Case studies
Written by Ronny Gunnarsson and first published on December 23, 2017. Last revised on March 28, 2020.
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Case studies aim to make an in depth exploration of a specific real-life setting . Please have a look at these introductory videos by Graham R Gibbs:
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(This page is still under construction. Sorry for the inconvenience. )
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Crowe S, Cresswell K, Robertson A, Huby G, Avery A, Sheikh A. The case study approach. BMC Medical Research Methodology [Internet]. 2011 Jun 27 [cited 2017 Dec 23];11:100. Available from:
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-11-100
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