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MERG reading list

Upcoming readings

  • Regehr, G. (2010). "It's NOT rocket science: rethinking our metaphors for research in health professions eduction." Medical Education Jan (44)1: 31-39.
  • Norman, G. (2011). "Chaos, complexity, and complicatedness: lessons from rocket science." Medical Education Jun (45)6: 549-59.
  • Regehr, G. (2011). "Highway spotters and traffic controllers: further reflections on complexity." Medical Education Jun (45)6: 542-3.

November 18, 2011

  • Bunniss, Suzanne, Kelly, Diane R. (2010). “Research paradigms in medical education research” Medical Education 44: 358–366. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03611.x
  • Ringsted, Charlotte, Hodges, Brian, Scherpbier, Albert (2011). “‘The research compass’: An introduction to research in medical education AMEE Guide No. 56”. Medical Teacher 33: 695-709.

September 30, 2011

  • Gordon, Michael J. (1978). “Research Traditions Available to Family Medicine” The Journal of Family Practice. 7(1): 59-68.
  • Meltzoff, J (1998). Chapter 2: Research Questions and Hypotheses. Critical Thinking About Research. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 13-30.
  • Richardson, W.S., Wilson, M.C., Nishikawa, J., Hayward, R.S. (1995). The Well-built Clinical Question: A Key to Evidence-based Decisions. American College of Physicians Journal Club. 123(3): 12-13.

May 13, 2011

  • Bordage, Georges (2009). “Conceptual frameworks to illuminate and magnify.” Medical Education Research. 43: 312-319. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03295.x
  • Schwartz, Alan, Pappas, Cleo, Bashook, Philip G., Bordage, Georges, Edison, Marcia, Prasad, Bharati, Swiatkowski, Valerie (2011). “Conceptual Frameworks in the Study of Duty Hours Changes in Graduate Medical Education: A Review.” Academic Medicine 86(1): 18-29.

February 18, 2011

  • Bland, Carol, Schmitz Constance. (1986) “Characteristics of the Successful Researcher and Implications for Faculty Development.” Journal of Medical Education. 61: 22-31.
  • Boyer, Ernest. Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. Chapter 2: Enlarging the Perspective. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
  • Goldszmidt, Mark A., Zibrowski, Elaine M., Weston, Wayne W (2008). “Education scholarship: it’s not just a question of ‘degree’.” Medical Teacher 30: 34-39.