医学教育中的混合方法研究:从方法学实践的元研究中得出的教训
Jennifer Cleland1,2, Anna MacLeod3, Susan van Schalkwyk4
1Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Medical education
|January 24, 2026
概括
医学教育中的混合方法研究 (MMR) 往往缺乏整合和理论基础. 一个新的检查清单旨在提高未来MMR研究的严谨性和透明度.
科学领域:
- 医学教育研究 医学教育研究
- 研究方法研究方法研究方法学
背景情况:
- 混合方法研究 (MMR) 结合了多种研究方法.
- 有关MMR在医学教育中的质量存在担忧.
- 为了评估MMR实践,进行了一项元研究.
研究的目的:
- 探索MMR在医学教育中的优缺点.
- 确定MMR行为和报告中的反复出现的问题.
- 提出一个改善MMR的框架.
主要方法:
- 进行了结构化搜索,建立了1070篇文章的库.
- 对故意采样的物品进行了完整的数据提取 (547).
- 通过描述性统计和对话性分析综合发现.
主要成果:
- 20年来MMR出版物的显著增加.
- 确定的问题:缺乏理论基础,多样性,严谨性和整合性.
- 这些确定的问题并没有随着时间的推移而得到改善.
结论:
- 在MMR的合理性和应用方面存在重大差距,特别是在整合方面.
- 建议建立一个检查清单,以提高MMR的严谨性,透明性,完整性和准确性.
- 该清单旨在指导医学教育研究中的研究人员和审稿人.
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