Critical Realism and Realist Inquiry in Medical Education

Academic Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 984-988

  Ellaway, Rachel H ^a   Kehoe, Amelia ^b   Illing, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERCEPTION; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85084154959     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003232     Document Type: Review

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