Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health - 10 to 14 July 2017

This course takes the format of seminars and interactive workshops and is aimed at qualitative research novices. It will benefit postgraduate researchers who plan to carry out fieldwork in the next six- 12 months of their training; and public health professionals who wish to apply sound research methods to their work context.

Duration: 5 days, 10am to 4pm
Monday 10th to Friday 14th July 2017

Institute of Dentistry
Queen Mary University London
Whitechapel Campus (in the same building as the Royal London Dental Hospital)

Fee/s:

Full fee: £850; Tower Hamlets Council staff & Public Health England staff: £650; QMUL staff and students: £525

Detailed content:

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this summer course, delegates should be able to:

• Understand the theory and rationale for conducting a qualitative research study
• Develop qualitative research questions
• Design a qualitative research study
• Demonstrate interviewing techniques for conducting semi-structured interviews and focus groups
• Recognise different approaches used to analyse qualitative research data

The five -day course runs from 10AM- 4PM

• Day ONE
  • AM: Seminar -   What is qualitative research? – theories and paradigms
  • PM:  Practical workshop - How do I develop a research question?
• Day TWO
  • AM: Seminar – What study design should I use to answer my research questions?
  • PM: Practical workshop  –  What about observational techniques? Using Participation Observation
• DAY THREE
  • AM: Seminar – How do I choose my participants and gather qualitative data?
  • PM: Practical workshop   - What questions should I ask? – Developing and piloting a topic guide
• DAY FOUR
  • AM: Practical workshop with Actors – Conducting a focus group
  • PM: Practical workshop with Actors - Conducting one to one interviews 
• DAY FIVE
  • AM: Seminar – What do I do with the data? - Analysing Qualitative data
  • PM: Practical workshop – Thematic Analysis

The seminars are carefully planned and linked, which means that delegates must be available to attend all of the sessions to maximise their learning

There are no course prerequisites

Registered course delegates can email their research interests or proposed study aims to the course organiser before the course starts to obtain tailor-made advice and support related their research topic.

Testimonials from last year’s course:

"I really enjoyed being able to put the theory into practice by thinking about developing research questions, topic guides and getting to practice semi-structured. I feel this has given me a good grounding to do further reading."

"I feel the link between theory and practice was useful for developing my PhD"

"Really enjoyed the course; it was balanced very well between the theory and practical tasks"

"Good documents. A lot of group discussion. Practice of observation and interview very useful."

"Emphasis on reflexivity during the first two days so, e.g. even if you know about research questions it is important to continuously think about it."

Facilitator/team:

Vanessa Muirhead
Academic Clinical Lecturer/Specialty Registrar in Dental Public Health

Sally Weston-Price
Clinical Lecturer in Adult Oral Health/ Dental Public Health

Cynthia Pine
Professor in Dental Public Health

Teresa Parker
Research Administrator

To book your place and pay with a purchasing order, please email martina.wilson@qmul.ac.uk

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