Beyond the Guise of Saturation: Rigor and Qualitative Interview Data

Affiliations

¹ is Assistant Professor, Department of Innovation in Medical Education and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² is Professor and Associate Dean for Evaluation and Educational Research, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Deputy Editor, Journal of Graduate Medical Education.
³ is Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Editorial

Kori A LaDonna et al. J Grad Med Educ. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;13(5):607-611.

doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-21-00752.1. Epub 2021 Oct 15.

¹ is Assistant Professor, Department of Innovation in Medical Education and Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² is Professor and Associate Dean for Evaluation and Educational Research, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Deputy Editor, Journal of Graduate Medical Education.
³ is Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

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