Strategy | Sample | Purpose | Analysis type |
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Randomised controlled trial | Convenience sample of 60 5th year medical students | To compare students’ performance when conducting a clinical examination after being taught either by video teaching or bedside teaching | Non-inferiority analysis |
Focus group discussions | Purposive sample of five students per intervention (video/ bedside teaching) for each of three rounds of data collection (six focus groups) | To explore students’ perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of video instruction compared to bedside teaching | Thematic analysis |
Semi-structured interviews | Purposive sample of five evaluators who assessed the students as they conducted a clinical examination | To explore clinician educators’ views of the potential benefits or disadvantages of introducing instructional videos into the clinical training programme | Thematic analysis |