This basic course teaches the participants in 5 days how to start from a research question, conducting a qualitative research and progress to writing a scientific paper in qualitative research. This basic course provides hands-on tools for starting researchers to be able to start up, perform and finish a qualitative study independently and scientifically rigorous.
Experienced qualitative researchers of international repute will lead the course and share their experience in a variety of research projects. Participants are encouraged to bring their own experiences of research, including their questions, doubts and failures.
These are the lectures and workshops in brief:
- Qualitative inquiry: a different paradigm + exercises
- Setting up a qualitative research project + workshop
- Reflections on own research projects in private consultations (optional)
- Data-collection techniques (interviews, focus group discussions and observations) + workshops
- Analysing qualitative data + workshop
- Appraising quality and reporting + workshop
- Qualitative data analysis using NVivo software
This year, we’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Marta Wanat from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences - University of Oxford as our international guest lecturer. She will talk about the role of qualitative methods in implementation science.
Target group
The summer school is open to early career researchers, PhD-students, Master students (max 5) and professionals in a field related to health care. Experience in qualitative research is not required.
Campus
This summer school takes place at Stadscampus (Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp) of the University of Antwerp. This campus is located in the city centre.
Micro-credentials and study credits (ECTS)
Successful completion of the summer school can be awarded with 3 credits according the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). Credits will be awarded on the base of preparatory readings, 100 % (active) participation during the course and the successful completion of an assignment. The student needs to be able to assess the quality of a qualitative research paper using the tools that were offered in the course. The completion of the task is only mandatory for participants who want to achieve the ECTS study credits.
To include the credits in the curriculum at the home institution, participants need an agreement with the responsible person at their university. University of Antwerp students eligible to include the ECTS credits as part of their study programme must register via Mobility Online and SisA.
All certificates of completion are issued as a micro-credential. Participants who attend the scheduled course contact hours, but don't complete the tasks will receive a certificate of attendance.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- explain why and when to use qualitative research
- design their own basic qualitative study
- show they have basic competencies to set up a qualitative research: from research question to data-collection method
- analyse qualitative data
- explain the basics of writing and publishing qualitative research studies
- assess the quality of a qualitative research paper
- use NVivo for qualitative data analysis