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A Research Agenda for Remediation in Medical Education

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Remediation in Medical Education

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The evidence base underlying remediation in medical education is limited but growing rapidly as better competency-based assessments allow us to identify increasing numbers of struggling learners. In this chapter the authors frame a research agenda for remediation in four major areas: diagnosis of learner deficits, strategies for remediation, outcomes of remediation, and faculty development. They briefly review the key issues within each area and identify questions that need to be addressed through further research. Finally, they frame a research agenda, call for a coordinated multi-institutional approach to address this pressing educational need, and identify emerging domains where research questions and opportunities are likely to arise.

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  1. University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Calvin L. Chou M.D., Ph.D. & Karen E. Hauer M.D.

  2. New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Adina Kalet M.D., M.P.H.

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Chou, C.L., Kalet, A., Hauer, K.E. (2014). A Research Agenda for Remediation in Medical Education. In: Kalet, A., Chou, C. (eds) Remediation in Medical Education. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9025-8_21

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