Ágoston Kecskés
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January 3, 2012
Blog Entry #1: The more things change, the more they
stay the same
When I started today’s readings[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
I expected to be diving headfirst into a body of literature completely foreign
to me. Halfway through the second article, I found myself revisiting many of
the familiar themes of my undergraduate and graduate studies. The old familiar
qualitative versus quantitative methods debate made a triumphant comeback. It
appears that this debate is as vibrant in the medical education as it is in the
public policy and administration literature. Likewise, Thomas Kuhn and
Descartes made their mark on our discussion of metaphors used to guide the
medical education research agenda. It was also nice to see that the ‘heavy
hitters’ of the medical education literature like Geoff Norman had just as
strong personalities as those in other budding, controversial fields of
academia. Despite these similarities, or rather because of them, I think I can
learn a lot during this CEEP selective. Given my familiarity with the themes found
in the background reading, I feel poised to tackle some of the higher-level
themes in the medical education literature. Likewise, having written a few
literature reviews (both formal and informal) I feel poised to move beyond
basics to focus on style and structure. That being said, this CEEP selective
only lasts three weeks so I will have to work quickly. My research question
will have to be narrow and focused to allow for adequate exploration of the
relevant issues. To work efficiently, I will attempt to focus my learning by
integrating my teaching exercise with my research question and literature
review.
[1] Geoff Norman, “Sample sizes, scoops and educational
science,” Advances in Health Science
Education, http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/journal/10459;
accessed 2 January 2012.
[2] Glenn Regehr, “It’s NOT rocket science: Rethinking our
metaphors for research in health professions education,” Medical Education, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03418.x/full;
accessed 2 January 2012.
[3] Geoff Norman, “Chaos, complexity and complicatedness:
Lessons from rocket science,” Medical
Education, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03945.x/abstract;
accessed 2 January 2012.
[4] Glenn Regehr, “Highway spotters and traffic
controllers: Further reflections on complexity,” Medical Education, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04007.x/abstract;
accessed 2 January 2012.
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