Design: Selection of Data Collection Methods.
Imagine that residents in your program have been less than complimentary about interprofessional rounds (IPRs) The program director asks you to determine what residents are learning about in collaboration with other health professionals during IPRs. If you construct a survey asking Likert type questions such as 'How much are you learning? you likely will not gather the information you need to answer this question. You understand that qualitative data deal with words rather than numbers and could provide the needed answers. How do you collect 'good' words? Should you use open ended questions in a survey format? Should you conduct interviews, focus groups, or conduct direct observation? What should you consider when making these decisions?
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