Barriers to cross-disciplinary knowledge flow: The case of medical education research.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The medical education research field operates at the crossroads of two distinct academic worlds: higher education and medicine. As such, this field provides a unique opportunity to explore new forms of cross-disciplinary knowledge exchange.

Methods

Cross-disciplinary knowledge flow in medical education research was examined by looking at citation patterns in the five journals with the highest impact factor in 2017. To grasp the specificities of the knowledge flow in medical education, the field of higher education was used as a comparator. In total, 2031 citations from 64 medical education and 41 higher education articles published in 2017 were examined.

Results

Medical education researchers draw on a narrower range of knowledge communities than their pee

SUBMITTER: Albert M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240116 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature