Creating Community, Navigating Boundaries, and Traversing Diverse Landscapes: Evolving Education Researcher Identities in Rehabilitation Professions

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium describes a model for professions seeking to design professional development programs for educational researchers. The work draws from situated learning theory and the dual concepts of communities and landscapes of practice in describing design and implementation of a professional development initiative for health professions education researchers. An initial paper sets the theoretical foundations, development, and implementation of the Grant Writing and Mentorship in Education Research (GAMER) program, conducted for physical therapists. A second paper shares findings on the impact and outcomes of GAMER at the levels of individual participants, organizations/institutions, and the profession. A final paper describes the mechanisms of GAMER program expansion to include three other rehabilitation professions: Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, and Audiology.

Sub Unit

• Division I - Education in the Professions

Chair

• Patricia S. O'Sullivan, University of California - San Francisco

Papers

• Pushing boundaries: Navigating landscapes of practice for a shared approach to successful education researcher development - Melissa Tovin, University of Miami; Elizabeth Mostrom, Central Michigan University; Richard Segal, Medical University of South Carolina; Steven J. Durning, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• Building a Community of Education Researchers: An Example from Physical Therapy - Chris Sebelski, Saint Louis University; Gail M. Jensen, Creighton University; Melissa Tovin, University of Miami; Elizabeth Mostrom, Central Michigan University

• Leveraging the GAMER Model across Health Professions: Working Complex Landscapes - Gail M. Jensen, Creighton University; Chris Sebelski, Saint Louis University; Terrence Nordstrom, Samuel Merritt University; Patricia S. O'Sullivan, University of California - San Francisco

Discussant

• Patricia S. O'Sullivan, University of California - San Francisco