Qualitative Research Methods

Qualitative research methods are well suited in order to study personal experiences, understanding, reflections and reasoning. The course will provide an overview of questions concerning theoretical background, collecting data, analysis and reporting of relevance for clinical and health sciences research in a medical research tradition.

After completing the course PH3001, the student should:
- have knowledge about methods and norms for acquiring data, analysis and repporting of qualitative data in a medical research tradition;
- have extensive knowledge about what qualitative research methods are;
- be able to plan and conduct individual qualitative interviews;
- be able to analyze texts;
- be able to plan, conduct and analyze small qualitative studies.

Lectures and assignments (both individual and group assignments).
The teaching is delivered during one week from Monday 08:30 AM to Thursday 16:00 PM, usually in week 38. A one-day compulsory exam seminar is held approximately 8 weeks later. In the time between the teaching and the exam seminar, the students work in groups.