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Researching Surgical Education

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Surgical education research is based more firmly in the social sciences than in the hard sciences because of the subject matters it investigates. This chapter introduces key features of some of the major quantitative and qualitative approaches used in such research. It is designed to help those with little acquaintance with this area to understand better the nature, strengths and limitations of the research on which much of this book rests. It is not a sufficiently detailed account to act as a primer on surgical education research methods. It uses examples and case studies to illustrate many of the points made.

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  1. Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Bristol, BS16 1QD, UK

    Heather Fry

  2. Division of Surgery and Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Nick Sevdalis

  3. Surgical Education, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Roger Kneebone

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  2. St. Mary' Hospital London, Dept. Biosurgery & Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, London, W2 1NY, United Kingdom

    Roger Kneebone

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Fry, H., Sevdalis, N., Kneebone, R. (2011). Researching Surgical Education. In: Fry, H., Kneebone, R. (eds) Surgical Education. Advances in Medical Education, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1682-7_4

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