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ArticleFamily medicine2026

The Science and Art of Mixed Methods in Medical Education Research.

Christy J W Ledford, Ebiere Okah, Caroline Tietbohl

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Article in Family medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christy J W LedfordDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Ebiere OkahDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
Caroline TietbohlDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical education is a fitting context for mixed methods research-research that explicitly integrates qualitative and quantitative approaches to leverage their complementary strengths and weaknesses. In this article, we introduce mixed methods research, describe its underlying principles, and explain key considerations involved in its conduct.

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Education, MedicalResearch DesignHumansQualitative Research

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PMID42102715
PMCPMC12969523

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