Masterclass@RME Submission Guidelines

The Masterclass will concentrate on issues that arise in the process of conducting research –

it is NOT intended to be a typical “show and tell” of completed work. Therefore, applicant

submissions to the Masterclass@RME are specifically sought from early stage education

researchers, such as PhD students or Masters students aiming to make education research

part of their careers. Other new entrants to the field of Medical Education Research are also

welcome to submit.

Advice to applicants:

• Six applicants will be selected to participate in the Masterclass@RME on the basis of scholarly

quality as demonstrated in their application forms. Submissions must be received by 22nd

September.

• Those selected will be required to register for the RME at the appropriate delegate fee.

• They will be required to prepare a poster (see below for format) for electronic submission to

ASME by the 3rd November (this will be available to conference delegates and ASME

members in advance via the ASME website) and to bring an A0 printed version with them for

display from the start of the conference (with attendance by their poster during lunchtime).

• During the 90 minute Masterclass@RME discussion session each applicant will have 3

minutes to introduce their work followed by 7 minutes discussion time. Applicants should

use their initial 3 minutes to highlight ‘What I would like to discuss…’ rather than trying to

present their whole research project. Posters will be available during the session for

reference. The discussion time will be facilitated by experienced education researchers who

will draw out themes during presentations that can be further discussed during panel time

(see below).

• Following the 6 timed presentations applicants will form a panel chaired by Professor Tim

Dornan to discuss issues and themes raised including challenges and opportunities to learn

from each other.

• A free conference place for RME 2016 will be offered as a prize for the applicant judged to

have best engaged in the Masterclass@RME as judged by its distinctive features including

willingness to discuss work in progress, including stumbling and difficulties, willingness to

share issues and engage in opportunities to learn and to support others. This will be awarded

at the end of the day by Jane Stewart, Chair of ASME’s Education Research Group, on the

recommendation of the Masterclass@RME Chair and Facilitator.

Application marking criteria

Submissions of completed work will not be accepted. Word counts are absolute and

applications exceeding this will not have excess words taken into account.

Applicants to the Masterclass@RME will be selected for:

• The clarity and coherence of their abstracts

• The potential value to others of the issue raised

• Willingness to discuss difficulties as much as for celebrating success!

Poster instructions:

Posters should help audience members come to the Masterclass@RME session with some

knowledge of your research. The following set of headings may help you structure the

information (depending on the stage you are at you may not be able to complete all of them):

Title

Members of the research team, including their roles in the project

The topic of your research

The gap in current knowledge you want to fill, based on a review of the literature

Your conceptual orientation (or theoretical framework)

Ethics approval (obtained or sought)

Methodology

• Context of the research

• Participants and recruitment

• Procedures, including a description of interview, questionnaires, or other data-gathering procedures

• Data analysis

• Results obtained (if any) – these may include early/ or interim results

• One or more issues that arose from the research to be discussed in the Masterclass@RME