title: Historical factors influencing medical education research productivity.
abstract: The author explores the reasons why both Canada and the Netherlands have a productivity in medical education research that is disproportionate to their size. He suggests that the historical introduction of problem-based learning early in both countries by McMaster and Maastricht, respectively, with a commitment for programmatic and broader research in both institutions has left this legacy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Canada. norman@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Norman
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research