The study conducted by Dr. Tanzeela Khalid on Faculty perceptions about roles and functions of a department of medical education is similar to your posted question. Dr. Khalid used Mixed method (sequential exploratory design). In his mixed design the findings from the analyses of  qualitative and quantitative data were integrated in the final interpretation phase to draw a conclusion. I suggest to contact Dr. Tanzeela  at [email protected] to ask favor to share with you his instrument or data gathering tool because your masters research is similar to his research study on Faculty perceptions about roles and functions of a department of medical education that was published in the Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan 2013, Vol. 23 (1): 56-61 . Please find attached article of Tanzeela Khalid. I also suggest to contact authors of the attached articles related to your master research and ask favor from them to share with you their research instrument. Good luck

hello Saima, I have seen some of the studies  where web based survey was used. the number of participants were very high. These may be useful to you.

1. Huwendiek S; 2007.New England Journal of Medicine

2. Steinert 2011 Academic medicine 86,4,409-411

3. Steinert 2005, The clinical teacher, 2,2,104-110

Hello Saima,

I would advise you to conduct qualitative research design. I performed a study interviewing doctors, nurses, students and parents to gather information about the current status of our "hidden curriculum" of our pediatric department.

The paper will be published soon. Referring to our results surprisingly it is more about the people in your department and the attitude of the actual working environment that influences  expectations on medical educations. I would start to collect these information and develop your strategy afterwards.

Best regards

Eric

hello Eric,

thanks for your response. I am also conducting a qualitative study now. i am planning focus group discussions with faculty members but I have found a questionnaire too which was designed by a Pakistani medical educationist but i need suggestions to validate it. would you suggest different methods to validate it kindly?

regards

Saima