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From Dense Fog to Gentle Mist: Getting Started in Surgical Education Research

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Part of the book series: Innovation and Change in Professional Education ((ICPE,volume 17))

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Understanding and conducting surgical education research can be difficult for the beginner. The idea that prompted this chapter is that it is useful to break down some initially opaque concepts into steps. In this chapter, the reader is taken on a journey that provides an explanation of some signposts for the novice qualitative surgical researcher. These include scoping a broad list of “burning questions” down to asking a potentially answerable question and choosing a research paradigm that aligns with researcher perspective and the research setting. Some visual tools to aid the research process are presented.

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  1. Ophthalmology, Eye and Ear Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Deb Colville

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

    Deb Colville

  3. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, Surry Hills, Australia

    Catherine Green

  4. Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia

    Catherine Green

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash Institute for Health and Clinical Education, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry & Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

    Debra Nestel

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Kirsten Dalrymple

  3. Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

    John T. Paige

  4. Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Jefferson Strategic Ventures, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Rajesh Aggarwal

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Colville, D., Green, C. (2019). From Dense Fog to Gentle Mist: Getting Started in Surgical Education Research. In: Nestel, D., Dalrymple, K., Paige, J., Aggarwal, R. (eds) Advancing Surgical Education. Innovation and Change in Professional Education, vol 17. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3128-2_32

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