The document discusses micro-scholarship as a method for documenting small, assessable steps in the scholarly journey, particularly in health professions education. It emphasizes the importance of cumulative, iterative learning through small efforts, supported by community practice and technology tools. The paper also outlines how such a framework can enhance accessibility to learning and scholarship for novices and early scholars.

1. Micro-Scholarship
What it is, How can it help me
Dr Poh-Sun Goh
MBBS(Melb), FRCR, FAMS, MHPE(Maastricht), FAMEE
Senior Consultant, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National University Hospital (NUH), National University Health System, Singapore
Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSOM), National University of Singapore (NUS)
Member, AMEE TEL (Technology Enhanced Learning) Committee (since 2011)
Member, IAMSE Community of Growth on AI in HPE, a Subcommittee on AI in Health Professions Education of the IAMSE Professional
Development Committee, (since September 2023)

2. Background on Micro-Scholarship, Need and Process
"We define Micro-Scholarship as the process of making visible the smallest accessible and
assessable steps that document a scholarly journey, which can then be assembled and presented as
an outcome of academic scholarship." (Goh, Roberts-Lieb, and Sandars 2023)
Goh, P. S., Roberts-Lieb, S., & Sandars, J. (2023). Micro-Scholarship: An innovative approach for
the first steps for Scholarship in Health Professions Education. Medical Teacher, 45:3,
307-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2133689

3. Goh, P. S., Roberts-Lieb, S., & Sandars, J. (2023). Micro-Scholarship: An innovative approach
for the first steps for Scholarship in Health Professions Education. Medical Teacher, 45:3,
307-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2133689
Goh, PS, Roberts-Lieb, S, Sandars, J. Guide on Micro-Scholarship in Health Professions
Education. (Open Access publication on SlideShare in 2023, accompanying guide to Medical
Teacher article) https://www.slideshare.net/dnrgohps/guide-on-microscholarship-in-health-
professions-educationpdf
Goh, PS, Schlegel, E. (2023). Small, Sustainable, Steps to Success as a Scholar in Health
Professions Education - Micro (Macro and Meta) Matters. TAPS, 8(2), 76-79. https://doi.org/
10.29060/TAPS.2023-8-2/SC2861 (award for most accessed article in TAPS for 2023)
Roberts-Lieb, S, Goh, PS and Sandars, J. (2024). Micro-Scholarship: An Innovative Process
Using Common Technology Tools. Medical Science Educator. Published online 27 January
2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-024-01989-y

4. How can we make learning, professional practice and development, and scholarship accessible and available to all?
Whether a new student, novice practitioner, or early scholar?

5. How can we make learning, professional practice and development, and scholarship accessible and available to all?
Whether a new student, novice practitioner, or early scholar?
We o
ff
er the following 'recipe' and process

6. How can we make learning, professional practice and development, and scholarship accessible and available to all?
Whether a new student, novice practitioner, or early scholar?
We o
ff
er the following 'recipe' and process
We learn in small bites (bytes). Taking small (micro-) steps. Small (micro-) e
ff
orts.
These add up, accumulate, compound and cumulatively, with instruction, guidance,
re
fl
ection and feedback, supported by a practice environment and Community of
Practice (CoP) lead to progressive mastery - knowledge, skills and attitudes (heads,
hands and hearts).

7. How can we make learning, professional practice and development, and scholarship accessible and available to all?
Whether a new student, novice practitioner, or early scholar?
We o
ff
er the following 'recipe' and process
We learn in small bites (bytes). Taking small (micro-) steps. Small (micro-) e
ff
orts.
These add up, accumulate, compound and cumulatively, with instruction, guidance,
re
fl
ection and feedback, supported by a practice environment and Community of
Practice (CoP) lead to progressive mastery - knowledge, skills and attitudes (heads,
hands and hearts).
Technology tools and platforms, and (social-professional) networks, institutional,
organisational and loose CoP networks, support and facilitate Learning, Practice and
Scholarship.

8. "How can we make learning, professional practice and development, and scholarship accessible and available to all?
Whether a new student, novice practitioner, or early scholar?
We o
ff
er the following 'recipe' and process:
We learn in small bites (bytes). Taking small (micro-) steps. Small (micro-) e
ff
orts.
These add up, accumulate, compound and cumulatively, with instruction, guidance, re
fl
ection and feedback,
supported by a practice environment and Community of Practice (CoP) lead to progressive mastery - knowledge,
skills and attitudes (heads, hands and hearts).
Technology tools and platforms, and (social-professional) networks, institutional, organisational and loose CoP
networks, support and facilitate Learning, Practice and Scholarship.”
above
fi
rst posted on
https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2022/06/micro-learning-micro-practice-and-micro.html

9. What does a single small step, of Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice and Micro-Scholarship look like?

10. What does a single small step, of Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice and Micro-Scholarship look like?
Consider one unit, one piece of knowledge or skill. At its most granular level. For example one concept, it's
de
fi
nition, how to use and apply it. One illustration. One demonstration (of a skill). Add a single (or more)
instructional idea or tip, a single (or more) re
fl
ection, and example(s) of application to form a unit of individual
Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice and through open engagement and (digital) practice Micro-Scholarship.

11. What does a single small step, of Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice and Micro-Scholarship look like?
Consider one unit, one piece of knowledge or skill. At its most granular level. For example one concept, it's
de
fi
nition, how to use and apply it. One illustration. One demonstration (of a skill). Add a single (or more)
instructional idea or tip, a single (or more) re
fl
ection, and example(s) of application to form a unit of individual
Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice and through open engagement and (digital) practice Micro-Scholarship.
We See (are exposed to, and observe), Do (explore, practice with guidance, re
fl
ection and feedback),
Teach (including peer teaching and sharing, learn through recall, explanation, elaboration and recall),
and engage in Scholarship (through documenting, writing, producing e.g. creating, curating,
combining, integrating, applying and using - teaching and sharing; the Scholarship of Discovery,
Integration, Application and Practice-Teaching [Boyer], with intentionality and informed [Glassick] and
through open (digital) practice [Shulman]).

12. What does a single small step, of Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice and Micro-Scholarship look like?
Consider one unit, one piece of knowledge or skill. At its most granular level. For example one concept, it's
de
fi
nition, how to use and apply it. One illustration. One demonstration (of a skill). Add a single (or more)
instructional idea or tip, a single (or more) re
fl
ection, and example(s) of application to form a unit of individual
Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice and through open engagement and (digital) practice Micro-Scholarship.
We See (are exposed to, and observe), Do (explore, practice with guidance, re
fl
ection and feedback),
Teach (including peer teaching and sharing, learn through recall, explanation, elaboration and recall),
and engage in Scholarship (through documenting, writing, producing e.g. creating, curating,
combining, integrating, applying and using - teaching and sharing; the Scholarship of Discovery,
Integration, Application and Practice-Teaching [Boyer], with intentionality and informed [Glassick] and
through open (digital) practice [Shulman]).
We learn, practice and engage in scholarship in small steps. Which add up. Accessible
and available to all.

13. "What does a single small step, of Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice and Micro-Scholarship look like?
Consider one unit, one piece of knowledge or skill. At its most granular level. For example one concept, it's de
fi
nition,
how to use and apply it. One illustration. One demonstration (of a skill). Add a single (or more) instructional idea or tip,
a single (or more) re
fl
ection, and example(s) of application to form a unit of individual Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice
and through open engagement and (digital) practice Micro-Scholarship.
We See (are exposed to, and observe), Do (explore, practice with guidance, re
fl
ection and feedback), Teach (including
peer teaching and sharing, learn through recall, explanation, elaboration and recall), and engage in Scholarship
(through documenting, writing, producing e.g. creating, curating, combining, integrating, applying and using -
teaching and sharing; the Scholarship of Discovery, Integration, Application and Practice-Teaching [Boyer], with
intentionality and informed [Glassick] and through open (digital) practice [Shulman]).
We learn, practice and engage in scholarship in small steps. Which add up. Accessible and available to all.”
above
fi
rst posted on
https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2022/06/micro-learning-micro-practice-and-micro.html

