5S of Small, Sustainable, Steps to Successful Scholarship for Health Professions Educators was presented as a pre-conference workshop at the 2023 IAMSE Annual Meeting in Cancun, Mexico June 10 by Alice Fornari, Poh-Sun Goh, Mildred Lopez, Sol Roberts-Lieb, and Elisabeth Schlegel. This hands on workshop provides the underpinnings, theory, and practical steps to begin any scholarly journey through small, stepwise, habits infusing communities of practices, technology, and iteration to build successful recognizable scholarly outputs.

1. 5S OF SMALL, SUSTAINABLE, STEPS TO
SUCCESSFUL SCHOLARSHIP FOR HEALTH
PROFESSIONS EDUCATORS
Alice Fornari, Ed.D
Zucker School of
Medicine
Poh-Sun Goh, MBBS,
MHPE
National University
Singapore
Sol Roberts-Lieb, Ed.D
Carle Illinois College
of Medicine
Mildred Lopez, PhD
Tecnologico de
Monterrey
Elisabeth Schlegel,
PhD, MSc, MBA, MS
(HPPL) Western
Atlantic University
School of Medicine

2. CONFLICTS
OF
INTEREST

3. AGENDA
Introduction and experience with Micro-Scholarship
The Need for Micro-Scholarship
The Theory behind Micro-Scholarship
BREAK
Communities of Practice / Peer Review
From Idea to Practice
Micro-Assets beyond Micro-Scholarship
Putting it All Together

4. OBJECTIVES
1
Reflect on the
processes and steps
of scholarship from
identifying a project
to dissemination
2
Analyze open
micro-content /
micro-practices for
scholarship
development
3
Discuss the ways in
which technology
tools and platforms
can provide
internationalization
experiences
4
Integrate applied
network thinking
aligned with but
extending, and
expanding
boundaries of
traditional
Scholarship and
Research
5
Demonstrate how
the output of
Micro-Scholarship
can be used to fill
curriculum needs
including faculty
development.
6
Demonstrate how
these outputs are
not only
scholarship, but
their use by others
can serve as further
scholarship.

5. NOT YOUR ORDINARY WORKSHOP
Full Interaction Using Micro-Asset to
Share Content
Activities - large
group, small group,
individual time, peer
review

6. ACTIVITY 1:
WHAT BROUGHT
YOU HERE?
Write down two or three statements
of what brought you here?
Are there specific questions you have?
Are there barriers to you growing in
your teaching and learning,
scholarship, and service?
How would rank your confidence in
scholarship (1-5)?

7. INTRODUCTIONS

8. WHO ARE WE?
Alice Fornari, Ed.D
Zucker School of Medicine

9. WHO ARE WE?
Poh-Sun Goh, MBBS, MHPE
National University Singapore

10. ELEARNING BITES
(EBITES):
A HEALTH
PROFESSIONS
EDUCATION BLOG
● Evidence-based medical
education for targeted and public
audiences.
● Salient points and topics are
captured and disseminated at
your fingertips.
● From pre-work to consulting
discussion, all you need is a link to
stimulate and inspire.
Elisabeth Schlegel, PhD
Western Atlantic
University School of
Medicine WAUSM

11. WHO ARE WE?
Mildred Lopez,, PhD - Tecnologico
de Monterrey
https://www.facebook.com/giieedp
mildredlopez@tec.
mx

12. WHO ARE WE?
Sol Roberts-Lieb, Ed.D
Carle Illinois College of Medicine

13. ACTIVITY 1:
WHAT BROUGHT
YOU HERE?
Write down two or three statements
of what brought you here?
Are there specific questions you have?
Are there barriers to you growing in
your teaching and learning,
scholarship, and service?
How would rank your confidence in
scholarship (1-5)?

14. WHY DO WE NEED 5S?
SMALL, SUSTAINABLE, STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL SCHOLARSHIP

15. USING THE 5S TO EXPLAIN THE 5S
Micro-Content (bite-size, modular content)
FOR (Micro-) Learning, Practice, Assessment
and Scholarship
Micro-Learning, Micro-Practice
and Micro-Scholarship : Making
Major Moves one micro-step at a
time, Accessible and Available to
All

16. HERE IS WHY
THEORY BASED - BENEFITS AND IMPACTS

17. “SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL”(DR. LEOPOLD KOHR)
THE BENEFIT OF SMALL, SUSTAINABLE, STEPS TO SCHOLARSHIP

