Medical Sciences Program, Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Anat Sci Educ. 2019 Mar;12(2):181-190. doi: 10.1002/ase.1825. Epub 2018 Nov 6.
Education research is increasingly being recognized as a legitimate route for faculty development in universities. However, many anatomy faculty lack the appropriate training and access to experienced mentors who can help them develop their own education research projects. Inspired by the American Physiological Society's Institute for Teaching and Learning, the coauthors proposed and developed the inaugural Anatomy Education Research Institute (AERI 2017). Funded by an American Association of Anatomists Innovations grant, the five-day institute was held in Bloomington, Indiana in July 2017. The coauthors spent two years preparing the conference schedule, inviting speakers who could discuss education research topics and mentor applicants, reviewing applications, developing assessment instruments for the institute, and hosting the institute. A total of 62 registered participants (applicants and invited speakers) attended AERI 2017. Through a series of presentations and workshops, participants were introduced to many aspects of education research and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, including developing rigorous education research questions, determining appropriate methods to assess these questions, and searching the education research literature. Each day also included regular time devoted to work on their own education research project with help from more experienced mentors. Throughout the conference, participants were encouraged to post information on Twitter, using the hashtag #AERI2017. Participants had strong positive impressions of the conference and strongly requested future AERI conferences be held. Follow-up analyses will assess the institute in alignment with Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation Model, though preliminary evaluation indicates AERI 2017 met the original aims of the proposal.
教育研究越来越被认为是大学教师发展的合法途径。然而，许多解剖学教师缺乏适当的培训和有经验的导师的指导，这些导师可以帮助他们开发自己的教育研究项目。受美国生理学会教学研究所的启发，两位合著者提出并开发了首届解剖学教育研究学会（AERI 2017）。该研究所由美国解剖学家协会创新基金资助，于 2017 年 7 月在印第安纳州布卢明顿举行，为期五天。两位合著者花了两年时间准备会议日程，邀请能够讨论教育研究主题和指导申请人的演讲者，审查申请，为研究所开发评估工具，并主持研究所。共有 62 名注册参与者（申请人和特邀演讲者）参加了 AERI 2017。通过一系列的演讲和研讨会，参与者了解了教育研究和教学学术的许多方面，包括提出严谨的教育研究问题、确定评估这些问题的适当方法，以及搜索教育研究文献。每天还安排了固定的时间，在经验丰富的导师的帮助下，进行自己的教育研究项目。在整个会议期间，鼓励参与者在 Twitter 上发布信息，使用标签#AERI2017。与会者对会议印象深刻，并强烈要求未来举办更多的 AERI 会议。后续分析将根据柯克帕特里克的四级评估模型评估该研究所，尽管初步评估表明 AERI 2017 符合提案的最初目标。
