scholarly journals Interdisciplinarity in medical education research: myth and reality

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 1243-1253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Albert ◽  
Paula Rowland ◽  
Farah Friesen ◽  
Suzanne Laberge
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
The Other ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Common View ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Applied Health Research

AbstractThe medical education (Med Ed) research community characterises itself as drawing on the insights, methods, and knowledge from multiple disciplines and research domains (e.g. Sociology, Anthropology, Education, Humanities, Psychology). This common view of Med Ed research is echoed and reinforced by the narrative used by leading Med Ed departments and research centres to describe their activities as “interdisciplinary.” Bibliometrics offers an effective method of investigating scholarly communication to determine what knowledge is valued, recognized, and utilized. By empirically examining whether knowledge production in Med Ed research draws from multiple disciplines and research areas, or whether it primarily draws on the knowledge generated internally within the field of Med Ed, this article explores whether the characterisation of Med Ed research as interdisciplinary is substantiated. A citation analysis of 1412 references from research articles published in 2017 in the top five Med Ed journals was undertaken. A typology of six knowledge clusters was inductively developed. Findings show that the field of Med Ed research draws predominantly from two knowledge clusters: the Applied Health Research cluster (made of clinical and health services research), which represents 41% of the references, and the Med Ed research cluster, which represents 40% of the references. These two clusters cover 81% of all references in our sample, leaving 19% distributed among the other knowledge clusters (i.e., Education, disciplinary, interdisciplinary and topic centered research). The quasi-hegemonic position held by the Applied Health and Med Ed research clusters confines the other sources of knowledge to a peripheral role within the Med Ed research field. Our findings suggest that the assumption that Med Ed research is an interdisciplinary field is not convincingly supported by empirical data and that the knowledge entering Med Ed comes mostly from the health research domain.

scholarly journals LITERATURA E CIDADE: campo interdisciplinar e vazios investigativos

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clovis Ultramari ◽  
Manoela Massuchetto Jazar
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Research Field ◽  
The Other ◽  
Machado De Assis ◽  
Urban Management ◽  
Academic Production ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Selection Of

O artigo objetiva trazer ao debate a relação literatura e cidade como campo interdisciplinar de pesquisa. Serve-se de revisão bibliográfica sobre essa relação e, a partir da seleção de dois autores - Machado de Assis e Graciliano Ramos, analisa como a produção cientifica nacional em teses e dissertações defendidas entre 2000 e 2015 se apropria desse potencial investigativo. Adicionalmente, toma o caso de Graciliano Ramos para a identificação de possíveis caminhos metodológicos neste campo interdisciplinar. O debate sobre trabalhos que integrem ou possam integrar literatura e cidade indica que, se, por um lado, há uma recorrência de concordâncias sobre a riqueza dessa interdisciplinaridade; por outro, é reduzido o número de pesquisas com essa perspectiva específica. Mais que isso, é possível observar que áreas tradicionalmente afeitas ao urbanismo gestão urbana, design, arquitetura e planejamento não estão presentes no restrito número de pesquisas que foi possível selecionar, havendo uma concentração exclusiva na área da própria literatura.Palavras-chave: Cidade e literatura. Metodologia. Interdisciplinaridade.LITERATURE AND CITY: interdisciplinary field and investigative emptinessAbstract: This article aims to start a debate on the relation between literature and cities as an interdisciplinary research field. It is developed based a bibliographic review on such relation and, guided by a selection of two Brazilian authors, Machado de Assis and Graciliano Ramos, analyses how the national academic production in dissertations and thesis - defended thought 2000 to 2015 - refers and takes advantage from this rich interdisciplinary. Additionally, we take the work and public life of Graciliano Ramos to identify possible methodological paths in such interdisciplinary field. In the search of researches that combine interests in literature and cities, we could observe that, on one side, there is a consensus on the importance of different multi scientific approaches; on the other it is reduced the number of researches adopting this procedure. More than that, it is possible to conclude that areas closely connected to urbanism, like urban management, design, architecture and planning are absent in the restrict number of researches considered appropriated for this discussion.Keywords:  City and Literature. Methodology. Interdisciplinarity. LITERATURA Y CIUDAD: campo interdisciplinario y vacío investigativoResumen: El artículo tiene como objetivo argumentar sobre la relación entre literatura y ciudad como campo interdisciplinario de investigación. Hace uso de la revisión teórica acerca de esta relación y, a partir de la selección de dos autores - Machado de Assis y Graciliano Ramos - analiza cómo la producción científica nacional en tesis y disertaciones defendidas entre 2000 y 2015 se apropian de este potencial de investigación. Además, toma el caso del escritor Graciliano Ramos para la identificación de posibles enfoques metodológicos en este campo interdisciplinario. El debate sobre trabajos académicos que integran o que desean integrar literatura con ciudad indica que, por un lado, hay una grande concordancia de la riqueza de este enfoque interdisciplinario; en el otro, que hay todavía un muy bajo número de resultados con esta perspectiva específica. Más que eso, se puede ver qué áreas de estudio tradicionalmente relacionadas con el urbanismo,la gestión urbana, el diseño y la planificación no están presentes en el limitado número de resultados encontrados.Palabras clave: Ciudad y literatura. Metodología. Interdisciplinaridad.  

