University of Calgary

CME Research

The Office of CME & PD has research strengths in the following areas:

 


Educational Course Outcome Assessment

Curran V, Lockyer J, Kirby F, Sargeant J, Fleet L, Wright D, The nature of the interaction between participants and facilitators in online asynchronous continuing medical education learning environments. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2005; 17(3): 240-246.

Lockyer JM, Ward R, Toews J, 12 tips for effective short course design. Medical Teacher 2005; 27(5): 392-5.

Lockyer J, Fidler H, Hogan D, Pereles L, Wright B, Lebeuf C, Gerritsen C, Assessing course outcomes through an examination of the congruence between course objectives and reflective work, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2005; 25 (2): 76-86.

Curran V, Lockyer J, Sargeant J, Fleet L, Evaluation of learning outcomes in web-based CME, Acad Med 2006; 81 (10): S30-34.

Mansouri M, Lockyer J, A meta-analysis of continuing medical education effectiveness, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2007; 27(1): 6-15.

Myhre D, Lockyer JM, Using a commitment to change strategy to assess faculty development, Medical Education 2010, 44(5): 516-517.

Dixon D,Takhar J, Macnab J, Eadie J, Lockyer J, Stenerson H, Francois J, Bell M, Monette C, Campbell C, Marlow B, Quality Control in CME/CPD by Measuring and Illuminating Bias, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2011; 31(2): 109-16. doi: 10.1002/chp.20114.

Singhal N, Lockyer J, Fidler H, Keenan W, Little G, Bucher S, Qadir M, Niermeyer S, Helping babies breathe: Global neonatal resuscitation program development and formative educational evaluation, Resuscitation 2012 Jan;83(1):90-6.


Informed Self Assessment

Sargeant J, Armson H, Chesluk B, Dornan T, Eva K, Holmboe E, Lockyer J, Loney E, Mann K, van der Vleuten C, The processes and dimensions of informed self-assessment: a conceptual model, Acad Med 2010; 85(7):1212-20.

Lockyer J, Armson H, Chesluk B, Dornan T, Holmboe E, Loney E, Mann K, Sargeant J, Feedback data sources that inform physician self assessment, Medical Teacher 2011; 2011;33(2):e113-20.  (DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.542519).

Sargeant J, Eva KW, Armson H, Chesluk B, Dornan T, Holmboe E, Lockyer J, Loney E, Mann K,.  Features of assessment learners use for informed self-assessments of clinical performance. Medical Education, 2011; 45(6): 636-647.

Mann K, van der Vleuten C,  Armson H, Chesluk B, Dornan T, Eva K, Holmboe E, Lockyer J, Loney E, Sargeant J. Tensions in informed self-assessment: How the desire for feedback and reticence to collect/use it create conflict . Acad Med, 2011; 86(9):1120-1127.

Eva KW,  Holmboe E, Lockyer J, Loney E, Mann K, Sargeant J. Factors influencing responsiveness to feedback:  On the interplay between fear, confidence, and reasoning processes.   Advances  in Health Sciences Education 2011, DOI 10.1007/s10459-011-9290-7; http://www.springerlink.com/content/k890327358w37521/fulltext.pdf.


International Medical Graduate Assessment and Transition to Practice

Lockyer J, Blackmore D, Fidler H, Crutcher R, Salte B, Shaw K, Ward B, Wolfish N, A study of a multi source feedback system for international medical graduates holding defined licenses. Medical Education, 2006, 40: 340-347.

Lockyer J, Hofmeister ML, Crutcher R, Klein D, Fidler H, International Medical Graduates: Learning for Practice in Alberta, Canada, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2007; 3, 157-163.

Klein D, Hofmeister ML, Lockyer JM, Crutcher R, Fidler H, Push pull plant: The human side of immigration to Alberta, Canada, Family Medicine 2009; 41(3): 197-201.

Lockyer J, Fidler H, de Gara C, Keefe J, Learning to Learning to practice in Canada: The hidden curriculum of international medical graduates, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2010; 30(1): 37-43.

Lockyer J, Fidler H, de Gara C, Keefe J, Mentorship for the Physician Recruited from Abroad to Canada for Rural Practice, Medical Teacher, 2010; 32(8): e322-7. 

Lockyer J, Wycliffe-Jones K, Raman M, Sandhu A*, Fidler H, Moving into medical practice in a new community: The transition experience, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2011, 31(3): 151-6.


Learning theory

Ho, K, Jarvis-Selinger, S,  Borduas F,  Frank, B, Hall P, Handfield-Jones R, Hardwick D, Lockyer J,  Sinclair D, Lauscher HN,; Ferdinands L,; MacLeod A, Robitaille M-A, Rouleau M, Making Interprofessional Education Work: The Strategic Roles of the Academy, Academic Medicine 2008; 83(10): 934-940.

