Starting Research in Clinical Education

A practical guide to clinical education research with top tips, common pitfalls and ethical issues.

Starting Research in Clinical Education is written by a global team of experienced and emerging clinical education researchers who have a wealth of knowledge designing rigorous research projects and expertise in contemporary methods.

Covering a broad spectrum of methods used by clinical education researchers, the book is split into five parts: research design, evidence synthesis and mixed methods research, qualitative research, quantitative research and succeeding in clinical education research. These sections are also accompanied by a companion website which provides further resources. The methods discussed are illustrated with real life examples and case studies to support the reader in designing their own project.

The new edition includes information on:

• Getting started in clinical education research, constructing a research question, clarifying research paradigms and design, using educational theory, involving stakeholders, sampling and recruiting participants and conducting ethical research
• Evidence synthesis, realist research, mixed methods research, action research and emerging possibilities in online data collection
• Interviews and focus groups, visual elicitation, ethnography, narrative research, thematic analysis and struggles new researchers often face in qualitative research
• Survey research, experimental methods, statistical analysis and big data
• Maximising opportunities, project management, writing dissertations, writing for publication, research dissemination and career development

This edition is designed to support those new to clinical education research, including those undertaking intercalated or postgraduate degrees in clinical, medical, dental or general health education. Starting Research in Clinical Education is an ideal resource for those embarking on their first research projects or using methods they are unfamiliar with.

Dr. Eliot Rees, Lecturer in Medical Education, Keele University, UK; National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Fellow in General Practice, University College London, UK; and Education Research Committee, Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)

Dr. Alison Ledger, Associate Professor of Medical Education, University of Queensland, Australia; Chair, Education Research Committee, Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME).

Dr. Kim Walker, Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, UK; and Director of Publications, Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME).

i. Contributors

ii. Foreword

iii. Preface

iv. Acknowledgements

Part 1: Research design

1. Getting started in clinical education research

Jennifer Routh and Robert K McKinley

2. Constructing a research question

Megan Anakin, Joanne Robertson-Smith and Tim J Wilkinson

3. Clarifying research paradigms and design

J. Cristian Rangel, Meredith Young and Lara Varpio

4. Using educational theory

Clare Morris and Nick Schindler

5. Involving stakeholders

Katherine A Moreau, Catherine Giroux and Kaylee Eady

6. Sampling and recruiting participants

Jennifer Cleland, Kirsty Alexander and Amudha Poobalan

7. Conducting ethical research

Anne-Marie Reid and Susan Jamieson

Part 2: Evidence syntheses and mixed methods

8. Evidence syntheses: choosing an approach

Catherine Giroux, Susanne Mak, Rebecca Ataman and Aliki Thomas

9. Evidence synthesis: key steps and design considerations

Claire Duddy and Sophie Park

10. Realist research: unpicking the influence of context

Claire Duddy and Geoff Wong

11. Mixed methods research: the sum is greater than the parts

Catherine Scarff, Christy Noble, Koshila Kumar and Wendy Hu

12. Action research: improving clinical education programmes

Janet Lefroy and Emma Collins

13. Online data collection: emerging possibilities

Dominique Harz and Kristina Dzara

Part 3: Qualitative research

14. Interviews and focus groups: guided conversations

Lucy Wallis, Becky Petley and Rachel Locke

15. Visual elicitation: techniques for digging deeper in interviews

Gerry J Gormley, Sayra Cristancho and Katherine Crook

16. Ethnography: sense and sensibilities in conducting fieldwork

Lisa Dikomitis and Brianne Wenning

17. Narrative research: from the general to the particular

Kathleen E Leedham-Green, Alexandra Wright, and Giskin Day

18. Approaches to thematic analysis: becoming a knowing researcher

Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke

19. Behind the scenes of qualitative analysis: learning from new researchers’ struggles

Anna de la Croix, Malou Stoffels and Jan Willem Grijpma

Part 4: Quantitative research

20. Survey research: uses and misuses

Patrick G. Corr, Radwa Aly and Anthony R Artino

21. Experimental methods: more than simply testing a hypothesis

Peter Yeates and Rebecca Edwards

22. Statistical analysis: unpacking uncertainty

Christy K. Boscardin, H. Carrie Chen and Justin L. Sewell

23. Big Data: where to start and what to expect

Milou Silkens, Asta Medisauskaite and Chris McManus

Part 5: Succeeding in clinical education research

24. Maximising opportunities and overcoming challenges

Susil Pallikadavath and Simon Gay

25. Managing your project

Michelle D Lazarus and Georgina C Stephens

26. Writing your dissertation

Frederick Speyer, Ben Davies and Sarah Yardley

27. Writing for publication

Amaya Ellawala and Aileen Barrett

28. Disseminating your findings

Jonathan Guckian and Teresa Chan

29. Developing your career

Gillian Vance, Sarah Simpson, Sue Jackson and Richard Conn

Conclusion

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