For course enquiries contact Paul Leightonpaul.leighton@nottingham.ac.uk
For booking queries contact Barbara Mastonbarbara.maston@nottingham.ac.uk
Overview: Qualitative research with its focus upon what people think and feel, and upon how they describe their experiences is playing an increasingly important role in medical research. For those more familiar with clinical practice and clinical research, however, it can feel like a strange beast - smaller in scale, broader in scope and using theories and terms that are unfamiliar.
In this one day course we will showcase how qualitative methods can add value to dermatology research. We will demonstrate how they can help us to understand what it's like to live with a skin condition, how they can help us to interpret clinical research findings, and how they can contribute to the development of new treatments and ways of working.
During the course we will introduce you to a range of different qualitative research methods. By the end of the day, you will be more familiar with a range of approaches and should feel more comfortable when reading about qualitative research in dermatology. For those of you thinking about doing dermatology research you will have a stronger sense of the toolbox of methods at your disposal.
Audience: The course is tailored to the needs of professionals working in dermatology. It is suitable for anyone who needs to read or write research papers in dermatology, and present information to colleagues, management, external organisations, or the general public. It is appropriate for anyone planning to do research in dermatology.
Cost: £150 early bird (by 8th May) thereafter £175
Doing qualitative research - collecting dataInterviews, focus groups, observations, and online research methods - an introduction to the main methods of qualitative data generation.
Doing qualitative research - analysing dataInductive, deductive and some other approaches - an activity focused upon the analysis ofqualitative data.
Using qualitative research - Process evaluationNot so much does it work, but more about how it works - activities focused upon how qualitative methods can help us to understand complex interventions in dermatology.
Faculty:
The University of Nottingham Applied Health Research Building University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD
telephone: +44 (0) 115 84 68631 email: cebd@nottingham.ac.uk