Approaches to democratising qualitative research methods

Approaches to democratising qualitative research methods

Voices advocating radical challenges to traditional research practice and to our conceptions of how and what sort of knowledge is generated by researchers, have grown louder over the past decades. They have questioned the model of research that positions the people who are the focus of study as subjects, and those who research them as experts who can analyse and evaluate. They have called for a...

Research in Echocardiography Education: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

Research in Echocardiography Education: Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

RESEARCH DESIGN Qualitative , Quantitative . and Mixed Methods Approaches SECOND EDITION

Approaches to reflexivity in qualitative research.

Introduction Reflexivity is a curious term with various meanings. Finding a definition of reflexivity that demonstrates what it means and how it is achieved is difficult (Colbourne and Sque 2004). Moreover, writings on reflexivity have not been transparent in terms of the difficulties, practicalities and methods of the process (Mauthner and Doucet 2003). Nevertheless, it is argued that an attem...

Qualitative research methods.

The use of rigorous qualitative research methods can enhance the development of quality measures, the development and dissemination of comparative quality reports, as well as quality improvement efforts. This paper describes how such methods have been and can be used, and identifies how to improve the use of such methods in studying quality of care. Focus groups and cognitive interviews are now...