Digital Transformation and Innovation Explained

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Rocci Luppicini
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Healthcare Education ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Current Conception ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
Definition Of

Digital transformation is reshaping many areas of work and life within contemporary society. These include healthcare, education, government, politics, law, human rights, and ethical controversies. This chapter addresses the following questions, What is the current conception of digital transformation as an emerging interdisciplinary field of research and study? The objectives of the chapter are twofold: (1) to conceptualize digital transformation as an emerging interdisciplinary field and (2) to identify key research areas that currently constitute digital transformation. The chapter contributes by positing a comprehensive systems definition of digital transformation as an interdisciplinary research field to help guide researchers and other leaders in the field.

scholarly journals ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE LEGITIMACY MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Cruz-Suárez ◽  
Domenico Marino ◽  
Camilo Prado-Roman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Current View ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
State Of Research

What is being researched and which is the sources of knowledge? Those are questions that researchers ask in the construction of new scientific advances. Research on legitimacy and higher education has grown in recent years. This make difficult to get a current view of the situation in which this field of research is. The purpose of this research is to identify and visualize the current state of research in the field of legitimacy and higher education. Through a bibliometric methodology based on co-citations, the current intellectual structure of this research field is analyzed. Furthermore, the main research areas, the main contributors and the means of dissemination of this knowledge are identified. This work contributes to the development of the field of legitimacy and higher education by providing an integral vision of the situation of this domain, a starting point and an adequate theoretical basis for researchers to build new advances.

scholarly journals Beyond exploratory: a tailored framework for designing and assessing qualitative health research

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e030123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine A Rendle ◽  
Corey M Abramson ◽  
Sarah B Garrett ◽  
Meghan C Halley ◽  
Daniel Dohan
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Qualitative Health Research ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Guidelines And Standards ◽  
Applied Health Research

The objective of this commentary is to develop a framework for assessing the rigour of qualitative approaches that identifies and distinguishes between the diverse objectives of qualitative health research, guided by a narrative review of the published literature on qualitative guidelines and standards from peer-reviewed journals and national funding organisations that support health services research, patient-centered outcomes research and other applied health research fields. In this framework, we identify and distinguish three objectives of qualitative studies in applied health research: exploratory, descriptive and comparative. For each objective, we propose methodological standards that may be used to assess and improve rigour across all study phases—from design to reporting. Similar to hierarchies of quality of evidence within quantitative studies, we argue that standards for qualitative rigour differ, appropriately, for studies with different objectives and should be evaluated as such. Distinguishing between different objectives of qualitative health research improves the ability to appreciate variation in qualitative studies and to develop appropriate evaluations of the rigour and success of qualitative studies in meeting their stated objectives. Researchers, funders and journal editors should consider how further developing and adopting the framework for assessing qualitative rigour outlined here may advance the rigour and potential impact of this important mode of inquiry.

scholarly journals The value of involving patients and public in health services research and evaluation: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pooja Saini ◽  
Shaima M. Hassan ◽  
Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae ◽  
Mark Goodall ◽  
Clarissa Giebel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services Research ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Patient Involvement ◽  
Services Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
Applied Health Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Public And Patient Involvement

