Philosophy of Science Series
Harnessing the Multidisciplinary Edge Effect by Exploring Paradigms, Ontologies, Epistemologies, Axiologies, and Methodologies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21612601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lara Varpio (0000-0002-1412-4341, is professor and associate director of research, Graduate Programs in Health Professions Education, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; ORCID:., corresponding author), Alan Macleod (0000-0002-0939-7767, is professor of continuing professional development and medical education, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 686-689 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Academic Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-2446 • E-ISSN: 1938-808X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/acm.0000000000003142 |
| PMID | 31876567 |
| OpenAlex | W2998363599 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 13 |
Health professions education (HPE) researchers come from many different academic traditions, from psychology to engineering to rhetoric. Trained in these traditions, HPE researchers engage in science and the building of new knowledge from different paradigmatic orientations. Collaborating across these traditions is particularly generative, a phenomenon the authors call the multidisciplinary edge effect . However, to harness this productivity, scholars need to understand their own paradigms and those of others so that collaboration can flourish. This Invited Commentary introduces the Philosophy of Science series—a collection of articles that introduce readers to 7 different paradigms that are frequently used in HPE research or that the authors suggest will be increasingly common in future studies. Each article in the collection presents a concise and accessible description of the main principles of a paradigm so that researchers can quickly grasp how these traditions differ from each other. In this introductory article, the authors define and illustrate key terms that are essential to understanding these traditions (i.e., paradigm, ontology, epistemology, methodology, and axiology) and explain the structure that each article in this series follows
Axiology · Data science · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Generative grammar · GRASP · Multidisciplinary approach · Ontology · Philosophy of science · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills · Computer Science · Empathy and Medical Education · Engineering · Innovations in Medical Education · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
A qualitative study of academic bullying among junior doctors in Sierra Leone
A Methodological Framework for Integrating Phenomenology and Grounded Theory in Health Professions Research
Philosophical leadership in education
Identity without milestones
Pause, Persist, Pivot
Picking Up Where the Authors Left Off
Being Edgy in Health Professions Education
The Hiker’s Guide to the Rime Supplement
Rime Foreword
The Positivism Paradigm of Research
Double Knowing
Mentoring Relationships and Gender Inequities in Academic Medicine
On the Use and Value of Reporting Guidelines in Health Professions Education Research
Endarkening the Epistemé
Reconstructing Neurath’s Ship
The applicability of generalisability and bias to health professions education's research
Recreating the future—Indigenous research paradigms in health professional education research
When I say… travelling concepts
Navigating the research landscape
Bricolage
The promise of a health professions education imagination
When I say … neurodiversity paradigm
Qualitative ego networks in health professions education
How to incorporate theory in qualitative research
Using framework analysis methods for qualitative research
Twelve tips on finding a research orientation
Qualitative research interviews for health professions education
Exploring Therapist's Worldview in a Family Therapy Theory Course
Rethinking ethnic migrant health research
A practical guide to reflexivity in qualitative research
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| Citations per year | 5.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |