title: A needs assessment of education research topics among surgical educators in the United States.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are currently no courses that focus specifically on surgical education research. A needs assessment of surgical educators is required to best design these courses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey-based study on all faculty members of the Association for Surgical Education was done to determine their education research needs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall response rate was 15% and the majority of the 78 respondents were physicians (63%) in their mid- to late career stage (65%). Participants thought research topics should be taught at an advanced level in a workshop format. Senior educators were less interested than junior educators in learning to create conceptual frameworks (p = 0.038) and presenting their research at national meetings (p = 0.014).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical educators desire more training in education research techniques that are taught in a workshop format at a national surgical education meeting. These workshops may lay the groundwork for a nationally recognized certificate in surgical education research.
authors.affiliation: The Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: rphitayakorn@mgh.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phitayakorn
authors.affiliation: Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salles
authors.affiliation: One Health Surgical Specialists, One Health, Owensboro, KY, USA; University of Louisville, Department of Surgery, Louisville, KY, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Falcone
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steinemann
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Torbeck
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012106:Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: Continuing professional development; Needs assessment; Surgical education research