Formulating Research Questions and Designing Studies - 11/3/2025

Includes a Live Web Event on 11/03/2025 at 3:00 PM (EST)

In this workshop, participants will brainstorm research ideas, write, and refine a measurable research question. You will discuss when IRB approval is required for their study. The basics of research design will be discussed and applied to their selected research question.

After participating in this workshop, learners will be able to:

Write a FINER (feasible, interesting, novel, ethical, relevant) educational research question;
Specify an educational research area of interest;
Evaluate whether they need IRB approval for their study;
Select the correct design for their research question.

Recordings will be made available for viewing following the completion of each workshop. Viewing of recordings may not be substituted for participation in live workshops.

This workshop is a part of the MERC Virtual Workshop 2025 - Series 4 .

Jorie Colbert Getz

Jorie Colbert-Getz, PhD, MS, is Associate Professor in Internal Medicine and the Assistant Dean of Education Quality Improvement for the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is also an adjunct faculty member for Johns Hopkins Masters of Education in the Health Professions. At the national level, Dr. Colbert-Getz serves on the Research in Medical Education (RIME) program planning committee. She has also served on the executive committee for the Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education, was the Medical Education Scholarship, Research, and Evaluation chair for the Western Region Group on Education Affairs and was the founding director of the Learning Community Institute Research Network. She has over 50 publications in medical education, mostly focused on assessment. Her overarching mission is to ensure assessments measure developmentally appropriate learning objectives / milestones. To that end, her research focuses on validity frameworks and other elements of assessment utility, survey design, and program evaluation. Dr. Colbert-Getz received her MS degree in Psychology from Illinois State University and her PhD degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Utah.