14. https://www.slideshare.net/dnrgohps/illustrated-stacked-microscholarship-steps-along-academic-path-of-educational-scholar
https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2021/05/buildingblocksofscholarship-in.html

15. https://www.slideshare.net/dnrgohps/illustrated-stacked-microscholarship-steps-along-academic-path-of-educational-scholar
https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2021/05/buildingblocksofscholarship-in.html

16. https://www.slideshare.net/dnrgohps/illustrated-stacked-microscholarship-steps-along-academic-path-of-educational-scholar
https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2021/05/buildingblocksofscholarship-in.html

17. Scholarship of Integration
Scholarship of Application
Scholarship of Teaching / Practice
Scholarship of Discovery / Creation / Innovation
'Micro-Scholarship' - 'Document (each and every) individual 'step' taken as part of curating,
creating, innovating, discovering, integrating, applying, teaching and professional practice as an
academic scholar in Medical Education / Health Professions Education and Training', Poh-Sun Goh,
25 May 2021, 1255am, Singapore Time
https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2021/05/buildingblocksofscholarship-in.html

18. https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2021/05/categories-of-scholarship-in-medical.html

19. https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2021/05/categories-of-scholarship-in-medical.html

20. https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2021/05/categories-of-scholarship-in-medical.html

21. https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2021/05/categories-of-scholarship-in-medical.html

22. From
https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/
2020/04/iamse-2020-plenary-presentation-
medical.html
Goh, PS. Medical Educator Roles of the Future. (2020). Med.Sci.Educ.
30 (Suppl 1), 5–7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-020-01086-w

23. From
https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/2022/05/
micro-scholarship-as-missing-piece-in.html
Goh, P.S., Roberts-Lieb, S., & Sandars, J. (2022). Micro-Scholarship: An
innovative approach for the
fi
rst steps for Scholarship in Health
Professions Education. Medical Teacher, 1–6. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2133689

24. From

25. To
Goh, PS, Schlegel, E. (2023). Small, Sustainable, Steps to Success as a Scholar in
Health Professions Education - Micro (Macro and Meta) Matters. TAPS, 8(2),
76-79. https://doi.org/10.29060/TAPS.2023-8-2/SC2861
Goh, P. S., Roberts-Lieb, S., & Sandars, J. (2023). Micro-Scholarship: An innovative
approach for the
fi
rst steps for Scholarship in Health Professions Education. Medical
teacher, 45:3, 307-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2133689

26. From To

27. Our 'pitch' and key takeaway is a simple one:
That Learning, and Scholarship are similar; both taken in small iterative, cumulative steps. We
learn best and engage in scholarship working together within a Community of Interest and
Community of Practice. Scholarship is open, public practice, an extension of learning. We "See
(one), Do (one), Teach (one) … Write (‘do’ Scholarship .. then ‘be’ a Scholar .. then) Teach (again)”.
We "Take Note, Make Notes, then Share Notes".
- Poh-Sun Goh, 26 November 2022, Saturday, 0423am, Singapore Time
https://medicaleducationelearning.blogspot.com/2022/10/small-steps-to-successful-scholarship.html

35. Goh, P. S., Roberts-Lieb, S., & Sandars, J. (2023). Micro-Scholarship: An innovative approach
for the first steps for Scholarship in Health Professions Education. Medical Teacher, 45:3,
307-312. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2133689
Goh, PS, Roberts-Lieb, S, Sandars, J. Guide on Micro-Scholarship in Health Professions
Education. (Open Access publication on SlideShare in 2023, accompanying guide to Medical
Teacher article) https://www.slideshare.net/dnrgohps/guide-on-microscholarship-in-health-
professions-educationpdf
Goh, PS, Schlegel, E. (2023). Small, Sustainable, Steps to Success as a Scholar in Health
Professions Education - Micro (Macro and Meta) Matters. TAPS, 8(2), 76-79. https://doi.org/
10.29060/TAPS.2023-8-2/SC2861 (award for most accessed article in TAPS for 2023)
Roberts-Lieb, S, Goh, PS and Sandars, J. (2024). Micro-Scholarship: An Innovative Process
Using Common Technology Tools. Medical Science Educator. Published online 27 January
2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-024-01989-y

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