Mixing it but not mixed-up: Mixed methods research in medical education (a critical narrative review)

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Maudsley, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 79551518909     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.542523     Document Type: Article

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