Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 2022 May;27(2):289-292
Department of Veterinary and Clinical Diagnostics Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Research in health professions education has often been portrayed as an applied field, one that draws on more basic forms of research in pursuing what are primarily practical ends. While there is an undeniable practical side to much of the work published in our field, and in this Journal in particular, this can be problematic when the necessary basic research is not extant. In this editorial, two of this Journal's editors consider some of the challenges in bridging these basic research gaps in an erstwhile applied field, and the implications for the kinds of research we undertake and for the identity of the field as a whole. Read More