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.