The Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education periodically sponsors the preparation of a paper summarizing a review of the literature on a timely topic in medical education. An annual call for invited review proposals is announced and submissions are reviewed by the Invited Review Selection Committee.
Proposal Samples
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Funded Reviews (In Progress)
| Year of Award: | Authors and Title: | |
| 2020 | Dina García A scoping review of anti-racism curricula in undergraduate and graduate medical education | |
| 2020 | Yvonne Steinert Social Network Analysis in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review | |
| 2019 | Sandrijn van Schaik How can simulation improve teamwork? A scoping review of interventions using interprofessional simulation-based team training. | |
| 2019 | Renate Kahlke Interview Elicitation Techniques in Health Professions Education Research: An Integrative Review | |
| 2018 | Larry Hurtubise Clinician Educators: What is known about Multiple Professional Identities Formation? | |
| 2018 | Gustavo Valbuena Inquiry curriculum as a step toward developing adaptive expertise. A scoping review | |
| 2017 | Lorelei A. Lingard Assessment beyond the individual: A scoping review on measuring interdependent performance in collaborative environments | |
| 2015 | Adam Sawatsky Instruments for measuring self-directed learning and self-regulated learning in health professions education: a systematic review | |
| 2013 | Shelley Ross Practical Application of Motivation Theory to Health Professions Education: A Scoping Review and Examples for Practice | |
| 2013 | Meredith Young How Do We Measure How We Think? A Scoping Review on the Measurement of Clinical Reasoning | |
| 2012 | Hollis Day Assessment of Team Competencies in Practice: Implications for Medical Education | |
| 2011 | Abby L. Spencer (Allegheny General Hospital and Temple University College of Medicine) Incorporating Patient Safety Education into Residency Training: A Literature Review | |
| 2010 | Gilbert Ramirez A Systematic Review of Social Accountability in Medical Education. | |
| 2008 | Jon Veloski Methods Used to Measure Physician Performance in Clinical Simulations |
Funded Reviews (Published)
| Year of Award: | Authors and Title: | |
| 2017 | Kevin Eva Incentivizing Medical Teachers: Exploring the Role of Incentives in Influencing Motivations Acad Med. 2018; 93(11S):S52-S59. Proposal title: Incentivizing Medical Teachers: Exploring the role of incentives in influencing clinicians’ motivations to teach | |
| 2016 | Jonathan Ilgen Comfort with uncertainty: reframing our conceptions of how clinicians navigate complex clinical situations Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. Epub ahead of print, 2018 Nov 2 Proposal title: Knowing Enough to Act: Exploring the tension between certainty and flexibility in clinical reasoning. Free view-only full text available at: https://rdcu.be/baMpW | |
| 2016 | J. Matthew Fields Ultrasonography in undergraduate medical education: A systematic review J Ultrasound Med. Epub ahead of print, 2018 Apr 30 Proposal title: Ultrasonography as an adjunct in undergraduate medical education: A systematic review | |
| 2016 | Gisèle Bourgeois-Law Remediation in Practicing Physicians: Current and Alternative Conceptualizations Acad Med. Epub ahead of print, 24 April 2018 Proposal title: Remediation of Practicing Physicians: A Scoping Review | |
| 2015 | Justin L. Sewell (University of California San Francisco) Cognitive load theory for training health professionals in the workplace: A BEME review of studies among diverse professions: BEME Guide No. 53 Med Teach. Epub ahead of print, 17 Oct 2018 Proposal title: Cognitive load theory in the workplace and implications for health professions education: A critical‐realist review of studies among diverse professions | |
| 2014 | O'Brien, B. C., Battista, A. Situated learning theory in health professions education research: A scoping review. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2020; 25: 483-509. Proposal title: Situated learning theory in health professions education research: A scoping review | |
| 2014 | Monica Yepes-Rios The failure to fail underperforming trainees in health professions education: A BEME systematic review Medical Teacher 2016;38:1092-1099 Proposal title: Failure to Fail Underperforming Trainees in Health Professions: A BEME Scoping Review of the Barriers Inhibiting Educators | |
| 2012 | Jorie Colbert‐Getz Assessing medical students' and residents' perceptions of the learning environment: exploring validity evidence for the interpretation of scores from existing tools. Acad Med. 2014;89:1687-93 Proposal title: Tools to measure the learning environment in medical education: A systematic review of validity evidence | |
| 2011 | Anna T. Cianciolo (Southern Illinois University School of Medicine) Learning Theory and Educational Intervention: Producing Meaningful Evidence of Impact Through Layered Analysis. Acad Med. (online early, January 2019) Proposal title: An Integrative, Multi-Disciplinary Review of Small-Group Collaborative Learning | |
| 2010 | Gingerich A, Regehr G, Eva KW. Rater-based assessments as social judgments: rethinking the etiology of rater errors. Acad Med. 2011;86(10 Suppl):S1-7. Proposal title: Towards a reduction of rater errors by better understanding rater cognition (Andrea Gingerich, Dave Snadden, Glenn Regehr, Kevin Eva) | |
| 2009 | Murad MH, Coto-Yglesias F, Varkey P, Prokop LJ, Murad AL. The effectiveness of self-directed learning in health professions education: a systematic review. Medical Education. 2010 Nov;44(11):1057-68. | |
| 2009 | Mookherjee & Chou Physical examination education in graduate medical education-a systematic review of the literature J Gen Intern Med. 2013; 28:1090-9 | |
| 2009 | Bridget OBrien et al Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research: A Synthesis of Recommendations Acad Med. 2014 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print] Proposal title: A Systematic Review of the Quality of Reporting on Qualitative Research in Medical Education | |
| 2008 | Cook DA, Erwin P, Triola M. Computerized Virtual Patients in Health Professions Education: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Academic Medicine. 2010;85:1589-1602. | |
| 2008 | Huggett KN, Greenberg RB, Rao D, Richards B, Chauvin SW, Fulton TB, Kalishman S, Littlefield J, Perkowski L, Robins L, Simpson D The design and utility of institutional teaching awards: A literature review Med Teach. 2012;34:907-19 Proposal title:A review of literature on teaching awards (Katie Huggett et al) | |
| 2003 | Eva KW, Regehr G. Self-assessment in the health professions: a reformulation and research agenda. Academic Medicine 2005; 80(10 Suppl):S46-54 | |
| 2002 | Mann KV, Gordon J, MacLeod A. Reflection and reflective practice in health professions education: a systematic review. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2009; 14:595-621 | |
| Albanese, M. A. & Mitchell, S. Problem-based learning: a review of literature on its outcomes and implementation issues. Academic Medicine 1993; 68:52-81. | ||
| Irby, D. M. Teaching and learning in ambulatory care settings: a thematic review of the literature. Academic Medicine 1995; 70:898-931. | ||
| Regehr, G. & Norman, G. R. Issues in cognitive psychology: implications for professional education. Academic Medicine 1996; 71:988-1001. | ||
| Xu, G., Hojat, M., Veloski, J.J., & Gonnella, J.S. The changing health care system: A research agenda for medical Education. Evaluation & the Health Professions 1999; 22:152-168. | ||
| Bowen JL, Irby D. Assessing quality and costs of education in the ambulatory setting: a review of the literature. Academic Medicine 2002; 77:621-80. | ||
| Howley L, Szauter K, Perkowski L, Clifton M, McNaughton N. Quality of standardised patient research reports in the medical education literature: review and recommendations. Med Ed 2008; 42:350-358. |
