TY - JOUR
T1 - Advancing health professions education research by creating a network of networks
AU - Carney, Patricia A.
AU - Brandt, Barbara
AU - Dekhtyar, Michael
AU - Holmboe, Eric S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Producing the best evidence to show educational outcomes, such as competency achievement and credentialing effectiveness, across the health professions education continuum will require large multisite research projects and longitudinal studies. Current limitations that must be overcome to reach this goal include the prevalence of single-institution study designs, assessments of a single curricular component, and crosssectional study designs that provide only a snapshot in time of a program or initiative rather than a longitudinal perspective. One solution to overcoming these limitations is to develop a network of networks that collaborates, using longitudinal approaches, across health professions and regions of the United States. Currently, individual networks are advancing educational innovation toward understanding the effectiveness of educational and credentialing programs. Examples of such networks include (1) the American Medical Association's Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative, (2) the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, and (3) the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Accreditation System. In this Invited Commentary, the authors briefly profile these existing networks, identify their progress and the challenges they have encountered, and propose a vigorous way forward toward creating a national network of networks designed to determine the effectiveness of health professions education and credentialing.
AB - Producing the best evidence to show educational outcomes, such as competency achievement and credentialing effectiveness, across the health professions education continuum will require large multisite research projects and longitudinal studies. Current limitations that must be overcome to reach this goal include the prevalence of single-institution study designs, assessments of a single curricular component, and crosssectional study designs that provide only a snapshot in time of a program or initiative rather than a longitudinal perspective. One solution to overcoming these limitations is to develop a network of networks that collaborates, using longitudinal approaches, across health professions and regions of the United States. Currently, individual networks are advancing educational innovation toward understanding the effectiveness of educational and credentialing programs. Examples of such networks include (1) the American Medical Association's Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative, (2) the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, and (3) the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Accreditation System. In this Invited Commentary, the authors briefly profile these existing networks, identify their progress and the challenges they have encountered, and propose a vigorous way forward toward creating a national network of networks designed to determine the effectiveness of health professions education and credentialing.
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U2 - 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002189
DO - 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002189
M3 - Article
C2 - 29489467
AN - SCOPUS:85051796192
SN - 1040-2446
VL - 93
SP - 1110
EP - 1112
JO - Academic Medicine
JF - Academic Medicine
IS - 8
ER -