Why open-ended survey questions are unlikely to support rigorous qualitative insights

Academic Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 347-349

  LaDonna, Kori A ^a   Taylor, Taryn ^b   Lingard, Lorelei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85044308061     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002088     Document Type: Review

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