A phenomenographic approach to research in medical education

Medical Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 261-270

  Stenfors Hayes, Terese ^a   Hult, Hakan ^b   Dahlgren, Madeleine A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING;

COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCHER-SUBJECT RELATIONS; TEACHING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873600452     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12101     Document Type: Article

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