The curious case of case study research.
The conceptualisation of 'good' medical education research as hypothesis testing to identify universal truths that are generalisable across contexts has been challenged. Joining this conversation, the field of health professions education research is complex and contextual and there are ways of exam...
| Publicado en: | Medical Education Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 1131 - 1142 |
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| Formato: | review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Oct2021
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