Research into cost and value in medical education: can we make findings more generalisable?

In recent years a growing number of papers have started to appear in the literature on the subject of cost and value in medical education. However many of the articles describe tactical projects within specific areas. As a result the generalisability of such articles is often questionable. Lack of g...

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Main Author: Kieran Walsh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2014-03-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712014000100002&lng=en&tlng=en
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description In recent years a growing number of papers have started to appear in the literature on the subject of cost and value in medical education. However many of the articles describe tactical projects within specific areas. As a result the generalisability of such articles is often questionable. Lack of generalisability will mean that progress in research and practice in this field will be slow. Generalisability of cost-value analyses in any discipline is not always straightforward. However reports on cost and value in medical education should ideally ensure absolute clarity with regard to study centres, enrolment of learners, alternative options, perspectives of stakeholders, resources used and their costs, instruments used, variability, and any problems with the analyses (such as incomplete data).
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spelling doaj.art-095595722caf4df9a0d101e5a691f9b12022-12-21T19:23:25ZengIstituto Superiore di SanitàAnnali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità0021-25712014-03-01501040510.4415/ANN_14_01_02S0021-25712014000100002Research into cost and value in medical education: can we make findings more generalisable?Kieran Walsh0BMJ Publishing GroupIn recent years a growing number of papers have started to appear in the literature on the subject of cost and value in medical education. However many of the articles describe tactical projects within specific areas. As a result the generalisability of such articles is often questionable. Lack of generalisability will mean that progress in research and practice in this field will be slow. Generalisability of cost-value analyses in any discipline is not always straightforward. However reports on cost and value in medical education should ideally ensure absolute clarity with regard to study centres, enrolment of learners, alternative options, perspectives of stakeholders, resources used and their costs, instruments used, variability, and any problems with the analyses (such as incomplete data).http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712014000100002&lng=en&tlng=encostmedical education
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Research into cost and value in medical education: can we make findings more generalisable?
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title Research into cost and value in medical education: can we make findings more generalisable?
title_full Research into cost and value in medical education: can we make findings more generalisable?
title_fullStr Research into cost and value in medical education: can we make findings more generalisable?
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