Blalock A Emiko, Phillips Julie P, Ledford Christy J W, Wendling Andrea L, Kovar-Gough Iris, Lee Amy L
Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI.
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
PRiMER. 2025 Jul 11;9:35. doi: 10.22454/PRiMER.2025.865981. eCollection 2025.
This methodological brief gives an overview of qualitative research methods used in medical education and offers resources to help researchers explore qualitative methods more deeply. We discuss five common qualitative approaches used in medical education research, including case study, ethnography, grounded theory, narrative inquiry, and phenomenology. We review specific qualitative methods and data collection techniques, considering the potential advantages, challenges and biases of each technique. We address the importance of rigor in qualitative research, and give recommendations for what to include in the methods and results section of a qualitative medical education research manuscript.
本方法简述概述了医学教育中使用的定性研究方法，并提供资源以帮助研究人员更深入地探索定性方法。我们讨论了医学教育研究中使用的五种常见定性方法，包括案例研究、民族志、扎根理论、叙事探究和现象学。我们回顾了具体的定性方法和数据收集技术，考虑了每种技术的潜在优势、挑战和偏差。我们阐述了定性研究中严谨性的重要性，并对定性医学教育研究手稿的方法和结果部分应包含的内容提出建议。
