Asking the right questions and getting meaningful responses: 12 tips on developing and administering a questionnaire survey for healthcare professionals.
Questionnaires provide a useful and versatile tool for new and occasional researchers, and can be applied to a wide range of topics. This paper provides simple guidance on some of the potential pitfalls in developing and running a questionnaire study, and how to avoid them. Each tip is illustrated with a real-life example from the development of a UK-wide questionnaire survey of trainee doctors and their educational supervisors.
Burford
Bryan
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The Northern Deanery, NHS North East Education, 10-12 Framlington Place Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. bryan.burford@cddft.nhs.uk
Hesketh
Anne
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Wakeling
Judy
J
Bagnall
Gellisse
G
Colthart
Iain
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Illing
Jan
J
Kergon
Charlotte
C
Morrow
Gill
G
Spencer
John
J
van Zwanenberg
Tim
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D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom