Guide for Researchers in Surgical Education
| Product Details | |
| Product ID: | RES100 |
| Year Produced: | 2010 |
| Pages: | 238 |
| Dimensions: | 10x7 in |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9824514-7-2 |
This Guide is designed to meet the needs of those who work among surgeons and surgical trainees, who embrace the scientific method in their quest to improve the educational process. In addition to content on research design, execution, and analysis, the book also includes information on various types of research design, and use of simulation in surgical education research. There is also a chapter on one of the most important topics involving educational research - funding.
Book Discussion with Co-authors Donald A. Risucci, Ph.D. and Kevin C. Wolfe, Ph.D., New York Medical College
- Hot topics in surgical education research
- Development of research questions and hypotheses, independent and dependent variables
- Three essential steps for classifying educational research designs
- How to find and appraise publications in surgical education
- Institutional review boards and the surgical education researcher
- Teaching and learning about authorship and collaboration
- Sampling, sample size determination, and statistical power
- Validity: Giving meaning to assessments
- Survey designs
- The role of qualitative and mixed methods in surgical education research
- An overview of surgical education research involving simulation
- Data analysis
- Funding sources for education research
- Academic success as a surgical educator
