A Rationale for Using Synthetic Designs in Medical Education Research

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-103

  Lynch, Deirdre C ^a   Whitley, Theodore W ^a   Willis, Stephen E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal validity; Medical education; Research; Synthetic designs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345849991     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009875918096     Document Type: Article

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