Guidelines for Reporting Survey-Based Research Submitted to Academic Medicine

Surveys are ubiquitous in health professions education (HPE). Phillips et al1 recently reported that 52% of all original research articles in three high-impact HPE journals included a survey. Yet, as stated in this issue of Academic Medicine, Artino et al2 found flaws in the design of surveys and the reporting of validity and reliability evidence in those same journals. Educators use surveys to assess the attitudes of their medical students,...