Abstract
Commentary:
The article ‘Exploring stakeholders’ views on medical education research: a national survey’ by Dennis et al.,1 published in this issue, is a welcome reminder of the importance of medical education research being connected to both educational and clinical practice. It is clear that our discipline does not operate in a vacuum and thus differs fundamentally from other scientific disciplines such as theoretical physics or mathematics. We doubt you would be able to find a similar paper exploring stakeholders’ views of what research in mathematics or theoretical physics should study in the near future – at least we were unable to find any such item!
The article ‘Exploring stakeholders’ views on medical education research: a national survey’ by Dennis et al.,1 published in this issue, is a welcome reminder of the importance of medical education research being connected to both educational and clinical practice. It is clear that our discipline does not operate in a vacuum and thus differs fundamentally from other scientific disciplines such as theoretical physics or mathematics. We doubt you would be able to find a similar paper exploring stakeholders’ views of what research in mathematics or theoretical physics should study in the near future – at least we were unable to find any such item!
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1040-1042 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Medical Education |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2014 |
Keywords
- medical education
- research
- clinical practice