Sargeant J, Armson H, Chesluk B, Dornan T, Eva K, Holmboe E, Lockyer J, Loney E, Mann K, van der Vleuten C, The processes and dimensions of informed self-assessment: a conceptual Model, Acad Med 2010; doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181d85a4e.


Mentorship

Straus SE, Graham ID, Taylor M, Lockyer J, Development of a mentorship strategy: A knowledge translation case study, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2008; 28(3): 117-122.


Multi source feedback design and psychometric assessment

Lockyer JM, Violato C, Fidler H, A multisource feedback program for anesthesiologists (Un programme de rétroaction multisources pour les anesthésiologists), Can J of Anesthesia, 2006, 53: 33-39.

Violato C, Lockyer JM, Fidler H, The assessment of pediatricians by a regulatory authority, Pediatrics, 2006, 117: 796-802.

Violato C, Lockyer J, Self and peer assessment of pediatricians, psychiatrists and medicine specialists: Implications for self-directed learning, Advances in Health Science Education, 2006 11(3): 235-244.

Lockyer J, Blackmore D, Fidler H, Crutcher R, Salte B, Shaw K, Ward B, Wolfish N, A study of a multi source feedback system for international medical graduates holding defined licenses. Medical Education, 2006, 40: 340-347.

Lockyer JM, Violato C, Fidler H, The assessment of emergency physicians by a regulatory authority. Academic Emergency Medicine, 2006; 13(12): 1296-1303.

Lockyer J, Violato C, Fidler H, What multi source feedback factors influence physician self assessments? A five year longitudinal study, Acad Med 2007, 82(10S): 77-80.

Lockyer J, Violato C, Fidler H, The assessment of radiologists through a multi source feedback tool, Radiology 2008, 247: 771-778.

Violato C, Lockyer J, Fidler H, The assessment of psychiatrists in practice through multi source feedback, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 2008, 53(8): 525-533.

Violato C, Lockyer JM, Fidler HM, Change in performance: A prospective 5 year longitudinal multi source feedback study, Medical Education 2008, 42: 28(2) 1-7.

Lockyer J, Clyman S, Multi Source Feedback, in E Holmboe and R Hawkins (eds), A practical guide to the assessment of clinical competence. Mosby/Elsevier. 2008.

Lockyer JM, Violato C, Wright B, Fidler HM, An analysis of long term outcomes of the impact of curriculum: A comparison of the 3 and 4 year medical school curricula, Acad Med, 2009, 84(10): 1342-1347.

Lockyer J, Violato C, Fidler H, Alakija P*, The assessment of pathologists/laboratory-medicine physicians through a multi source feedback tool, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 2009; 133: (8): 1301-1308.

Lockyer J, Violato C, Wright B, Fidler H, Chan R*, An analysis of long terms outcomes for surgeons from three and four year curriculum, Can J of Surgery, Accepted for publication, 2012.


On-Line Learning and Distance Education

Curran V, Lockyer J, Kirby F, Sargeant J, Fleet L, Wright D, The nature of the interaction between participants and facilitators in online asynchronous continuing medical education learning environments. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2005; 17(3): 240-246.

Curran V, Lockyer J, Sargeant J, Fleet L, Evaluation of learning outcomes in web-based CME, Acad Med 2006; 81 (10): S30-34.

Lockyer J, Sargeant J, Curran V, Fleet L, The transition from face-to-face to on-line CME facilitation, Medical Teacher 2006, 28(7): 625-630.

Llambi L, Margolis A, Toews J, Dapueto J, Esteves E, Martinez E, Forster T, Lopez A, Lockyer J, Distance education for physicians: Adaptation of a Canadian experience to Uruguay, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2008; 28(2): 1-7.


Physician and Health Care Professional Assessment

Lockyer J, Singhal N, Fidler H, Weiner G, Aziz K, Curran V, The development and testing of a checklist to assess neonatal resuscitation skill. Pediatrics 2006, Dec;118(6):e1739-44. Epub 2006 Oct 30.

Campbell CM, Lockyer JM, Laidlaw TS, MacLeod HL, An assessment of a matched pair instrument to examine physician-patient communication skills for practicing physicians, Medical Education 2007, 41: 123-129.

Légaré F, Kenny DA, Veldhuijzen W, van der Weijden, Leblanc A, Lockyer J, Campbell C, Interpersonal perception in the context of doctor-patient relationships: A dyadic analysis of doctor-patient communication, Social Science and Medicine 2010; 70(5): 763-768.


Role of Collaboration in Education

Lockyer J, Norton P, An analysis of a successful medical collaboration to create and sustain family physician anesthesiology capacity in rural Canada. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2005, 13:178-182.

Wright B, Lockyer J, Fidler H, Hofmeister M, Family Physician and Health Care Team Member Perspectives on Roles in Geriatric Care Teams, Canadian Family Physician 2007; 53:1954-1955.