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Conducting Research and Getting Published in Medical Education

August 7 to August 17, 2012

University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Canada

	General Educational Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
	1. Understand the scientific research process and publication in medical education research
	2. Critically evaluate published medical education research
	3. Appreciate the value of scientific findings for medical education practice and teaching

	Specific Instructional Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
	1. Design various research studies in medical education
	2. Create electronic databases in Excel, SPSS, Comprehensive Meta Analysis and EQS
	3. Run SPSS analyses (e.g., descriptive statistics, graphs, correlation, ANOVA, regression)
	4. Run Comprehensive Meta Analysis to compute effect sizes and forest plots
	5. Interpret statistical output and level of significance and prepare tables of results
	6. Write a “skeletal” scientific paper for journal submission

Contact Information: Dr. Claudio Violato, violato@ucalgary.ca

Claudio Violato, PhD

Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences

Director, Medical Education and Research Unit

Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary

Calgary, AB Canada T2N 4N1

Who should take this:

Physicians, Nurses, Graduate Students, Psychologists, Health Care Professionals.