Is it science? A study of the attitudes of medical trainees and physicians toward qualitative and quantitative research

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 659-674

  Goguen, Jeannette ^a,c   Knight, Melanie ^a   Tiberius, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Medical residents; Qualitative methodologies; Scientific research; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCIENCE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIENCE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 57649196275     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-007-9072-4     Document Type: Article

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