Alfaisal Scholar Program in Research Excellence
Medical Education Research Track
ASPiRE Overview
The Alfaisal Scholar Program in Research Excellence (ASPiRE) is an in-house sister program of the Summer Program for International Research Internship and Training (SPIRIT) that offers participants a unique and immersive experience in medical education, basic and clinical research. The ASPiRE program contributes to Alfaisal University College of Medicine's vision in preparing physicians who actively contribute to medical research.
Medical Education Research Track
Designed to teach medical students the basic principles of conducting research in medical education through a series of presentations and small group activities, the 6-day course comprises 11 workshops. Each workshop is about 2-3 hours long. Groups of participants actively work and apply the concepts they learn on an actual medical education research project as they traverse through the ten workshops. By the end of the course, attendees will have acquired a framework for understanding and applying essential concepts and principles in medical education research.
Program Outline and Schedule
The program is carefully designed to effectively cover all essential and practical aspects of conducting Medical Education research. By the end of the course, the participants will have had acquired all the essential concepts of Medical Education research.
The course schedule is given below:
ASPiRE-MERT Cycle 4
Target Audience
Medical students from all universities
Venue
On-campus at Alfaisal University
Number of Seats
30 seats
Course Fee
175 SAR (Inclusive of VAT)
Contact Info
You are welcome to contact us at iocom@alfaisal.edu any time should you have questions.