Starting Research in Clinical Education

List of contributors vii

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements xv

Companion website xvii

Part I: Research design

1 Getting started in clinical education research 3
Jennifer Routh and Robert K. McKinley

2 Constructing a research question 13
Megan Anakin, Joanne Robertson-Smith, and Tim J. Wilkinson

3 Clarifying research paradigms and design 21
J. Cristian Rangel, Meredith Young, and Lara Varpio

4 Using educational theory in research and scholarship 31
Clare Morris and Nick Schindler

5 Involving stakeholders 39
Katherine A. Moreau, Catherine M. Giroux, and Kaylee Eady

6 Sampling and recruiting participants 47
Jennifer Cleland, Kirsty Alexander, and Amudha Poobalan

7 Conducting ethical research 57
Anne-Marie Reid and Susan Jamieson

Part II: Evidence synthesis and mixed methods

8 Evidence syntheses: choosing an approach 69
Catherine M. Giroux, Susanne Mak, Rebecca Ataman, and Aliki Thomas

9 Evidence synthesis: key steps and design considerations 79
Claire Duddy and Sophie Park

10 Realist research: unpicking the influence of context 89
Claire Duddy and Geoff Wong

11 Mixed methods research: the sum is greater than the parts 99
Catherine Scarff, Christy Noble, Koshila Kumar, and Wendy Hu

12 Action research: improving clinical education programmes 107
Janet Lefroy and Emma Collins

13 Online data collection: emerging possibilities 115
Dominique Harz and Kristina Dzara

Part III: Qualitative research

14 Interviews and focus groups: guided conversations 127
Lucy Wallis, Becky Petley, and Rachel Locke

15 Visual elicitation: techniques for digging deeper in qualitative interviews 137
Gerard J. Gormley, Sayra Cristancho, and Katherine Crook

16 Ethnography: sense and sensibilities in conducting fieldwork 145
Lisa Dikomitis and Brianne Wenning

17 Narrative research: from the general to the particular 155
Kathleen E. Leedham-Green, Alexandra Wright, and Giskin Day

18 Approaches to thematic analysis: becoming a knowing researcher 165
Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke

19 Behind the scenes of qualitative analysis: learning from new researchers' struggles 175
Anne de la Croix, Malou Stoffels, and Jan Willem Grijpma

Part IV: Quantitative research

20 Survey research: uses and misuses 183
Patrick G. Corr, Radwa Aly, and Anthony R. Artino, Jr.

21 Experimental methods: more than simply testing hypotheses 191
Peter Yeates and Rebecca Edwards

22 Statistical analysis: unpacking uncertainty 201
Christy K. Boscardin, H. Carrie Chen, and Justin L. Sewell

23 Big data: where to start and what to expect 213
Milou Silkens, Asta Medisauskaite, and Chris McManus

Part V: Succeeding in clinical education research

24 Maximising opportunities and overcoming challenges 227
Susil Pallikadavath and Simon Gay

25 Managing your project 235
Michelle D. Lazarus and Georgina C. Stephens

26 Writing your dissertation 245
Frederick Speyer, Benjamin Davies, and Sarah Yardley

27 Writing for publication 253
Amaya Ellawala and Aileen Barrett

28 Disseminating your findings 261
Jonathan Guckian and Teresa Chan

29 Developing your career 271
Gillian Vance, Sarah Simpson, Sue Jackson, and Richard Conn

Conclusion 283

Index 285

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medical education; clinical education; health professions education; nursing education; dental education; research methods; qualitative research; systematic reviews; evidence synthesis; research design; quantitative research