Wk 5 Lecture Qualitative Research Findings Flashcards
What are 4 key ethical considerations?
- Voluntary participation
- Risk of harm to participants
- Anonymity and confidentiality
- Deception (where relevant)
What are 4 features in the risk assessment approach in ethical considerations?
- Who are the people potentially directly impacted by the research study (e.g., participants, technicians, researchers)?
- Who are the people potentially indirectly impacted by the research study (e.g., significant others, employers, colleagues)?
- Who are the organisations/communities potentially impacted by the research study (e.g., families, participant’s school or workplace, researcher’s university)?
- Are any of the people who you have listed vulnerable populations?
- Benefits must outweigh the risks
What are 5 features in the health ethics approach in ethical considerations?
- Now, consider your project from a health ethics perspective.
- You are training to be a clinician, and the participants in your study are likely to be patients.
How do you as a clinician (not just as a researcher) and your study impact on your participants in each of the areas of health ethics?
- Beneficence: Am I acting in the best interest of my participants? Am I trying to create good outcomes for them?
- Non-maleficence: Am I trying to avoid doing harm to my participants?
- Veracity: Am I being open and honest with my participants? Am I making sure that they have all relevant information?
- Autonomy: Am I allowing my participants to make their own choices? Are they free from coercion?
- Justice: Am I treating people fairly? Am I treating one person better than another?
What are 5 types of likelihood?
- Almost certain: The event is expected to occur in most circumstances, or multiple times during the course of the study
- Likely: The event will probably occur during the course of the study
- Possible: The event might occur (> 5%) during the study but is not more likely than not.
- Unlikely: The event could occur during the study, but this would be surprising
- Rare: Event may only occur in only exceptional circumstances (<1%)
What is beneficence?
Am I acting in the best interest of my participants? Am I trying to create good outcomes for them?
What is non-maleficence?
Am I trying to avoid doing harm to my participants?
What is veracity?
Am I being open and honest with my participants? Am I making sure that they have all relevant information?
What is autonomy?
Am I allowing my participants to make their own choices? Are they free from coercion?
What is justice?
Am I treating people fairly? Am I treating one person better than another?
What is a novel and interesting finding? What are 3 things to consider?
- Consider your research question (be it qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods)
- Consider the literature (and the gap in the literature)
- Consider your findings
What are 6 stages of the research story?
- This what we knew and this what we didn’t know but wanted to find out because it is important (Introduction and research question).
- We wanted to treat our participants the right way so we got approval (Ethics)
- This is who we invited to join our study and this is how we involved them to explore our question (Methods including Participants).
- This is what we found out and why we think it is important and answers our question (Findings).
- Here’s what we think we did really well. These are some of the problems we had and how we tried to correct them (Strengths and Limitations).
- When we compared or findings with the literature this is the new or slightly different information that we found out. This is what it means for professional practice. (Conclusions and Implications).
What are 3 characteristics of “start early with the end in sight” as a good mixed methodology writing practices?
- Give yourself time to write a number of drafts
- Be a disciplined and successful author – successful authors often write at the same time & in same place each day even if they don’t feel like it
- Find an abstract/article you have enjoyed reading and model your format after it
What are 5 characteristics of “immerse yourself in the finding” as a good mixed methodology writing practices?
- Review the research question
- Listen to the audiotapes/read transcriptions
- Read and re-read data (e.g., graphs, tables, transcriptions, memos, field notes)
- If stuck, write a summary of each important finding and compare with the research question
- Look for patterns
What are 5 good mixed methodology writing practices?
- Start early with the end in sight
- Immerse yourself in the findings
- Reflect on the meaning of the data in relation to the research question
- Decide what is important that answers your research question
- Try to encapsulate your findings in a diagram or graphic
What is a characteristic of “reflect on the meaning of the data in relation to the research question” as a good mixed methodology writing practices?
- What are the key insights?
What are the conventions for using quotes?
- Quotes of fewer than 40 words are incorporated into the text.
- For example, MS_04 said that “information about MS and how to cope with it may have enabled my family to ‘handle it’ rather than ‘walk away’ from me.”
- Quotes of more that 40 words are placed in an indented paragraph with participant’s pseudonym at end
- For example, some of participants discussed learning about the value of interprofessional teams in their overseas placement:
- I hadn’t had much experience working with occupational therapists and speech therapists before; so working out their role … their knowledge and backgrounds that they can bring to the team. Then … how each of our roles can work together (Ilse, Medical Student 2).
