Research methods in medical education

Code:

OPT21

Acronym:

MIEM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S (of 09-09-2019 to 09-02-2020)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	13	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	2	-	3	28	81
			3
			4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit is intended to introduce students to mixed research in medical education. 

Learning outcomes and competences

In the end of curricular unit, students will be able to:

1. Understand the principals that can enhance the use of effective teaching and learning strategies;
2. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of core competencies of questionnaire design and analysis in medical education;
3. Recognize  the main advantageous and disadvantageous of each assessment method  and the respective assessment method combinations;
4. Understand the major psychometric tools to evaluate the quality of assessment methods;
5. Identify the main quantitative methods in medical education research;
6. Identify the main qualitative methods in medical education research.

Working method

Presencial

Program

This curricular unit will review the core competencies that will lead medical students to learn and discussing of interconnections between quantitative and qualitative research in medical education and increase the effectiveness of teaching strategies and learning.

1. Introduction to medical education;


2. Questionnaire design in medical education;


3. Evaluation of the questionnaire quality in medical education;


4. Assessment Methodologies;


5. Quantitative research methods in medical education;


6. Qualitative research methods in medical education.

Mandatory literature

Swanwick, Tim; Understanding Medical Education, Wiley Online Library, 2010. ISBN: 9781405196802
Streiner, David L and Norman, Geoffrey R; Health measurement scales: a practical guide to their development and use, Oxford university press, 2008. ISBN: 9780199231881

Teaching methods and learning activities

The program outlined above involves 28 hours along 1 semester, with the following modalities: theoretical-practical lessons (26 hours: 2h/week).

Software

R
SPSS

keywords

Health sciences > Ethics in health sciences
Social sciences > Educational sciences > Research methodology
Social sciences > Educational sciences > Teaching methods
Social sciences > Educational sciences > Education > Science education
Physical sciences > Mathematics > Statistics > Medical statistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	40,00
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	81,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the rules of "Conselho Pedagógico" of our Faculty

Calculation formula of final grade

Attendance weighted 20% and presentation and Written Work weighted 80% in the final classification.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Written Work weighted 100 % in the final classification.