Realist methods in medical education research: What are they and what can they contribute?

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-96

  Wong, Geoff ^a   Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a   Westhorp, Gill ^b   Pawson, Ray ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Community Matters ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EFFICIENCY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 83455206767     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04045.x     Document Type: Article

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