Abstract Background Public and Patient Involvement, Engagement and Participation research encompasses working with patients/service users (people with a medical condition receiving health service treatment), public members, caregivers and communities (who use services or care for patients). The Partner Priority Programme (PPP) was developed by the National Health Service [NHS] and National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care [NIHR CLAHRC] NWC to share information and experience on evaluating new services being offered to patients that were seeking to reduce health inequalities, improve people’s health and wellbeing and reduce emergency hospital admissions. This paper seeks to explore an approach developed for involving the public as equal partners within the evaluation and decision-making processes of health and social care services research. The aim of this study was to identify how public advisors were included, the impact of their involvement, and how change occurred within the organisations following their involvement. Methods A qualitative approach using focus group discussions was adopted to explore the experiences of two cohorts of participants involved in PPP project teams. Focus groups were held with public advisors (n = 9), interns (n = 9; staff or public who received a funded internship for a PPP project), NHS and Local Authority initiative leads (n = 10), and academic facilitators (n = 14). These were transcribed verbatim and analysed using a thematic approach. Results Thirty-two public advisors were recruited to support 25 PPP projects across the Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and CLAHRC North West Coast [NWC] partner organisations. Three inter-related themes were conceptualised: 1)“Where it all started - involving public advisors” identified the varying journeys to recruitment and experiences of becoming a public advisor; 2)“Steps toward active involvement and engagement” related to public advisors becoming core team members; and 3) “Collaborative working to enhance public and patient involvement” relayed how projects identified the benefits of working jointly with the public advisors, particularly for those who had not experienced this style of working before. Conclusions The findings indicate that the PPP model is effective for embedding Public and Patient Involvement [PPI] within health services research, and recommends that PPI is integrated at the earliest opportunity within research projects and service evaluations through the use of support-led and facilitative programmes.

scholarly journals The Intellectual Structure of Social and Sustainable Public Procurement Research: A Co-Citation Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 774
Author(s):  
Jose Torres-Pruñonosa ◽  
Miquel Angel Plaza-Navas ◽  
Francisco Díez-Martín ◽  
Albert Beltran-Cangrós
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Literature Reviews ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Bibliometric Studies

Public procurement has recently taken into account social and sustainable factors, increasing academic literature in this field. The aim of this paper is to map the intellectual structure of social and sustainable public procurement research by means of delimiting the scientific domain’s research traditions, its disciplinary composition, and influential research topics. Given that there is a literature gap in bibliometric studies applied to this field, we conducted a co-citation analysis to identify the intellectual structure of this area of knowledge. Co-citation analyses identify networks of interconnections and, consequently, detect the most (and the least) active research areas, being a good complement to traditional literature reviews. This article contributes to science development because it is the first paper to carry out a bibliometric analysis in the field of social and sustainable public procurement, as well as the first one to conduct a co-citation analysis among public procurement research. Consequently, it is also the first article to detect which papers have become burst in this research field. The results show twelve different clusters of publications that were cited by researchers who wrote papers on social and sustainable public procurement. In other words, the sources of knowledge that scholars used as references are analysed, identifying papers that can be considered turning points, as well as those that became specially cited over a discrete period of time. Six different research trends were identified over the last decade in regard to social and sustainable public procurement research. The conclusions highlight the relevance of the findings, especially because they provide guidance to researchers when conducting literature reviews, given that the most significant journals and papers are identified.

DARI PERSIA HINGGA CINA: Diskursus tentang Teori Kedatangan Islam di Melayu Nusantara

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Lukmanul Hakim
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Strong Tendency ◽  
Common View ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Malay Archipelago

The arrival of Islam in Malay Archipelago to this day is still a debate, because no data and facts have been found to be scientifically justified, but also because of the unilateral nature of the various theories. There is a strong tendency, certain theories emphasize only the specific aspects, while ignoring the other aspects. Therefore, most of the theories that exist in certain aspects fail to explain the coming of Islam, and the process of Islamization. This paper aims to analyze the theory of the arrival of Islam in the Malay Archipelago world. The method used is historical method. Until now there are at least four theories that discuss the theory of the arrival of Islam in the Malay Archipelago world. The four theories are Gujarat theory, Mecca theory, Persian theory and fourth theory (Chinese). Each of these theories has the strengths and weaknesses and certainly these four theories have a common view of Islam as a religion developed in the archipelago through a peaceful way and Islam does not recognize mission as practiced by Christians and Catholics.

