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1From the Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2845-7136 .
Summary Statement:
Learner perceptions of simulation can be challenging to assess and are usually limited to qualitative strategies. Q-methodology is an exploratory, systematic research technique that combines quantitative and qualitative procedures to measure differences in subjectivity. This article briefly reviews Q-methodology, provides an example of how it could be applied to assess the affective domain of simulation-based learning, and discusses implications for the use of Q-methodology in future simulation scholarship.
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