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Fundamentals of case study research in family medicine and community health
The aim of this article is to introduce family medicine researchers to case study research, a rigorous research methodology commonly used in the social and health sciences and only distantly related to clinical case reports. The article begins with an overview of case study in the social and health...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32148705 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2018-000074 |
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author | Fàbregues, Sergi Fetters, Michael D |
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description | The aim of this article is to introduce family medicine researchers to case study research, a rigorous research methodology commonly used in the social and health sciences and only distantly related to clinical case reports. The article begins with an overview of case study in the social and health sciences, including its definition, potential applications, historical background and core features. This is followed by a 10-step description of the process of conducting a case study project illustrated using a case study conducted about a teaching programme executed to teach international family medicine resident learners sensitive examination skills. Steps for conducting a case study include (1) conducting a literature review; (2) formulating the research questions; (3) ensuring that a case study is appropriate; (4) determining the type of case study design; (5) defining boundaries of the case(s) and selecting the case(s); (6) preparing for data collection; (7) collecting and organising the data; (8) analysing the data; (9) writing the case study report; and (10) appraising the quality. Case study research is a highly flexible and powerful research tool available to family medicine researchers for a variety of applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-69107392020-03-06 Fundamentals of case study research in family medicine and community health Fàbregues, Sergi Fetters, Michael D Fam Med Community Health Methodology The aim of this article is to introduce family medicine researchers to case study research, a rigorous research methodology commonly used in the social and health sciences and only distantly related to clinical case reports. The article begins with an overview of case study in the social and health sciences, including its definition, potential applications, historical background and core features. This is followed by a 10-step description of the process of conducting a case study project illustrated using a case study conducted about a teaching programme executed to teach international family medicine resident learners sensitive examination skills. Steps for conducting a case study include (1) conducting a literature review; (2) formulating the research questions; (3) ensuring that a case study is appropriate; (4) determining the type of case study design; (5) defining boundaries of the case(s) and selecting the case(s); (6) preparing for data collection; (7) collecting and organising the data; (8) analysing the data; (9) writing the case study report; and (10) appraising the quality. Case study research is a highly flexible and powerful research tool available to family medicine researchers for a variety of applications. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6910739/ /pubmed/32148705 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2018-000074 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
spellingShingle | Methodology Fàbregues, Sergi Fetters, Michael D Fundamentals of case study research in family medicine and community health |
title | Fundamentals of case study research in family medicine and community health |
title_full | Fundamentals of case study research in family medicine and community health |
title_fullStr | Fundamentals of case study research in family medicine and community health |
title_full_unstemmed | Fundamentals of case study research in family medicine and community health |
title_short | Fundamentals of case study research in family medicine and community health |
title_sort | fundamentals of case study research in family medicine and community health |
topic | Methodology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6910739/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32148705 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/fmch-2018-000074 |
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