The Medical Education faculty have had several local and national grants funded for research and development in medical education. The primary focus of this research has been innovative teaching methods, especially those that include the use of educational technology to solve instructional problems.
Projects funded in the health sciences are rare.
The faculty and staff have investigated methods to improve the administration of the educational programs. They have been using Web-based procedure logs, clerkship evaluations and teaching evaluations since 1997. Recently, a Web site was created for faculty to retrieve a composite evaluation of their teaching. The staff is continuing to develop new applications to improve feedback and streamline administrative requirements.