1. Medical Education Research Networks
RK McKinley
Director of Medical Education Research and Scholarship

2. Introductions and expectations 10 Introduction 10
What is the point of getting involved?
What is medical education research?
What counts?
What skills do you already possess? 15
What support do you already have? 15
What support do you need? 15
Conclusion: where do you go from here 10

3. Introductions A statement: In one breath ………. Who I am What I do
Why I am here
In one breath ……….

4. What’s the point … Enjoyment Profile Promotion Mobility Personal
Institutional
Promotion
Mobility

5. What is it anyway …
Activity which leads to generalisable theory or results which guide choices about educational activity and its likely outcomes.

6. What is it anyway ... How good are we? New knowledge Local only
Generalisable
‘Private’
‘Public’
Evaluation
Research

7. An example … An idea … Evaluate Is there a generalisable knowledge?
Let students choose the level of challenge …
Evaluate
Do they like it?
Is there a generalisable knowledge?
Is there theory in the idea?
Can we test that theory?

9. What counts … Doing it in public! Conference presentations Journals
Hierarchy
Speciality journals …

10. What skills do you already possess?
10 minutes + 5

11. What support do you already have?
10 minutes + 5

12. What support do you need?
10 minutes + 5

13. Conclusion: Where do you go from here?