From Fieldwork to Research Theory on an Indian Pilgrimage

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rémy Delage
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
South India ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Hypothesis ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
The One

Using as the example of the pilgrimage to Sabarimala (Kerala, South India), I propose here to explore the links existing between sources, research hypothesis and research theory in social sciences. The choice of research materials in the process of investigation, sources of knowledge about the studied object, is not mere random sampling; it is processed in accordance with the questions of the researcher. It inevitably assumes a selective dimension. After a critical reading of the sources used by Indian studies, I will highlight on the connections between the sources and the methodological tools on the one hand, and the major research hypothesis about pilgrimage on the other. The links between the data taken from the field and the legitimacy of scientific discourse on India will be examined at the end before providing some keys for the interpretation of Sabarimala phenomenon in South India during the contemporary period.

scholarly journals Energy Storage Ceramics: A Bibliometric Review of Literature

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3605
Author(s):  
Haiyan Hu ◽  
Aiping Liu ◽  
Yuehua Wan ◽  
Yuan Jing
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Highly Cited Papers ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Productive Author ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Bibliometric Review ◽  
Leading Position ◽  
Highly Cited

Energy storage ceramics is among the most discussed topics in the field of energy research. A bibliometric analysis was carried out to evaluate energy storage ceramic publications between 2000 and 2020, based on the Web of Science (WOS) databases. This paper presents a detailed overview of energy storage ceramics research from aspects of document types, paper citations, h-indices, publish time, publications, institutions, countries/regions, research areas, highly cited papers, and keywords. A total of 3177 publications were identified after retrieval in WOS. The results show that China takes the leading position in this research field, followed by the USA and India. Xi An Jiao Tong Univ has the most publications, with the highest h-index. J.W. Zhai is the most productive author in energy storage ceramics research. Ceramics International, Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Electronics, and the Journal of Alloys and Compounds are the most productive journals in this field, and materials science—multidisciplinary is the most frequently used subject category. Keywords, highly cited papers, and the analysis of popular papers indicate that, in recent years, lead-free ceramics are prevalent, and researchers focus on fields such as the microstructure, thin films, and phase transition of ceramics.

scholarly journals Levels of research evidence in health policy assessment in Malawi

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-250
Author(s):  
Patrick Mapulanga ◽  
Jaya Raju ◽  
Thomas Matingwina
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Policy Systems

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine levels of health research evidence in health policies in Malawi. Design/methodology/approach The study selected a typology of health policies in Malawi from 2002 to 2017. The study adopted the SPIRIT conceptual framework and assessed the levels of research evidence in health policy, systems and services research using the revised SAGE policy assessment tool. Documentary analysis was used to assess levels of health research evidence in health policies in Malawi. Findings In 29 (96.7 per cent) of the health policies, policy formulators including healthcare directors and managers used generic search engines such as Google or Google Scholar to look for heath research evidence. In 28 (93.3 per cent) of the health policies, they searched for grey literature and other government documents. In only 6 (20 per cent) of the heath policy documents, they used academic literature in a form of journal articles and randomised controlled trials. No systematic reviews or policy briefs were consulted. Overall, in 23 (76.7 per cent) of the health policy documents, health research evidence played a minimal role and had very little influence on the policy documents or decision-making. Research limitations/implications The empirical evidence in the health policy documents are limited because of insufficient research citation, low retrievability of health research evidence in the policy documents and biased selectivity of what constitutes health research evidence. Practical implications The study indicates that unfiltered information (data from policy evaluations and registries) constitutes majority of the research evidence in health policies both in health policy, systems and services research. The study seeks to advocate for the use of filtered information (peer reviewed, clinical trials and data from systematic reviews) in formulating health policies. Originality/value There is dearth of literature on the levels of health research evidence in health policy-making both in health policy, systems and services research. This study seeks to bridge the gap with empirical evidence from a developing country perspective.

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