Review article: Medical education research: An overview of methods

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-170

  Boet, Sylvain ^a   Sharma, Saroo ^b   Goldman, Joanne ^b   Reeves, Scott ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HALO EFFECT; HAWTHORNE EFFECT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; TEAMWORK; THEORY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84856975134     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-011-9635-y     Document Type: Review

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