AMEE 2009 spotlight on educational research

Abstract

The AMEE meeting is unique among the medical education conferences in that it is truly international. Educational research presented at the 2009 AMEE Meeting was both diverse and robust. In this article, we will present an overview of educational research from the meeting. We will begin with outlining our methods for the selection and categorization of themes, discuss some highpoints from some of the respective themes, and finally from the conference overall.

Notes

1. Realist review is a type of systematic review that ‘provides an explanatory analysis aimed at discerning what works for whom, in what circumstances, in what respects and how’ (Pawson et al. 2005).

2. ‘Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a statistical technique for testing and estimating causal relationships using a combination of statistical data and qualitative causal assumptions.’ Wikipedia