The goal of the COMSEP Survey is to facilitate optimization of survey design and collate the distribution of member surveys to promote high quality scholarship in medical student education.

Submitted questions will first be reviewed and constructive feedback offered. Questions accepted for inclusion in the survey will then be pilot tested prior to offering the survey to COMSEP membership. Data collected through the survey will be sent to the question authors for analysis.

Call for submissions for the 2026 survey is now open.

Deadline to submit questions: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 11:59pm EST

Submit Questions

Question Submissions for the 2026 Survey will open in October 2025.

Guidelines for Submission:

The number of questions submitted from an individual member/team should be limited to the lowest number needed to appropriately investigate the research question. The maximum number of questions allowed is 15.
The amount of time to complete the questions accurately should be considered. Lengthy or difficult to interpret questions can lead to lower survey completion rates, endangering success with data dissemination.
Topics covered in each survey will be listed annually in the member section of COMSEP website.
Topics will not be repeated on the annual survey unless:
1. 1. Significantly different questions are asked about the subject
  2. Two years have passed since the topic was included
  3. The questions are reviewed and approved by the executive committee
If there is significant overlap of questions submitted by members/teams, the survey committee will request collaboration and resubmission of questions.

For additional helpful resources/tips/important considerations for creating high yield survey questions,
visit: Developing questionnaires for educational research: AMEE Guide

Timeline

Survey Committee Members

Past Survey Topics

Scholarship Based on Survey Data

2024 2022 2021

2024

Topics

Pediatric Content of Pre-Clerkship Curriculum
Use of Pediatric Subspecialty Inpatient Services for the Core Clerkship (Natalia Knot)
- Presented at: PHM 2025, APA Region 6 Meeting 2025, University of Wisconsin - Madison Medical Education Day 2025, PAS 2025, 2025 Spring Research Compendium - Division of Hospital Medicine, Children’s National Hospital [Virtual], and 2025 Spring Research Compendium - Division of Hospital Medicine, Children’s National Hospital [Virtual]
Use of Multi-Source feedback for medical students in the Core Clerkship

2022

2021

Name	Position
Amit Pahwa	Chair
Sarah Korte	Vice Chair
Michele Long	Executive Committee Member
Jessica Patrick-Esteve	At Large Member
Erin Pete Devon	At Large Member
Katherine Donowitz	Research and Scholarship Collaborative Representative
Anna Sombrio	Degnon Research Team

Annual Survey

2026 COMSEP Annual Survey- Question Submission

Please upload one document that contains ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

Scholarship Based on Survey Data