Qualitative Methods in Applied Health Research

Module code: MD7433

This module is also available as a stand-alone CPD course.

Topics

Epistemological and ontological assumptions underlying qualitative research methodologies
Identifying research questions for qualitative enquiry
Developing a critical and reflexive approach
Designing and planning a qualitative research project including consideration of ethical issues and research data management
Conducting interviews, focus groups and ethnographic observation
Approaches to the analysis of qualitative data (including open coding and the constant comparative method, discourse analysis and visual analysis)
Using qualitative analysis software
Critical appraisal of qualitative research papers
Communicating findings of qualitative research