Survey Methods for Medical and Health Professions Education - E-Book (eBook)

Offering a practical, six-step approach to effective survey design, delivery, and analysis, Survey Methods for Medical and Health Professions Education provides a real-world framework for successful research and evaluation using surveys. Focused on medical and other health professional education research, this unique text features quick-reference checklists, high-yield explanations, and case examples throughout, making it both a foundational reference and a go-to resource for all health professions educators and researchers who use surveys.

• Provides a detailed and practical discussion of the steps in survey methodology, along with just enough theory to inform common decisions.
• Includes numerous real-world examples, both simple and complex, covering the wide range of problems researchers are likely to face.
• Addresses issues of survey fatigue and addresses the challenge of how to get 'good data.'
• Features 'Voice of Experience' boxes-pearls based on authors' actual experiences.
• Concludes each chapter with a checklist so readers can quickly ensure they have covered every necessary step of survey design and implementation.
• Contains a convenient glossary of terms.
• Offers guidance from expert international contributors in medical and health professions research.
• Summarizes the most current standards and understanding of survey research so that experienced and novice researchers alike can directly apply content to improve research rigor.

Dr. Phillips is a clinician researcher, practicing in the fields of emergency medicine and critical care while also leading a wide array of medical education research. He is an adjunct assistant professor at Uniformed Services University, an associate editor of the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, and the founder and editor-in-chief of the first medical education platform to leverage artificial intelligence, EM Coach. He has advanced the bar of expectation for survey research methods with several seminal studies and articles in the field, leading to the creation of Survey Methods for Medical and Health Professionals Education.

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Offering a practical, six-step approach to effective survey design, delivery, and analysis, Survey Methods for Medical and Health Professions Education provides a real-world framework for successful research and evaluation using surveys. Focused on medical and other health professional education research, this unique text features quick-reference checklists, high-yield explanations, and case examples throughout, making it both a foundational reference and a go-to resource for all health professions educators and researchers who use surveys. - Provides a detailed and practical discussion of the steps in survey methodology, along with just enough theory to inform common decisions. - Includes numerous real-world examples, both simple and complex, covering the wide range of problems researchers are likely to face. - Addresses issues of survey fatigue and addresses the challenge of how to get "e;good data."e;- Features "e;Voice of Experience"e; boxes pearls based on authors' actual experiences. - Concludes each chapter with a checklist so readers can quickly ensure they have covered every necessary step of survey design and implementation. - Contains a convenient glossary of terms. - Offers guidance from expert international contributors in medical and health professions research. - Summarizes the most current standards and understanding of survey research so that experienced and novice researchers alike can directly apply content to improve research rigor.