter).

•  The middle section might expand on why you disagree with parts of the article in some more detail. Here, you can use published or unpublished data, personal anecdotes or statistics that support your views. This is the longest section, but is still concise.

•  Finally, restate your major point, and wrap-up with a succinct conclusion.”

4. Take opportunities to

review, join committees, train

Example from Medical Education research papers. •  The most important orienting question we

would like you to ask yourself while reading this manuscript is “Did I learn anything?” In answering this question, please keep in mind that Medical Education’s main criteria for judging the publishability of manuscripts are (1) Educational importance, (2) Originality, and (3) Methodological rigour, with equal weight given to each criterion.

5. If you’re going to publish, pick your Journal*

6. Use Ethics review to

strengthen your research…

7. Don’t get complacent

9. The research question is the most important

thing

• Target Population •  Intervention (independent

variable) • Nature of the Relationship

(differences/ associations) • Outcome (dependent

variable)

10. Last point is wrong, the

collaborators and institution are most important

11. Present your work clearly*

28 Questions in Grant Writing

Reviewing Papers: where did the people come from and where did they go CONSORT statement on results reporting

Study Protocol

12. You cant avoid Sample

size and power calculations*

13. Don’t hesitate to ask/ apply for

funding*/ approach Uni

14. Live with the ‘insults’ and rejections*

15. Buy some stuff…

1.

The most fun is taking opportunities…

2. Once you understand the the rules, it’s a

wonderful thing to be involved with