Something for the weekend: “the changes we proposed at Khan Academy did not catch on in schools”These stories don’t get toldThe government of diabetes care in DenmarkOnline images reinforce gendered occupational stereotypesHow stressed are postgraduate students?Why we should all read Walter Benjamin todayGetting health apps into clinical practiceMapping the Experiences of Young People Living in a Family Affected by a Neurological ConditionToday’s liberals dream of a workerless paradiseInvestigating structural inequalities in the culture of medicineEmbodying empathy: A phenomenological study of physician touchPerceptions of painAn artist uses 99 phones to fake a Google Maps traffic jamWhen … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #76
Qualitative Health Research – A guide for the perplexed
Part 7 - Philosophy and the place of research methods Now we get to the heart of one of the most contentious issues in QHR. If you’ve followed the series so far, we’ve covered a lot of ground: sampling, generalisability, voice, and the ‘emic’ perspective, but we’re mining the motherlode now when we talk about the place of philosophy and methods in QHR. So let’s be clear from the outset, QHR places far too much emphasis on research methods and nowhere near enough on philosophy. Anchoring a qualitative study in philosophy is perhaps the most valuable thing you can do to a research study. Firstly, it guides every step of the process - every aim, and every question you pose of the … [Read more...] about Qualitative Health Research – A guide for the perplexed
CPN Digest #75
Something for the weekend: WCPT job vacancy: Education Professional AdviserHow to negotiate in government, free online coursePlease handle the artefactsA squishy robot hand that sweatsThe devastating allure of medical miraclesHow hospital care fails disabled bodiesHow my wheelchair changed my lifeThe solidarity of sicknessDisability beyond optimism and pessimism (Thomas Abrams)Bringing kindness to workBeyond professional self-interestA Systematic Review of Digital Badges in Healthcare EducationGender–specific effects of raising Year 1 standards on medical students’ academic performance and stress levelsWill having longer, healthier lives be worth losing the most basic kinds of … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #75
Qualitative health research – A guide for the perplexed
Part 6 - Sampling and generalising The point of this series is not to cover what’s already in dozens of qualitative health research textbooks, but to offer some ‘back room’ insights into the possibilities and limitations of this underused resource. So far I’ve looked at where QHR came from, the concept of criticality, the ‘insider’ or emic perspective, power, and last week, your role as the researcher. Today I want to focus on one of the most common questions people pose about QHR, and that is “How can you possibly generalise from a study when you only have six participants?” This is a great question. Not only because it strikes at the heart of one of the important differences … [Read more...] about Qualitative health research – A guide for the perplexed
CPN Digest #74
Something for the weekend: Phenomenology and its relevance to medical humanities: the example of Hermann Schmitz’s theory of feelings as half-thingsAdvice for Writing -- and Finishing -- Your DissertationA Swiss hospital drone in operationHow a research fraud and the DSM shaped a profession in AmericaThe academic workforce is older, whiter and maler than clinicians, and that’s a problemReflections on the Process of Visual Storytelling for Children and Youth Living With Cystic Fibrosis and Muscular Dystrophy in CanadaA critical history of competitionPara-swimmer Grace Harvey talks about walking in a robotic suitPG students’ expectations of their lecturersWhat postmodern authors should I … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #74
Qualitative Health Research – A guide for the perplexed: Part 5 – You
So far in this weekly series on qualitative health research, I’ve talked about where QHR came from, criticality, the ‘insider’ or emic perspective, and last week focused on power. This weeks post continues the theme of power, but concentrates especially on your role as the researcher. In most quantitative research, youare supposed to disappear, to recede into the background, and protect the data from your polluting influence. Of course, this is only possible to a degree, because you have often been involved in every stage of the design and development of the study. But when it comes to the data collection and analysis stage, you are too heavily influenced by your own … [Read more...] about Qualitative Health Research – A guide for the perplexed: Part 5 – You
CPN Digest #73
Something for the weekend: The impact of social media addiction on employee wellbeing and productivityThe View From the Inside: Positionality and Insider ResearchCan Fitbits predict now the flu?Doctoral scholarships to study at AUT now openHealthy environments: A medical humanities symposium (with our own Kay Nias)Innovative Lives: Adaptive Skateboarding, WCMX, and Inventing Your Own PathWhy and how academics write (badly)And some very trendy authors in this month’s edition of Qualitative Inquiry7th annual conference of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in PsychologyNew online Graduate Certificate in Disability StudiesWomen’s Gendered Experiences of Traumatic Brain InjuryQualitative … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #73