使理论明晰化——对医学教育研究者如何描述其与理论的联系的分析。
Making theory explicit - An analysis of how medical education research(ers) describe how they connect to theory.
作者信息
Bolander Laksov Klara, Dornan Tim, Teunissen Pim W
机构信息
Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Education, Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
出版信息
BMC Med Educ. 2017 Jan 19;17(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0848-1.
BACKGROUND
As medical education develops into a varied and well-developed field of research, the issue of quality research anchored in or generating theory has gained increasing importance. Medical education researchers have been criticized of not connecting their work to relevant theory. This paper set out to analyse how researchers can connect to theory in medical education. The goal of this paper is to provide an accessible framework for those entering medical education research, regarding how theory may become an integral part of one's work.
METHODS
Fifteen purposefully selected researchers in medical education were asked to nominate papers they considered influential in medical education. Through this process 41 papers were identified and included in the study.
RESULTS
The papers were analysed with thematic content analysis, which resulted in three approaches to the use of theory: as close-up exploration; as a specific perspective; and as an overview. The approaches are exemplified by quotes from the papers included in our dataset and further illuminated by a metaphoric story.
CONCLUSIONS
We conclude by pointing at the importance of making explicit how theory is used in medical education as a way to collaboratively take responsibility for the quality of medical education research.
背景
随着医学教育发展成为一个多样化且成熟的研究领域，以理论为基础或产生理论的高质量研究问题变得越来越重要。医学教育研究人员因未将其工作与相关理论联系起来而受到批评。本文旨在分析研究人员如何在医学教育中与理论建立联系。本文的目的是为那些进入医学教育研究领域的人提供一个易于理解的框架，说明理论如何成为其工作的一个组成部分。
方法
15名经过有目的挑选的医学教育研究人员被要求提名他们认为在医学教育中有影响力的论文。通过这个过程，确定了41篇论文并纳入研究。
结果
采用主题内容分析法对这些论文进行分析，得出了三种理论运用方法：作为近距离探索；作为一种特定视角；作为一种概述。这些方法通过我们数据集中所包含论文的引述加以例证，并通过一个隐喻故事进一步阐释。
结论
我们指出明确说明理论在医学教育中的运用方式对于共同承担医学教育研究质量责任的重要性，以此作为结论。
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