This document provides information on engaging in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). It defines SoTL and distinguishes it from scholarly teaching. The document outlines steps for SoTL projects, including developing a research question, conducting a literature review, collecting and analyzing data, and reporting results. Resources for SoTL are provided, like the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine library and suggested timelines. Glassick's six criteria for scholarship are described. Examples of SoTL projects in medical education are given to illustrate the approach.

2. Know
Learning Objectives
• Define Glassick’s six elements of scholarship.
• Compare and contrast scholarly teaching with
the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).
• Describe different types of educational
scholarship.
• Feel comfortable with doing scholarly
teaching.
Feel
Do
• Apply elements of educational scholarship
to your work.

3. You Can Engage in the Scholarship of
Teaching & Learning (SoTL)

4. 1. Do you have an idea for a research project?
2. Do you have some idea how to approach
this research?
3. Do you have a data collection and research
plan in mind?
SoTL = Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

5. We Are AllTeachers
We Ask Questions
About HowWe
Are Doing
And HowWe Can Do
Better
SoTL Helps to
AnswerThose
Questions
And Creates
UnderstandingAbout
Teaching and
Learning for
Everyone

6. Many of Us Are ScholarlyTeachers…
What and HowWeTeach is Informed
by the Scholarship of Others
AREA Is an ACTIVITY
When…
Is SCHOLARSHIP
When…
Clinical Care andTreatment ProvidingTreatment to
Patients
Teaching, publishing or
presenting procedures to or
for other clinicians
Teaching Teaching andAssessing
Students
Teaching OtherTeachers to
Teach andAssess
Outreach Telling theCommunity
About Services
Informing Others How to
Design, Implement,
EvaluateThose Services
Research Perform RCTs or Other
Experiments
Inform Other Researchers
of the Results
Source: Adapted from Morahan, 2008.

7. Take the Next Step!
Source: AAMC

8. SoTL Uses Research Methods Applied to a
Medical Education Setting
Research
Question
Literature
Review
Data Collection
& Analysis
Results
Conclusions &
Discussion

9. The FirstTwo Steps are the Same
as ScholarlyTeaching
How are my
students doing?
How am I doing
as a teacher?
How do other clinical teachers do
this?

10. SoTL
A Questioning
Approach to
Teaching
Data Gathering and
Analysis
Documenting and
Disseminating
InformationAbout
Progress
EBM
A Questioning
Approach to
Practice
Science-based
Observation,
Enumeration,
Analysis
Recording and
Cataloging Evidence
for Systematic
Retrieval
Comparing SoTL with EBM

11. Research
Question
Literature
Review
Data Collection
& Analysis
Results
Conclusions &
Discussion
Steps in Research

12. What data can I
easily get that tells
me about my and
my students
performance?
How do I look at
these data in a way
that lets me answer
my research
question?
What does this
information mean
for me and my
students?

13. …Because It’s an Unfamiliar Process
SR
RCT
Cohort Studies
Case-Control Studies
Case Report or Series
Expert Opinions
SR – Survey Research
RCT = Random Controlled Studies
Clinical
Research
includes …

14. Glassick’s Six Measures of
Scholarship
1
• Clear Goals
2
• Preparation
3
• Appropriate Methods
4
• Adequate Results
5
• Effective Presentation
(In the Public Domain, others can Build Off It)
6
• ReflectiveCritique
Source: Glassick, 2000

15. Resources for SoTL

16. Develop Project Ideas
Start a Research Plan
Literature Review on
What Others Have
Done
Components of SoTL

17. Month Tasks
Dec Explore possible projects
Jan Complete literature search
Feb Develop a statement of goals/sub-goals
Mar Determine methods, materials, resources
Apr Develop timeline and target dates; submit
proposal to IRB
May-Jun Gather and/or create materials
Jul Complete “first draft”
Aug Edit, troubleshoot, and finalize project
Sep-Nov Present project
SuggestedTimeline
for Scholarly Projects

18. Tracy Middleton, D.O.
(FLC Co-Facilitator)
Society ofTeachers
of Family Medicine
Resourcelibrary.stfm.org/home

19. How &Where do I cite aWork
posted to FMDRL on my CV?
o Jones L. Ambulatory Teaching. Family Medicine
Digital Resources Library; 2010.
Available from: http://www.fmdrl.org/203.
o Possible CV sections:
- Peer Reviewed Education Material
- Enduring Materials (Peer-reviewed and
Non-Peer reviewed)
- Electronic Publications Curriculum Development
- Other Forms of Educational Scholarship

20. Charles (Chip) Finch, D.O.
(FLC Co-Facilitator)
Society of Academic Emergency Medicine
Resources:
Emergency Medicine
Faculty Development
Academic Articles
Resources

21. Linda Carr, Ph.D.
(FLC Co-Facilitator)
AcadMed-Conducting Research in Health Professions Education – see Academic Medicine
Special Supplement, November 2016.The AM Last Pages appear in this anthology.
http://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Documents/ACM.LastPage.e-book.FINAL.fromW-K.pdf
Creating SoTL Projects (University of Central Florida College of Medicine)
Links provide information for three stages of SoTL research projects:
1. Designing and Beginning; 2. Implementing & Managing; 3. Writing & Publishing
http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/ResearchAndScholarship/SoTL/creatingSoTLProjects/
Center for Collaborative Action Research (Pepperdine University) – Links together educators and
researchers. Website includes interactive guide, tutorials, resources, websites, and journals
(http://cadres.pepperdine.edu/ccar/)
Venues for Peer Review & Public Dissemination in Medical Education
• MedEdPortal (https://www.mededportal.org)
• Society ofTeachers of Family Medicine Resource Library (http://www.stfm.org)

22. Examples of
ScholarlyTeaching Projects 1
 Precepting in the Ambulatory Setting: Concordance Between
Resident Reports and Patient Understanding
 AllTied Up: The Medical Student Suturing andTechnical Skills
Experience
 Online EducationalWebsite Improves Residents Contentment
and Access to Educational Materials

23. Examples of
ScholarlyTeaching Projects 2
 Improving Timeliness of Discharge Summaries Dictated by
Internal Medicine Residents
 Impact of Audience Response Systems (Clickers) on
Modern Medical Education in a Pediatric Residency
Program
 Evaluation of Medical Student Attitudes Towards
Complimentary and Alternative Medicine / Integrated
Medicine (CAM/IM)
 Who is My Doctor? The Use of Business Cards on an
Internal Medicine Teaching Service to Improve Patient
Identification of their Hospital Physicians and Patient
Satisfaction

24. Curve of Scholarly Activity

25. 1. Identify an idea for a research project.
2. Reflect on how you might approach this
research?
3. Settle on a data collection and a research
plan.

26. What will you keep the same?
What will you do more of?
What will you do less of?
What will you stop doing?
What will you do differently & how will you do it?
What will you add?
LEARN – REFLECT -
TEACH