Research in Medical

Education
Diani Puspa Wijaya
Medical Education Unit Faculty of Medicine UII
Purpose
To deepen the knowledge and understanding of
learning and education
By :
Studying phenomena
Relationship
How and why what works for whom

Challenge : contributes general new

knowledge about learning, teaching,
education
Slide Title
 Idea / problem research question

Analyzing & identifying basic

concepts are involved

AMEE
Conceptual theoritical framework
Guide
BEME

Critical synthesis from empirical

Selecting theories of learning and
literature
education

Researcherss thoughts & ideas

 Core to any
study

Basis of any
research
approach
 Aimed : modelling Descriptive studies
By : identify & explain Qualitative research
element of phenomena & approaches
their relationship Psychometric studies
 Better recomended
Aimed : justifying

Highly controlled experiments Aimed : Predicting

Homogen participants outcome
 Implementing knowledge &
findings from research in real life
complex setting
Followed by evaluation (process &
outcome)
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