In this interview, we sit down with Asma Ali, Ph.D., ERM, founder and principal consultant at AA& Associates LLC. And we’ll discuss her 2016 JCEHP publication, “Learning Scaffolds: Progressive Instructional Design for Problem-Based Learning.” As with each interview, in our discussion we explored our four basics research to actions questions and hope to help the community find some actionable lessons from Dr. Ali’s recent research.

Part one of this two-part series described the importance for a specialty society to develop and maintain a relevant education strategy. Such a strategy, consonant with the society’s overall mission and goals, enables the society to remain relevant and responsive to the changing research, clinical practice, political, economic and education environment. The nine goals you see below (and find in full in part one) were proposed to support the attainment of the education vision and mission undergirding a specialty society’s strategic plan and have been presented in a logical order, as each goal is linked to the preceding goal. Part two in this two-part series presents specific action steps to implement each of these goals.