2015
DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-15-00414.1
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Choosing a Qualitative Research Approach

Abstract: Educators often pose questions about qualitative research. For example, a program director might say: ''I collect data from my residents about their learning experiences in a new longitudinal clinical rotation. If I want to know about their learning experiences, should I use qualitative methods? I have been told that there are many approaches from which to choose. Someone suggested that I use grounded theory, but how do I know this is the best approach? Are there others?'' What Is KnownQualitative research is … Show more

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“…Interestingly, our thematic analysis of the 11 papers with advice and tips for writing qualitative methods yielded disparate items from those addressed in the • Adequate preparation 25 that includes a thoughtful, focused, up-to-date review of the literature 7,26 (unless technique requires deliberate distancing from prior experience).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Interestingly, our thematic analysis of the 11 papers with advice and tips for writing qualitative methods yielded disparate items from those addressed in the • Adequate preparation 25 that includes a thoughtful, focused, up-to-date review of the literature 7,26 (unless technique requires deliberate distancing from prior experience).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…", "How much does this change that?"). 4 In the past decade, there has been a growing interest in applying the qualitative paradigms to answer questions in the larger field of medical education, [5][6][7] but there has been less uptake regarding qualitative methods in education papers within our specialty.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Adopting a constructivist paradigm, 15 1 author (C.M.F.) conducted a thematic analysis 16 and tagged comments related to the transformative theory perspective (self-awareness/ changed perspectives, views, or attitudes), followed by repeated examination to infer prevalent patterns.…”
Section: Data and Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We used semistructured, partially scripted interviews to gather perspectives of those teaching physical examination and to interpret potential meanings of a high value physical examination. Our interview data was analyzed with conventional qualitative content analysis using an inductive approach [Cho JY, 2014;Hsieh & Shannnon 2005;Teherani et al, 2015;Elo & Kyngas, 2008]. To direct interviews, we created a scripted interview guide (Appendix A) consisting of open-ended questions that corresponded to themes that we had previously identified in the literature [Bergl et al, 2015].…”
Section: Study Overviewmentioning
confidence: 99%