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Day 6: Writing Qualitative Research

This course will help participants to write, communicate and publish qualitative research

Lead: Dr Julia Bailey

The aim of this workshop is to help participants to write and communicate qualitative research findings. The day will cover how to write a qualitative academic paper as well as how to succeed in getting a paper accepted. We’ll also cover disseminating research findings in different ways for different audiences.

Participants should have knowledge of the principles of qualitative research. 

It is essential to read the two qualitative papers in advance, because discussions will be structured around the contrasting features of these papers.

 

 

Learning objectives

  • To practise thinking and writing clearly
  • To learn how to write up qualitative research for an academic journal
  • To know what’s involved in submitting a paper to a journal
  • To understand how ‘theory’ is relevant for qualitative research
  • To understand how a research paradigm (‘analytic lens’) influences decisions about what to write and how to write
  • To learn principles of clear, engaging science communication for different audiences

 

Essential reading in advance:

Qualitative study of parents' experiences of severe maternal illness:

Hinton L, Locock L,Knight M. Maternal critical care: what can we learn from patient experience? A qualitative study. BMJ Open 2015;5 https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/5/4/e006676.full.pdf

           

Study written from a feminist standpoint:

Parry (2008) “We Wanted a Birth Experience, not a Medical Experience”: Exploring Canadian Women's Use of Midwifery. Health Care for Women International, 29:8-9, 784-806 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07399330802269451