Can medical education be researched?
Many medical educators are tempted or encouraged to conduct research into teaching techniques, methods of evaluation, and curricular change. These educators are generally career physicians who become distressed by their inability to apply the social science model of research to their project with impunity. This paper addresses the issues involved in conducting educational research and provides some suggestions for methodology that can be used.
Lloyd
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St Josephs Health Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*