Physicians as Clinical Scholars (PACS)
On-Demand Module Series
Planning Committee/Contributing Authors
- Lu Federico, PhD.
- Melisa Celaya, PhD.
- Naomi Bishop, MLIS, AHIP.
- Jonathan Snyder, MBA.
Learning Objectives
- Introduce physician faculty to important terms, concepts and best practices in transforming PSQI; administrative leadership in education; curriculum development; teaching; mentoring; and diversity, equity and inclusion experiences into medical research and scholarship for presentation and peer review publication.
- Understand the various study types common in medical education research and scholarship to discern which methods are best for inquiry.
- Understand the various university library-based resources available to more effectively engage in the research and scholarship process.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
30 minutes and will provide .5 CME credits upon completion for a total of six CME credits for the series.
PACS Series Modules
Module 1 – Overview of Medical Education Scholarship and Research for Clinical Educators (30 mins.)
Reasons to Engage for Community/Patient Impact and Professional Growth
- Author: Lu Federico, PhD.
- Learning Objectives:
- Describe the multiple reasons for turning day-to-day clinical teaching, PSQI, and administrative work into scholarly projects as noted by the academic medicine community.
- Describe the rationale for connecting scholarship to patient care outcomes and participants’ development as mentors for the medical education pipeline learners.
Module 2 – QI vs Research (15 mins.)
- Author: Melisa Celaya, PhD.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand how measurement for improvement differs from measurement for research.
Module 3 – Steps in the Research Process (10 mins.)
- Author: Melisa Celaya, PhD.
- Learning Objectives:
- Summarize the steps in the research process — from choosing a research topic to preparing a research design.
- Identify the issues that are characteristic in selecting a research problem, selecting an appropriate research design and implementing a research project.
Module 4 – Study Types and Measures of Association (25 mins.)
- Author: Melisa Celaya, PhD.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basic concepts of different types of research studies.
- Describe the measures of association to evaluate case control studies, cohort studies and randomized control trials.
Module 5 – Introduction to Research Methods and Data Management (45 mins.)
- Author: Jonathan Snyder, MBA.
- Learning Objectives:
- Provide faculty with an overview of quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods research and how they are applied to program evaluation.
- Introduce faculty to the software and data storage tools and best practices they will be utilizing for their inquiry.
Module 6 – Conducting and Organizing a Literature Search (15 mins.)
- Author: Melisa Celaya, PhD.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to conduct a literature search for a research study:
- The steps in the overall process.
- The types of databases often searched.
- The criteria for evaluating the quality of a study.
- The ways of organizing the material found.
- Conduct a literature review and formulate a research question, while considering the research design implications of your question.
- Understand how to conduct a literature search for a research study:
Module 7 – Developing a Research Question (15 mins.)
- Author: Melisa Celaya, PhD.
- Learning Objectives:
- Distinguish between a purpose statement, a research question or hypothesis, and a research objective.
- Create focused research questions or statements.
Module 8 – Research Writing and Reporting Guidelines (25 mins.)
- Author: Melisa Celaya, PhD.
- Learning Objectives:
- Describe the importance of results, conclusions and recommendations in a research study.
- Summarize the conventions with reporting guidelines for scholarly writing depending on the type of study results being described.
Module 9 – U of A Library Introduction: Databases, Point of care tools, journals and eBooks (20 mins.)
- Author: Naomi Bishop, MLIS, AHIP.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to access U of A Library tools and databases.
- Access a full text article or ebook chapter.
Module 10 – ORCID and SciENcv: Creating Profiles for Research (20 mins.)
- Author: Naomi Bishop, MLIS, AHIP.
- Learning Objectives:
- Register for an ORCID account with U of A email.
- Build and manage a research profile.
- Use ORCID for publishing, grants and email signature.
Module 11 – Publishing for Impact: Evaluating Journals and Authorship and Rights (25 mins.)
- Author: Naomi Bishop, MLIS, AHIP.
- Learning Objectives:
- Understand copyright and why it is important to scholarly publishing.
- Recognize the key parts of a journal publishing agreement.
- Determine whether a journal is a good fit for your research.
Module 12 – Citation Managers: An Introduction to Zotero and Mendeley (25 mins.)
- Author: Naomi Bishop, MLIS, AHIP.
- Learning Objectives:
- Create a Zotero/Mendeley account and download citation manager and plug-ins.
- Import and organize citation information from literature databases.
- Format citations for your papers and bibliographies using write and cite.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson designates this online enduring material for a maximum of six AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.