Pause, Persist, Pivot: Key Decisions Health Professions Education Researchers Must Make About Conducting Studies During Extreme Events.
Acad Med
; 95(11): 1634-1638, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-525754
ABSTRACT
When extreme events occur, some research becomes a clear priority, but what becomes of all other research? Does it stop indefinitely, or can it be paused with plans to resume, persist with modifications, or pivot to address new priorities? Facing this dilemma and witnessing it among their fellow health professions education researchers, the authors recognized a need for guidance. This Invited Commentary presents a framework, organized as key questions related to the research stage and process, to assist health professions education researchers in making decisions about how to proceed with research that was planned or in progress when an extreme event occurred. Although at the time of this writing, the COVID-19 pandemic was the extreme event at hand, the authors intentionally created questions and discussed considerations that can be helpful for thinking through decisions in a variety of disruptions in health professions education research-many of which require similar difficult decisions and creative solutions to carry important research forward and maintain high quality.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Research Personnel
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Guidelines as Topic
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Coronavirus Infections
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Biomedical Research
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Education, Medical
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Acad Med
Journal subject:
Education
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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