BMJ  2007;335:415 (1 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.39317.554479.80

Letters

Medical education research

Other journals, other means

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We support the premise that best evidence supports what we do in medical education, as in the best evidence medical education movement.1 While we agree that Medical Education and Medical Teacher are two leading medical education journals, they mostly focus on undergraduate studies and are not the only publications that accept worthwhile studies from medical and dental education researchers. For instance, we were surprised that the authors, from a department of general practice, did not mention Education for Primary Care, which publishes medical education research with a primary care and postgraduate focus. As researchers concentrating on postgraduate medical and dental education, we also look at papers published in Postgraduate Medical Journal and dental education journals, in addition to education journals such as the Journal of Qualitative Research and Evaluation. We also present our work at national and international medical education conferences. Again, these were not mentioned.

We agree . . . [Full text of this article]

David Wall, deputy postgraduate dean, Guy Houghton, associate dean for assessment and evaluation

West Midlands Deanery, Birmingham B16 9RG

d.w.wall@btopenworld.com


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