19. The Learning Loop: Conceptualizing Just-in-Time Faculty Development
Yusuf Yilmaz PhD | Dimitrios Papanagnou MD, MPH| Alice Fornari

22. REAL WORLD
EXAMPLES

27. •Capturing and Articulating Visual Media as
Scholarship
•Avita! Y. O'Glasser, MD, FACP, SFHM
(@aoglasser) Vineet M. Arora, MD, MAPP
(@FutureDocs) Teresa M. Chan$, MD, MHPE
(@TChanMD)

28. ACTIVITY 2
WHAT ARE YOUR PASSIONATE ABOUT?
• On your Jamboard put stickies with areas that
you are interested in working on.
• It can be an idea, a question, quotation, or an
interest.
• Add as many as you would like.
Jamboard Link: https://tinyurl.com/Micro5S
ML-C

29. PHOTO BY: HTTPS://TRAVELYUCATAN.COM/CANCUN-BEACHES/
(SHORT) BREAK

30. COMMUNITIES OF
PRACTICE

33. ACTIVITY 3
RECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM YOUR COP
• Go to other Jamboards and provide feedback, a
sticky with thoughts to help the creator.
• It can be an idea, a question, resource, or anything
to help them expand that idea.
• Add as many as you would like.
Jamboard Link: https://tinyurl.com/Micro5S
ML-C

35. FROM IDEAS TO
PRACTICE

37. FROM PRESENTATION TO PRACTICE
•Create a habit of inquiry
•Share small ideas (Micro-Assets with CoP)
•Refine ideas
•Stack ideas (Macro-Assets)
•Share ideas (Publication)
•Continue (Adding, changing, refining, sharing)
https://blog.readytomanage.com/action-learning/

38. STAGES AND TOOLS
Stage and Task Tools
Create a habit of inquiry Paper, notepad, journal, text
Share small ideas (Micro-Assets with CoP) Social Media, LMS, Google Apps, MS APPS
Refine Ideas Any to show progress
Stack Ideas (Macro-Assets) Social Media, LMS, Google Apps, MS APPS
Share Ideas (Publication) LMS, Journals, Conferences, Blogs, Social
Continue growing Micro and Macro Assets Use the best tool for you

41. PUTTING IT ALL
TOGETHER

42. MAKING A PLAN

43. BUILDING HABITS
10 min: 7 min individual, then share with partner 3 min
• Decide on an initial ides and write a goal
What quick trial/prototype could you develop and test?
• Deconstruct the work into tasks with dates - worksheet
will be provided
Use a metric to track your of success
• In your role and organizational culture: What works &
what are barriers and enablers?

44. REPORT OUT
• What goals did you create? How will you get there?
• What barriers did you identify? How will you
overcome them?
• What questions do you have?

45. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
COMMITMENT
•Next Steps: - 5-7 min
• Identify Menor and/or Accountability Partner(s)
• Consider: Home institution, IAMSE, or others
• Identify a meeting place or a collaborative online
space
• Identify frequency of meeting
•Call to Action: Voice a commitment - till closing

46. One Take-Away
and Questions

47. CONTACT
•Alice Fornari, Ed.D - Zucker School of Medicine: afornari@northwell.edu
•Poh-Sun Goh, MBBS, MHPE - National University Singapore: dnrgohps@nus.edu.sg
•Sol Roberts-Lieb, Ed.D - Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Sol@illinois.edu
•Mildred Lopez, PhD - Tecnologico de Monterrey. mildredlopez@tec.mx
•Elisabeth Schlegel, PHD - Western Atlantic University School of Medicine.
eschlegel@wausm.education

48. RESOURCES
• https://microscholarship.blogspot.com/
• http://elisabeth-fm-schlegel.weebly.com/
• https://medicine.hofstra.edu/pdf/faculty/facdev/facdev-home-jittintro.pdf
• https://www.facebook.com/giieedp
• Goh, PS, Schlegel, E. (2023). Small, Sustainable, Steps to Success as a Scholar in Health Professions Education -
Micro (Macro and Meta) Matters. TAPS, 8(2), 76-79. https://doi.org/10.29060/TAPS.2023-8-2/SC2861
• Goh, P. S., Roberts-Lieb, S., & Sandars, J. (2023). Micro-Scholarship: An innovative approach for the first steps for
Scholarship in Health Professions Education. Medical teacher, 45:3, 307-312.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2133689