RIME 60 Years: Celebration and Future Horizons.

This year marks the 60th Anniversary (1961-2021) of Research in Medical Education (RIME). Over the past 6 decades RIME has selected medical education research to be presented each year at the AAMC Annual Meeting: Learn Serve Lead (LSL) and published in a supplement of Academic Medicine. In this article the authors surveyed RIME chairs from the past 20 years to identify ways that RIME has advanced medical education research and to generate ideas for future directions. RIME chairs described advancements in the rigor and impact of RIME research and the timeliness of the topics, often serving as a driver for cutting-edge research. They highlighted RIME's role in promoting qualitative research, introducing new epistemologies, and encouraging networking as a means of career advancement. Going forward, RIME chairs suggested (1) strengthening collaborations with formal advanced MEd and PhD degree programs, (2) creating formal mentorship channels for junior and minority faculty, and (3) promoting research related to knowledge translation.