TY - JOUR
T1 - Conducting high-quality research in cardiothoracic surgical education
T2 - Recommendations from the Thoracic Education Cooperative Group
AU - Antonoff, Mara B.
AU - Nguyen, Stephanie
AU - Nguyen, Tom C.
AU - Odell, David D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the supporting members of TECoG for their ongoing participation in the conduct of high-quality educational research and the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association for their support of TECoG.
Funding Information:
The Thoracic Education Cooperative Group received administrative support from the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
PY - 2019/2
Y1 - 2019/2
N2 - Objective: There is a clear need for improved quality of research publications in the area of cardiothoracic surgical education. With the goals of enhancing the power, rigor, and strength of educational investigations, the Thoracic Education Cooperative Group seeks to outline key concepts in successfully conducting such research. Methods: Literature and established guidelines for conduct of research in surgical education were reviewed, and recommendations were developed for investigators in thoracic surgical education. Results: Key steps in educational research are highlighted and discussed with regard to their application to cardiothoracic surgical education. Specifically, advice is provided in terms of developing a research question, educational methodology, ethical issues, and handling power and sample sizes. Additional caveats of educational research that are addressed include aspects of validity, survey conduct, and simulation research. Conclusions: Educational research can serve to enhance the practices and careers of current trainees, our scientific community, and thoracic surgical educators. To optimize the quality of such educational research, it is imperative that teachers, innovators, and contributors to academic scholarship in our field familiarize themselves with key steps in conducting educational studies.
AB - Objective: There is a clear need for improved quality of research publications in the area of cardiothoracic surgical education. With the goals of enhancing the power, rigor, and strength of educational investigations, the Thoracic Education Cooperative Group seeks to outline key concepts in successfully conducting such research. Methods: Literature and established guidelines for conduct of research in surgical education were reviewed, and recommendations were developed for investigators in thoracic surgical education. Results: Key steps in educational research are highlighted and discussed with regard to their application to cardiothoracic surgical education. Specifically, advice is provided in terms of developing a research question, educational methodology, ethical issues, and handling power and sample sizes. Additional caveats of educational research that are addressed include aspects of validity, survey conduct, and simulation research. Conclusions: Educational research can serve to enhance the practices and careers of current trainees, our scientific community, and thoracic surgical educators. To optimize the quality of such educational research, it is imperative that teachers, innovators, and contributors to academic scholarship in our field familiarize themselves with key steps in conducting educational studies.
KW - cardiothoracic surgery
KW - education research
KW - surgical education
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.117
DO - 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.117
M3 - Article
C2 - 30454984
AN - SCOPUS:85055987621
SN - 0022-5223
VL - 157
SP - 820-827.e1
JO - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 2
ER -