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analyze empirical data to support the theories of effective teaching, adult learning and interdisciplinary collaboration
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Some of the concepts emphasized during Research Analysis and Design included the theories of retrieval practice, self-testing, and desirable difficulties in enhancing learner recall of information. Because surgery is heavily dependent on a strong understanding of anatomy, I was interested in how these concepts apply to learning anatomical concepts. My first artifact is an article critique that was created as an assignment for the research design course (downloadable copy of original article also included for reference). This artifact highlights the critical thinking required for review of a research article, which I now practice on a regular basis when conducting a literature review for any new research proposal. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of a study design, including methodology, validity, and reproducibility are crucial for finding strong articles to incorporate into a literature review when designing a project or for implementing changes to your personal educational methods based on an article's results. The second artifact I chose are assessment criteria for suturing and knot tying skills (artifact 2 from goal #4) that have repeatedly been validated as reliable tools for objectively scoring a student's performance. Not only did I need to understand how these tools were validated to use them for my study, I also needed to score and analyze the data from the student performances to make conclusions about the most effective instructional technique for teaching these skills.
Artifact 1: Article Critique
| Desirable Difficulties and Anatomy Recall___critique3.pdf |
Artifact 2: osats scoring for suturing bootcamp
