Collaborative education created a new model for researchers to assess teaching methods
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 17:30
in Psychology & Sociology
By developing a collaborative team mentored approach to learning through the Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC), a committee of experienced medical education researchers created a new model that makes it possible to conduct the scientific studies needed to assess the effectiveness of medical teaching methods, Wendy Coates, MD, a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) principal investigator writes in a study published today in Academic Medicine.