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Remaining “Grounded” in a Laparoscopic Community of Practice: The Qualitative Paradigm

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Without doubt, conducting qualitative surgical educational research has been the most challenging but also the most rewarding part of my professional development. In this chapter I share my experiences of a research project exploring surgical trainees’ learning in a laparoscopic community of practice [1]. My intention is to make explicit some of the challenges I experienced from my perspective as a surgical trainee studying surgical education and to offer guidance on key elements of a qualitative research project.

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  1. Kokelaar, R. F. (2016). Learning and identity formation in the laparoscopic community of practice – the conceptions of junior surgical trainees. Masters thesis [MEd], C. Imperial, Editor. London.

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  1. Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, UK

    Rory Kokelaar

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash Institute for Health and Clinical Education, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry & Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

    Debra Nestel

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Kirsten Dalrymple

  3. Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA

    John T. Paige

  4. Department of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Jefferson Strategic Ventures, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Rajesh Aggarwal

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Kokelaar, R. (2019). Remaining “Grounded” in a Laparoscopic Community of Practice: The Qualitative Paradigm. In: Nestel, D., Dalrymple, K., Paige, J., Aggarwal, R. (eds) Advancing Surgical Education. Innovation and Change in Professional Education, vol 17. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3128-2_37

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