Finding your Research Identity in Health Professions Education – April 23, 2019

Description:

Learning objectives:

Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to

• articulate their program of research in compelling and persuasive ways,
• identify opportunities to align “service work” with scholarship, and
• make choices about time, projects, and authorship that support the development of a research profile.

Making the leap from doing individual education research projects to building an education-based research program challenges many educators. Creating a profile as a health professions education researcher requires a vision, a plan to realize that vision, and a set of tools to execute that plan.  In this workshop, participants will learn how to assemble their research ideas and projects into a coherent program.  Through discussions with peers and mentorship from workshop facilitators, participants will develop and present an overarching vision for their research program.  They will then craft a plan for realizing that vision, including critically mining clinical, administrative, or teaching components of their current work for their potential to generate scholarship aligned with their vision.  A series of interactive activities will offer tools that can support developing a compelling research profile.

Facilitator:

Laura Varpio

Dr. Lara Varpio is Professor of Medicine, and Associate Director of Research for the Health Professions Education graduate degree programs at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Dr. Varpio’s research uses qualitative methodologies and methods, integrated with theories from the Social Sciences and Humanities, to investigate questions relating to how individuals (e.g. clinicians, patients, researchers, etc.) collaborate and perform in teams and organizations.