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Enhancing Qualitative Research Skills: A Comprehensive Workshop

Join the interactive workshop led by Dr. Abraham Rudnick from the University of Western Ontario, designed to enhance your understanding and skills in qualitative research and evaluation methodologies. This workshop will cover the fundamentals of qualitative research, different methodologies, and effective data collection and analysis techniques. Participants will engage in group exercises to determine suitable qualitative methodologies for their own research or evaluation ideas. Gain the tools and insights necessary to effectively implement qualitative research in various fields.

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Enhancing Qualitative Research Skills: A Comprehensive Workshop

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  1. Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methodology Workshop • Abraham (Rami) Rudnick BMedSc, MD, MPsych, PhD, CPRP, FRCPC • Associate Professor Departments of Psychiatry and Philosophy • Chair, Division of Social and Rural Psychiatry • Director, Extended Campus Program • Clinical Director, North of Superior Programs • University of Western Ontario • Email: arudnic2@uwo.ca

  2. Learning Objectives • Enhance awareness of relevance of qualitative research and evaluation methodology. • Enhance knowledge of qualitative research and evaluation methodology. • Enhance skill of determining suitable qualitative methodology for a research or evaluation idea.

  3. Method • Interactive presentation. • Group exercise.

  4. Outline • Introductions. • Fundamentals • Methodologies. • Data collection. • Data analysis. • Generic procedures. • Write up. • Mixed designs • Group exercise: Determining a suitable qualitative methodology for a research or evaluation idea. • Opportunities to Train in Qualitative Research Methodology

  5. Introductions

  6. Fundamentals • Related to experience and conduct of human beings. • Based on social sciences, humanities and arts. • Declines numerical standardization and measurement (in most cases). • Generalization and comparative approach (which are fundamental to quantitative research) are controversial.

  7. Methodologies • Standard in health related research – phenomenology; ethnography; grounded theory; narrative; case study (Creswell 2007). • Others – discourse analysis; auto-ethnography; photovoice; art-based research; PAR; historical; other (Denzin and Lincoln 2005). • Examples – Davidson 2003 (phenomenology); Somasundaram 2007 (ethnography); Roe et al 2004 (grounded theory); Rudnick et al In progress (case study).

  8. Data Collection • Semi-structured vs. unstructured interviews. • Group interviews (focus groups or other). • Direct vs. participant observations (with field notes). • Documents.

  9. Data Analysis • Coding, categorizing, thematic analysis (and sometimes theory generation and even testing).

  10. Generic Procedures • Sample saturation. • Transcribing and validating. • Memos. • Trustworthiness/credibility (triangulation of sources of information or of methods of data collection, peer debriefing, member checking).

  11. Write Up • Verbatim examples (and sometimes verbatim theme titles).

  12. Mixed (Quantitative and Qualitative) Evaluation and Research • Generating hypotheses, then testing them: qualitative  quantitative. • Testing hypotheses, then explaining findings: quantitative  qualitative. • Other (e.g., answer qualitative questions and test quantitative hypotheses in parallel).

  13. Group exercise: Determining a Suitable Qualitative Methodology for a Research or Evaluation Idea • Small group discussion. • Large group presentation. • Q & A.

  14. Opportunities to Train in Qualitative Research Methodology • International Institute for Qualitative Methodology: http://www.ualberta.ca/~iiqm/ • Other

  15. References • Creswell JW. Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, 2007. • Davidson L. Living Outside Mental Illness: Qualitative Studies of Recovery in Schizophrenia. New York: New York University Press, 2003. • Denzin NK, Lincoln Y (Editors). The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, 2005. • Roe D, Chopra M, Rudnick A. Persons with psychosis as active agents interacting with their disorder. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 2004, 28:122-128. • Somasundaram D. Collective trauma in northern Sri Lanka: a qualitative psychosocial-ecological study. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2007, 1:5.

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