Faculty Learning Communities on Research in Medical Education (RIME)

A Faculty Learning Community for Educators in the Health Professions

FAPDD and IU School of Medicine Office of Educational Affairs are sponsoring faculty learning communities (FLC) on educational scholarship in medical education research.  The FLC is a peer-led group of faculty members who engage in an active, collaborative, year-long program, structured to provide encouragement, support, and reflection.

Join a community of 4-6 faculty members with shared interest in a medical education research area such as:

• Assessment of Clinical Competence at the Milestones
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Interprofessional Education
• Mentoring
• Pre-clinical Instruction
• Telehealth
• UME and GME Interface
• Wellness

Applicants will be assigned to one of the eight FLC groups based on their preference. An experienced mentor will be assigned to guide each FLC group.

Goals

• Produce scholarly products such as: peer-reviewed journal articles, MedEd Portal submissions, and/or conference presentations
• Network formally and informally with other IU School of Medicine faculty interested in educational scholarship

Why join?

• Create a support network of faculty interested in conducting educational scholarship
• Collaborate with other faculty interested in conducting research on these specific research topics
• Improve your skills in educational scholarship
• Learn more about available institutional resources to conduct educational scholarship

Upcoming Events

Monthly Education Sessions

FLC members will be required to participate in monthly education sessions on fundamentals of medical education research. These sessions will be held January-June and July-December. These sessions are a co-requisite for participating in the research groups.

• • Purpose: To build research and scholarship skills
  • Available online via Zoom and recorded
  • The educational seminar is open to members from all FLCs
  • The meeting is planned by the Office of Educational Affairs’ RIME Division and FAPDD

Topics selected for these monthly meetings will provide basic guidance in medical education research. The topics covered will include:

• Introduction to medical education research
• IRB
• Quantitative research methods
• Qualitative research methods
• Program evaluation
• Survey design

Community Group Meeting

After being accepted into the FLC, members will be assigned a community group, based on their area of interest. These groups will meet approximately once a month via Zoom.

Purpose: The group may conduct short writing sprints, check-in on goals, data analysis or other project tasks.

Membership Roles

Committee Members: Committee members are representatives from the Office of Educational Affairs and FAPDD. Committee members will set up topics and speakers for the monthly education sessions and be available to support community meetings.

Mentors:

• Will meet monthly with their assigned FLC and develop agendas and action items
• Will facilitate conversations about setting goals and expectations
• Will provide high-level support on the FLC scholarly project
• Will provide guidance to the FLC group members on the research and publication process
• Will help FLC group members identify appropriate publication outlets and conferences
• Will serve as a liaison to the committee members

Community Group Members:

• Will attend the All FLC monthly meetings and community group meetings
• Will actively participate in community group meetings and commit to work in between meetings to advance the project
• Will work collaboratively with the mentor and other group members to brainstorm ideas on their scholarly project
• Will assume responsibility for completing assigned action items
• Will communicate with their mentor on specific project needs
• Will work with group coordinator on timeline and assigned tasks

Community Group Coordinator:

• Will attend monthly community meetings
• Will manage FLC community group communications (including scheduling meetings, sending reminders)
• Will keep time, track action items from previous meetings, and follow-up on task assignments
• Will maintain a project plan and timeline for the FLC’s group project
• Will facilitate quick reflection during the last five minutes of community group meetings with mentors and members

Time Commitment

Participation in an FLC will take approximately four to seven hours per month.

• One to two hours per month will be spent between the monthly education sessions (if not already completed) and the community group meetings.
• Members should expect to spend about three to five hours a month (outside of the meeting time) working on RIME FLC-related scholarship.

Because of this time commitment, all applicants are encouraged to seek support from their department chair/division director. FLC activities and outcomes can be an important part of the annual report documentation, as well as for the purposes of promotion and/or tenure.

Funding

FAPDD and the Office of Educational Affairs will provide a small amount of professional development funds for each of the FLCs, as needed.

Recorded Events

Oversight Team:

The Office Educational Affairs: Komal Kochhar, MBBS, MHA, Abby Klemsz, MD, PhD, Christen Dilly, MD, and Elizabeth Ryan, EdD
FAPDD: Krista Longtin, PhD, Tara Hobson, PhD, and Megan Palmer, PhD