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Taking Your Qualitative Research to the Next Level: A Guide for the Medical Educator
Nancy C Schneider1, Wendy C Coates2,3, Lalena M Yarris4
1Department of International Relations Australian National University, College of Asia & the Pacific Canberra ACT Australia.
Abstract:
Qualitative research is a focused and deliberate approach to understanding the human condition and can identify areas that warrant further investigation through hypothesis-testing (quantitative) research. In this overview article, we discuss reasons to undertake a qualitative study; introduce three research paradigms whose frameworks are commonly used by medical education researchers (grounded theory, ethnography, phenomenology); describe the four most commonly used data gathering techniques (interviews, focus groups, observation, document tracing); and discuss the nature of the sampling/data gathering process. Examples of research questions that employ each paradigm and data gathering technique as well as a list of published sample articles to guide researchers are provided.
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