Realist methods in medical education research: what are they and what can they contribute?
Medical Education 2012: 46: 89-96 Context Education is a complex intervention which produces different outcomes in different circumstances. Education researchers have long recognised the need to supplement experimental studies of efficacy with a broader range of study designs that will help to unpac...
| Publicado en: | Medical Education Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 89 - 97 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2012
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