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Derek Louey

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🇦🇺Emergency Physician/Educator/Scholar/Researcher = A scholarly BAFERD Clinician Educator researching "Relevance”

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Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 9

Relevance is the:

Articulation of competence
Logic of clinical reasoning
Connections of teaching & learning
Evidence chain of assessment
Binding of clinical teams
Beacon for professional development & expertise

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Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Sep 12

Tying up loose ends

HPE research is increasingly addressing population gaps ranging from the learner's access to & experience of education to the community's access to & experience of healthcare

But do we have better theories to inform the concrete pedagogical steps to improving them together?

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Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 14

It is useful to research the diversity of learner & patient experiences, the influence of power in discourses & decisions in HPE, and to prescribe fairer processes or procedures. But have we investigated stakeholder thought processes & motivations to ensure transparent debate?

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Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 14

Inflammation - one word to describe dozens of varied cellular and humoral events in response to a variety of acute and chronic stimuli.

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Tim Wilkinson makes the provocative suggestion that a chaotic curriculum prepares learners better for the complexities of healthcare

#ANZAHPE2025

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

HPE research that is theory informed

#ANZAHPE2025

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Change management in HPE is wiggly

#ANZAHPE2025

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

If we suspect reduced effectiveness of burnt out clinicians, I wonder what is the impact of burnt out health professions educators? #ANZAHPE2025

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Lots of burnt out educators #ANZAHPE2025

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Getting real at #ANZAHPE2025

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Are generational differences in professionalism a myth?

#ANZAHPE2025

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

It's not that AI will forcible replace humans but that we will just allow it to happen #ANZAHPE2025

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Do clinicians have the same capacity to hallucinate and behave erratically like AI? #ANZAHPE2025

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Do competency frameworks serve as useful education models?

Learning and performance is not a pyramid, flower, or Venn diagram. How should we represent the complex and inter-related domains pertaining to competence, expertise, & the varied work of health professionals?

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Explain how your findings can benefit society

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Explain how your findings can impact educational practices

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Build upon existing theories if it frames the research better. Alternatively, draw in theories as a counterpoint to your findings.

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hook in the audience by explaining how the research could contribute to a solution

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Explain what practical problem might this research solve?

Jonassen DH. Toward a design theory of problem solving. Educational Technology Research and Development. 2000;48(4):63-85.

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Provide a problem-gap-hook that makes the audience want to engage with your research

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

The future of Health Professions Education scholarship

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

For more societal impact Health Professions Education Research needs better:
#Boyer #knowledgegaps #implementationscience

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Taxonomies of Learning

Derek Louey @theoryenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 10

Who is being served by HPE research?

The HPE literature is mostly a random collection of empirical observations with few theories to explain how they all fit together. Of the theories that do exist, many of them are too abstract & inaccessible to grass-roots educators.