TY - JOUR
T1 - Educational epidemiology
T2 - Applying population-based design and analytic approaches to study medical education
AU - Carney, Patricia A.
AU - Nierenberg, David W.
AU - Pipas, Catherine F.
AU - Brooks, W. Blair
AU - Stukel, Therese A.
AU - Keller, Adam M.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/9/1
Y1 - 2004/9/1
N2 - Conducting educational research in medical schools is challenging partly because interventional controlled research designs are difficult to apply. In addition, strict accreditation requirements and student/faculty concerns about educational inequality reduce the flexibility needed to plan and execute educational experiments. Consequently, there is a paucity of rigorous and generalizable educational research to provide an evidence-guided foundation to support educational effectiveness. "Educational epidemiology," ie, the application across the physician education continuum of observational designs (eg, cross-sectional, longitudinal, cohort, and case-control studies) and randomized experimental designs (eg, randomized controlled trials, randomized crossover designs), could revolutionize the conduct of research in medical education. Furthermore, the creation of a comprehensive national network of educational epidemiologists could enhance collaboration and the development of a strong educational research foundation.
AB - Conducting educational research in medical schools is challenging partly because interventional controlled research designs are difficult to apply. In addition, strict accreditation requirements and student/faculty concerns about educational inequality reduce the flexibility needed to plan and execute educational experiments. Consequently, there is a paucity of rigorous and generalizable educational research to provide an evidence-guided foundation to support educational effectiveness. "Educational epidemiology," ie, the application across the physician education continuum of observational designs (eg, cross-sectional, longitudinal, cohort, and case-control studies) and randomized experimental designs (eg, randomized controlled trials, randomized crossover designs), could revolutionize the conduct of research in medical education. Furthermore, the creation of a comprehensive national network of educational epidemiologists could enhance collaboration and the development of a strong educational research foundation.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.292.9.1044
DO - 10.1001/jama.292.9.1044
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15339895
AN - SCOPUS:4344592996
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 292
SP - 1044
EP - 1050
JO - JAMA
JF - JAMA
IS - 9
ER -