Frequency and perceived causes of depression, anxiety, and stress among medical students of a private medical institute in Pakistan : a mixed-method study /
Research conducted in an educational setting is usually a complex undertaking, even in the most ideal situations. This even becomes more challenging if you are not affiliated with the research site and must obtain permission from the institution to perform research. In addition to thinking about the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd,
2020.
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| Series: | SAGE Research Methods Cases : Medicine and Health.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Research conducted in an educational setting is usually a complex undertaking, even in the most ideal situations. This even becomes more challenging if you are not affiliated with the research site and must obtain permission from the institution to perform research. In addition to thinking about the usual research methodological concerns and gaining ethical approval, you also need to schedule research activities according to the availability time of teachers and students. This case study discusses a research project conducted in a private medical institute in Pakistan with the aim to address the medical students' level of mental distress, to assess their perceptions of its causes, and to gather their suggestions for possible solutions. I discuss my research process beginning with the choices of methodologies and how they guided me in answering my central research question. I chose mixed methodology to conduct this research because by mixing both quantitative and qualitative methods, a researcher gains deeper and comprehensive understanding of the research problem than by using either a quantitative or qualitative approach alone. In this case study, I first collected quantitative data through a validated questionnaire; the qualitative phase involved focus groups to gain better and deep understanding of the problem.As a pedagogical tool, this study is intended to help other researchers and students learn how to carry out a mixed-method research project. The research methods used are outlined step by step and discussed; readers are brought into the research process, including ethical issues, confidentiality considerations, and challenges encountered, and how to deal with them. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529734348 1529734347 |