CMPH L&T Academy | Researching Learning and Teaching initiative
Course description
The Researching Learning and Teaching initiative is jointly hosted by the College of Medicine & Public Health's Teaching & Learning Academy and the Prideaux Discipline of Clinical Education in CMPH. The initiative is designed to provide introduce participants to educational research within a broad health and clinical education context, and to coach them through the process of designing, planning, conducting, and disseminating an educational research project. An exciting program of activities (from April 2022 to July 2023) is being developed and will be announced shortly.
Please see the upcoming events below for more information about workshop 1 and how to register.
Visit the CMPH Learning & Teaching Academy website to find out more about who we are and to sign up as a member.
We hope you enjoy this Researching Learning and Teaching initiative,
Warm regards, the CMPH T&L Academy leadership team.
The aim of the Academy is to inform, inspire, and enrich CMPH educators within a learning and teaching culture of courage, creativity, and collaboration.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Workshop - Mapping Research Methods to Research Questions
Facilitated by Prideaux Researchers, Dr Koshila Kumar and Dr Leila Morsy, this will be an interactive session where we take research questions (contributed by you!) and align research methods to these questions. If you are planning on attending this workshop, you will need to bring along your research question and initial ideas of research methods and be prepared to share/discuss this at the workshop.
Prepare for this workshop, by:
- Formulating your educational research question. If you want some support to refine your question, please email us at prideauxcentre@flinders.edu.au to organise a time to chat with the team
- Identifying the methods that align with your question. The two articles below (and attached) introduce qualitative and quantitative research in health professions education. Please read at least one:
- Tai, J. & Ajjawi, R. (2016). Undertaking and reporting qualitative research. The Clinical Teacher, 13(3), pp. 175-182.
- Norman, G., & Eva, K. W. (2013). Quantitative research methods in medical education. In Understanding Medical Education. Wiley Blackwell.
When: Monday 8th August, 12.00-2.00pm
Where: HLTH1.08 and via Teams
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Quaran-TEAM (Quarantining Time for SoTL where Together Everyone Achieves More).
The format will be spending the first 10 minutes seeing where you are up to, then setting a timer for 45 minutes where you can work on your research (e.g., reading, literature searching, writing, thinking,).
After 45 minutes, we will spend 5 minutes helping you to identify your next steps.
The discussion will be facilitated by Prideaux researcher, Dr Gillian Kette.
When: Wednesday 20th July 12.00pm -1.00pm
Where: via Teams
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PAST EVENTS
Workshop - Designing your Study
Facilitated by Prideaux Researchers, Prof Lambert Schuwirth and Dr Nayia Cominos, this workshop provides you with an introduction to quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches that are used in educational research.
This workshop will assist you to identify:
- Methods you can use to address your research question
- A range of recruitment strategies to use in collecting data
- Strategies you can use to ensure quality in your research
Between this workshop and the next session, you will work towards a first draft of your methods section.
When: Tuesday 5th July 9.30-11.30am
Where: HSLTC 3.08/09 and via Teams
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Quaran-TEAM (Quarantining Time for SoTL where Together Everyone Achieves More).
The format will be spending the first 10 minutes seeing where you are up to, then setting a timer for 45 minutes where you can work on your research (e.g., reading, literature searching, writing, thinking,).
After 45 minutes, we will spend 5 minutes helping you to identify your next steps.
The discussion will be facilitated by Prideaux researcher, Dr Leila Morsy.
When: Monday 6th June 12.00-1.00pm
Where: via Teams
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Journal Club
This session builds upon the Scholarly Conversation workshop by focusing on the writing and argument style in HPE journals. During the session, we will deconstruct and critique a HPE research paper which will be sent to you prior to the session. The discussion will be facilitated by Prideaux researcher, Dr Nayia Cominos.
When: Monday 30th May 10.00-11.00am
Where: via Teams
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Where: Engaging with the Literature - Where is the Scholarly Conversation happening in HPE?
An important aspect of any research project is to understand who else is talking about the topic, with a view to joining the conversation about this issue under investigation. You will likely be familiar with the databases and journals that are relevant to your field of inquiry.
In this workshop, Dr Svetlana King, Dr Gillian Kette, Heidi Savilla and Shannon Brown will orient you to the places in which scholarly conversations are occurring about research in teaching and learning in health and clinical contexts, and how to access these conversations.
When: Tuesday 10th May 9.30-11.30am
Where: HSLTC 3.10 and via Teams
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Write-time to-write session: Refining your research topic and question
During this session, participants will discuss their Problem-Gap-Hook (PGH) statement, and work on refining their research problem statement and question. Participants to submit their PGH prior to the session or bring to the session for discussion and feedback.
This event will consist of a brief discussion, then time for writing.
Facilitated by Dr Koshila Kumar
When: Friday, 29th April 1-2 pm
Where: via Teams
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Researching teaching and learning – getting started
Those of us who are involved in education often have questions about our teaching and learning practices. For example, how do students learn in a particular context? How do they put knowledge into practice? What are the impacts of specific teaching or assessment approaches?
Asking and seeking to answer such questions forms the basis of what we refer to as the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). SoTL can take many different forms and includes undertaking research in education. In this workshop, we provide a practical introduction to educational research within a health context. This interactive session will also feature a panel discussion with members of the CMPH community who are currently undertaking (or have recently undertaken) educational research in different teaching programs and contexts.
Facilitated by Dr Svetlana King, Dr Koshila Kumar and Dr Nicola Parkin
When: Friday, 8th April 9:30am – 12:30pm
Where: Professional Services Building Studios (Behind Grind and Press) AND Online (via Teams)
Type of course
Workshop
