I'd like to use a questionnaire (sub-text: this will be an easy way to get data. Right?)

Jennifer Cleland; Patricia O'Sullivan; Ayelet Kuper

doi:10.1007/s10459-024-10321-7

I'd like to use a questionnaire (sub-text: this will be an easy way to get data. Right?)

Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2024 Mar;29(1):5-7. doi: 10.1007/s10459-024-10321-7.

Authors

Jennifer Cleland¹, Patricia O'Sullivan², Ayelet Kuper^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. jennifer.cleland@ntu.edu.sg.
² University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Wilson Centre for Research in Education, University Health Network/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

PMID: 38436879
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-024-10321-7

Abstract

This column is intended to address the kinds of knotty problems and dilemmas with which many scholars grapple in studying health professions education. In this article, the authors address the question of using questionnaires in education research, considering the why, when, and how, as well as its potential pitfalls. The goal is to guide supervisors and students who are considering whether to develop and use a questionnaire for research purposes.

Publication types

Editorial