Program in Health and Medical Education Research PHMER

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Program in Health and Medical Education Research
(PHMER)

• Background
• - Faculty needs assessment survey, 2008
• - Strategic planning sessions, 2008-09
• Four goals for 2009-10
• Increase capacity and skill in education research
  through development and support
• Prepare and submit at least 2 research proposals
  for external funding in priority areas of
  research
• Continue to build program awareness and
  collaboration both within and outside Dalhousie
• Secure sustainable funding for PHMER by March,
  2010.

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Goal 2 PHMER Research Working Groups

• Four interdisciplinary research working groups
  were developed
• Assessment and feedback (11 members)
• Professionalism (8 members)
• Interprofessional education (10 members)
• Distributed education (7 members)
• Each group has met online/in person and continue
  to collaborate.
• Goal is to develop a research proposal for
  external submission in Spring, 2010.

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Undergraduate Level

• PHMER generally supports achievement of
  accreditation standards by
• Reviewing current literature and providing
  evidence for best practice in UGME (Section 11,
  Educational Program, all ED standards,
  particularly Section C, Teaching and Evaluation)
• Providing Faculty Development in education
  research (developing faculty skill and capacity
  in reviewing , evaluating, and using evidence
  within their educational structures/programs)

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Undergraduate Level (contd)

• Directly addressing accreditation standards
  through targeted research groups
• Assessment and feedback (ED-30, noncompliant
  standard)
• Professionalism (MS-31-A)
• Interprofessional education (ED-17)
• Distributed education (ED-8, noncompliant
  standard)
• Supporting/assisting the development, awareness
  and understanding of translational research with
  regard to students research skills (ED-17A)

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Undergraduate Level (contd)

• Supports and enables DMNB and UGME Evaluation
• 1. PHMER Director acts as chair for the DMNB
  Evaluation Committee.
• 2. addressing evaluation of program
  comparability across sites (ED-8)
• 3. addressing evaluation of program
  effectiveness according to accreditation
  standards (ED-46, ED-47 and ED-33, latter
  noncompliant).

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Postgraduate Level

• Engage residents in education research working
  groups
• Determine postgraduate priorities for medical
  education research.

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Faculty Level

• Provide series of faculty development workshops
  on education research
• Provide opportunity for faculty to improve skills
  as educator, scholar and collaborator through
  PHMERs four interprofessional research working
  groups

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Other Contributions

• PHMER provides direction and support for current
  and potentially future curriculum issues
• PHMER is poised to impact current local, national
  and international medical education concerns.

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Looking to the Future Curriculum Renewal

• Research/evaluation are integral to ongoing
  curriculum renewal and development.
• Curriculum renewal and education research go hand
  in hand. As a result, PHMER is working closely
  with a number of UGME curriculum renewal groups
  to inform them of the evidence, through lit
  reviews.

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Looking to the Future Curriculum Renewal

• PHMER encourages faculty to share practical
  education problems and to collaboratively seek
  solutions through scholarship
• Through its network of contacts and its research
  working groups, PHMER is building awareness of
  shared educational challenges and research
  approaches to them.
• PHMER will become the virtual hub and broker of
  education research knowledge and people skilled
  in medical education research

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New Brunswick

• PHMER is actively collaborating with NB by
• Maintaining close contact with Asst Dean DMNB
  Medical Program
• DMNB Assistant Dean, Research, and UNB nurse
  educator are members of PHMER Advisory Committee
• NB community is invited to all PHMER related
  education research events, on mailing lists
• NB faculty, staff are members of PHMERs
  research working groups.

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Interprofessional

• Interprofessionalism (IP) is embedded within
  PHMERs name, goals and philosophy, and evidenced
  in our approach
• PHMER needs assessment survey conducted across
  three faculties and hospitals, and NB
• PHMERs advisory group is IP
• PHMERs working groups are IP
• PHMER continues to build collaborations
• PHMER Director is a member of Dal IPE working
  groups

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Conclusion

• PHMER strives to serve undergraduate,
  postgraduate, faculty development, continuing
  medical education within an interprofessional
  context, in NS and NB. (Maritimes?)
• Securing sustainable funding is our biggest
  challenge (currently funded until March, 2010).