Education Scholarship Conference (ESCape)

What is the Education Scholarship Conference (ESCape)?

ESCape is a weekly lunchtime “brown bag” group scholarship consultation session that provides the opportunity to consult with education researchers and other colleagues in a friendly group setting. Generally, 5-10 education research faculty attend.

If you are not able to attend ESCape or prefer one-on-one feedback, you are welcome to meet with one of the education research faculty.

To request an individual meeting consultation.

Who can participate?
Anyone with an interest in medical education research can participate in ESCape sessions.

• Educators with a new or established interest in medical education research, including learners, faculty, and staff.
• Experienced faculty in education research, and education leadership

ESCape Objectives
During these sessions, participants will:

• Receive interprofessional and interdisciplinary peer consultation for their education proposals and projects from initial idea to submission, to gain multiple perspectives efficiently. For instance:
  • Choosing a framework to support curriculum development ideas and proposals
  • Applying educational theory and methods
  • Presenting education proposals, funded and unfunded, for submission or delivery.
• Provide critique to others on their abstracts, papers, and presentations before submission or presentation.
• Improve scholarly rigor of UCSF education proposals and projects.

When and where do I join?
ESCape sessions are every Tuesday from noon to 1 pm, via Zoom. 

Remote Access (via Zoom): 

• Please contact Raquel Rodriguez ([email protected]) for access information.

Format
We recommend that ESCape presenters prepare a brief (5-10 minute) elevator pitch of their project and propose several specific questions for the ESCape group. The remainder of the session will be spent discussing the questions proposed.

Preparation
To get the most from your ESCape consultation please send your manuscript, summary of data, and questions for consideration, to CFE by the Thursday before your session.

Additional Resources

• Research Skills Development and Support
• For those in health professions education (HPE) interested in publishing their work:
  • We recommend looking into all journals which focus on HPE research. When weighing options for where to publish, we first recommend looking for journals that have HPE as a primary or thematic focus. When weighing open access journals for publication, we recommend looking at the UCSF library website where you can see the journals with open access agreement with UCSF/UC listed which will help on savings with publications costs.

If you have any questions, please contact Raquel Rodriguez ([email protected])