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Developing Medical Education Research

Karen V Mann, PhDDivision of Medical Education

Dalhousie University

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Build a culture of enquiry State educational research as an explicit goal Encourage questions about our practice Build questions into our daily educational

work Carefully evaluate existing and new initiatives Demonstrate best evidence approaches to

educational decision-making Publish and disseminate research findings

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Build Bridges Within your office, centre or group With basic science and clinical

educators With educational program committees With the Faculty Research Office With other Faculties Nationally and Internationally With the professional community

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Support educational research and scholarship Faculty development in research skills Incentives to participate Mentoring and support for individual

faculty Opportunities to present and discuss

research Advocacy for educational research as

scholarship Development of faculty through Masters

and PhD studies in medical education.