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Educational Scholarship

Educational scholarship is a systematic, purposeful, and evidence-based process in which an educational problem, need, or opportunity is identified; an appropriate solution or intervention is designed and implemented; and its outcomes are systematically documented and evaluated. The results of this process are intended to improve education and, where appropriate, to be presented to the academic community.

Policy Objectives

  • Institutionalizing a culture of educational scholarship within the group
  • Transforming educational problems and needs into opportunities for innovation and research in education
  • Systematically identifying and prioritizing educational improvement needs
  • Supporting faculty members in designing and implementing innovative educational ideas
  • Establishing a clear pathway for the submission, review, and development of educational ideas
  • Supporting the production, evaluation, and dissemination of educational knowledge and experience
  • Protecting the intellectual and academic rights of faculty members and participants
  • Developing interdisciplinary, interdepartmental, inter-university, and external collaborations
  • Using the results of educational scholarship to continuously improve the group's educational programs

Main Areas of the Policy

Under this policy, educational scholarship activities are defined based on the identification of a specific educational problem, need, or opportunity; establishment of objectives; use of a systematic approach; inclusion of an element of innovation or improvement; evaluation of outcomes; documentation; and the potential for transferring and sharing experience.

The group's educational priorities are also identified and prioritized based on resources such as the results of educational evaluations, feedback from students and residents, examination results, reports from faculty members, accreditation results, professional needs, community and health-system needs, and scientific and technological developments.

Support for Innovative Ideas

Faculty members may submit their innovative educational ideas and proposals to the group. These ideas are reviewed based on their relevance to education, significance of the problem, innovation, feasibility, potential for improvement, and need for support.

Depending on the requirements of each activity, the group may provide or facilitate academic, executive, research, technological, and financial support, as well as support for the dissemination and presentation of results.

Academic and Intellectual Rights

In conducting educational scholarship activities, the intellectual and academic rights of participants are taken into consideration. Ownership of ideas, the role of the originator, determination of authorship based on the actual level of contribution, participation in project-related decision-making, confidentiality of ideas, and rights related to educational products are among the matters addressed in the policy.

Educational Scholarship Process

Identifying an Educational Problem or Opportunity
Idea Submission
Review and Prioritization
Designing the Activity or Study
Determining Required Support
Implementation
Evaluation of Outcomes
Documentation
Dissemination, Presentation, or Application of Results
Continuous Review and Improvement

Monitoring and Evaluation

The group's educational scholarship activities are monitored and evaluated annually based on indicators including the following:

1

Number of submitted ideas

2

Implemented projects

3

Participating faculty members

4

Interdisciplinary collaborations

5

Support secured

6

Educational products developed

7

Scientific articles and presentations

8

Extent to which results are used in the group's educational program

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To review the complete details of the provisions, processes, support mechanisms, academic and intellectual rights, and implementation appendices, download the full Educational Scholarship Policy of the Forensic Medicine Group.

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