TY - JOUR
T1 - Avoid ‘running before we can walk’ in medical education research
T2 - The importance of design and development research
AU - Sandars, John
AU - Cecilio-Fernandes, Dario
AU - Patel, Rakesh
AU - Gandomkar, Roghayeh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Design and development research has the aim of understanding the feasibility and acceptability of implementing early-stage pilot research before interventions are fully implemented and evaluated for their impact. Increasing the use of design and development research in medical education research requires greater awareness of its importance by all stakeholders, the use of iterative research methodologies, such as educational design research, and the application of modified existing frameworks for healthcare feasibility studies.
AB - Design and development research has the aim of understanding the feasibility and acceptability of implementing early-stage pilot research before interventions are fully implemented and evaluated for their impact. Increasing the use of design and development research in medical education research requires greater awareness of its importance by all stakeholders, the use of iterative research methodologies, such as educational design research, and the application of modified existing frameworks for healthcare feasibility studies.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097206344&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1854452
DO - 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1854452
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
C2 - 33272071
AN - SCOPUS:85097206344
SN - 0142-159X
VL - 43
SP - 1335
EP - 1336
JO - Medical Teacher
JF - Medical Teacher
IS - 11
ER -