Veterinary Education Research Workshop in June 2024

Veterinary Education Research Workshop in June 2024

Wednesday, June 12 – Friday, June 14, 2024 | In-Person The Regional Teaching Academy is offering a workshop designed to help you conduct educational research. The workshop will be hosted at Colorado State University on June 12-14, 2024.

Facilitators will be educators and educational researchers from RTA member institutions, including Andrew West (CSU), Susan Matthew (WSU), Rachel Halsey (WSU) and Chad Gotch (WSU).
Partial travel grant support is available by application to the Regional Teaching Academy (details attached).

The goals of the workshop are to

  1. Help faculty translate their knowledge of biomedical research to education research contexts
  2. Provide time for participants to work collaboratively on outlines, proposals, manuscripts, etc., with mentoring from workshop facilitators.

We encourage researchers studying the same or similar topics to participate as teams. This could be teams from the same institution or across RTA institutions.  

Program overview  

Wednesday, June 12, 8:30am-4pm

  • Engaging with and exploring educational research
  • Conducting quantitative education research and analyses   

Thursday, June 13, 8:30am-4pm

  • Conducting qualitative education research and analyses
  • Articulating and investigating your argument  

Friday, June 14, 8:30am-12pm

  • Designing surveys for educational research
  • Honing your research project

Register for the Workshop HERE!

Apply for the Travel Grant HERE!

Workshop Facilitators:

Andrew West, PhD Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University

Susan Matthew, PhD BVSc BSc(Vet) Professor and Associate Chair, Veterinary Medical Education Director, Teaching Academy College of Veterinary Medicine Washington State University

Chad Gotch, PhD MS Associate Professor International Masters Program Coordinator Educational Psychology Washington State University 

Rachel Halsey, DVM, GCertEdRes Academic Coordinator, CVM Teaching Academy Assistant Director, Diagnostic Challenge College of Veterinary Medicine Washington State University

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