Setting up and operationalizing a health professions education research (HPER) unit: AMEE guide no.170

• Main Authors: Kitto, Simon, Fantaye, Arone Wondwossen, You, You, Van Schalkwyk, Susan, Cleland, Jennifer
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Health professions education research; Capacity building
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/180533
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the same way as clinical medicine, health professions education should be evidence-based rather than based on tradition and convenience. Health professions education research (HPER), an academic area that first emerged in the 1950s, is essential for identifying new and better ways to educate heal...