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Course syllabus - Qualitative Research Methods II
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
OAV013
Valid from
Autumn semester 2022
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1F (Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Work Life Studies, Science of Public Health, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Caring Science with Specialization in Nursing
School
School of Health, Care and Social Welfare
Ratified
2021-12-07
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Reflexive methodology : new vistas for qualitative research
Third edition : Los Angeles : Sage, 2018 - xii, 437 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4739-6424-2 LIBRIS-ID: 21974933
Discourse as data : a guide for analysis
London : Sage, in association with the Open University, 2001 - 338 s.
ISBN: 0-7619-7157-2 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 5602667
Articles
Fixing the wounded or keeping lead in the air-tactical officers' views of emergency care on the battlefield
Mil Med. 180(2):224-, 2015
URL: Link
Mothers in same-sex relationships - Striving for equal parenthood: A grounded theory study
A grounded theory study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 00:110, 2019
URL: Link
Developing a Concept of Rest from a Lifeworld Perspective and by Phenomenological Inteviewing
SAGE Research Method Cases, 2017
URL: Link
Phenomenography: A qualitative research approach for exploring understanding in health care
Qualitative Health Research, 9, 212226, 1999
URL: Link
Issues about thinking phenomenologically while doing phenomenology
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 38, 256277. (22 s.), 2007
URL: Link
How do we close the hermeneutic circle? A Gadamerian approach to justifiaction in interpretation in qualitative studies
Nursing Inquiry, 15(1); 57-66, 2008
URL: Link
A phenomenological analysis of the experience of pivotal moments in therapy as defined by clients
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 42, 61-106, 2011
URL: Link
The theory, practice, and evaluation of the phenomenological method as a qualitative research procedure
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 28, 235-260, 1997
URL: Link
You Know Where the Boundary Is When You Cross It - A Phenomenological Understanding of Vulnerability as Experienced by Carers in Forensic Inpatient Care
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 43, 8, 712-721,
URL: Link
A phenomenological psychological study of decision and choice
Acta Psychologica, 68, 7-25, 1988
URL: Link
Phenomenographic or phenomenological analysis: does it matter? Examples from a study of anaesthesiologists work
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Wellbeing, 2(1);55-64, 2009
URL: Link
A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experiences
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science, 18(2);145-153, 2004
URL: Link
How children of parents with dementia can make their subject positions understandable and meaningful
Qualitative Health Research. Sept, 18, 1-13, 2019
URL: Link
PhenomenographyDescribing conceptions of the world around us
Instructional Science, 10, 177200, 1981
URL: Link
A Metasynthesis of Phenomenographic Articles on Understandings of Work Among Healthcare Professionals
Qualitative Health Research, 28(2):273-291, 2018
URL: Link
The New Generation of Thai Fathers: Breadwinners Involved in Parenting
American Journal of Mens Health, 12(5), 1368-1378, 2018
URL: Link
Caregivers, Young People with Complex Needs, and Multiple Service Providers: A Study of Triangulated Relationships
Family Process, 51(2), 193-206, 2012
URL: Link
Reference Literature
There I am: A Grounded Theory Study of Young Adults Navigating a Transgender or Gender Nonconforming Identity within a Context of Oppression and Invisibility
Sex Roles, 75, 215230, 2016
URL: Link
Sammanflätningar : Husserls och Merleau-Pontys fenomenologi
3., rev. uppl. , 3 tr. 2013 : Göteborg : Daidalos, 2001 - 144 s.
ISBN: 9171731520 LIBRIS-ID: 8371304
Reflective lifeworld research
2. ed. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2008 - 370 s.
ISBN: 978-91-44-04925-0 LIBRIS-ID: 10616729
Hermeneutic inquiry : researching lived experience of mental health and recovery in a Christian monastery in contemporary Sweden
2018 - 1 online resource.
ISBN: 9781526440341 LIBRIS-ID: 8jckz27x6c1mw6rt
Hermeneutical observational studies: describing a method
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, (early on line),, 2020
URL: Link
Looking into the labyrinth of gender inequality: women physicians in academic medicine
Medical Education, 52, 1083-1095, 2018
URL: Link
Hermeneutic application research - finding a common understanding and consensus on care and caring
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 31(1); 175-182, 2017
URL: Link
That Mr. Alzheimer You never know what he´s up to. But what about me? A discourse analysis of how Swedish spouse caregivers make their subject positions understandable and meaningful
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health & Well-being, 13 (1), 2018
URL: Link
Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of mobility on education
Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(3), 353-369, 2018
URL: Link
A Sanctuary of Safety. A study of how patients with dual diagnosis experience caring conversations
Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(2), 856-865, 2018
URL: Link
Nursing Researchers modifications of Ricoeurs hermeneutic phenomenology
Nursing Inquiry, 22(4),; 348-358, 2015
URL: Link
Tre kvalitativa forskningsansatser med relevans för vårdvetenskap
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research & Clinical Studies / Vård i Norden; 23(2): 9-15, 2003
URL: Link
Caregivers, Young People with Complex Needs, and Multiple Service Providers: A Study of Triangulated Relationships
Family Process, 51(2), 193-206, 2012
URL: Link
Hermeneutics and narration: A way to deal with qualitative data
Nursing Inquiry, 9(2); 114-125, 2002
URL: Link
Other Materials
Students are also expected to use additional literature with relevance for the approach chosen in their individual examinations (INL1). Further information will be provided during the start of the course
-
Books
Reflexive methodology : new vistas for qualitative research
Third edition : Los Angeles : Sage, 2018 - xii, 437 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4739-6424-2 LIBRIS-ID: 21974933
Discourse as data : a guide for analysis
London : Sage, in association with the Open University, 2001 - 338 s.
ISBN: 0-7619-7157-2 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 5602667
Articles
Fixing the wounded or keeping lead in the air-tactical officers' views of emergency care on the battlefield
Mil Med. 180(2):224-, 2015
URL: Link
Mothers in same-sex relationships - Striving for equal parenthood: A grounded theory study
A grounded theory study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 00:110, 2019
URL: Link
Developing a Concept of Rest from a Lifeworld Perspective and by Phenomenological Inteviewing
SAGE Research Method Cases, 2017
URL: Link
Phenomenography: A qualitative research approach for exploring understanding in health care
Qualitative Health Research, 9, 212226, 1999
URL: Link
Issues about thinking phenomenologically while doing phenomenology
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 38, 256277. (22 s.), 2007
URL: Link
How do we close the hermeneutic circle? A Gadamerian approach to justifiaction in interpretation in qualitative studies
Nursing Inquiry, 15(1); 57-66, 2008
URL: Link
A phenomenological analysis of the experience of pivotal moments in therapy as defined by clients
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 42, 61-106, 2011
URL: Link
The theory, practice, and evaluation of the phenomenological method as a qualitative research procedure
Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, 28, 235-260, 1997
URL: Link
You Know Where the Boundary Is When You Cross It - A Phenomenological Understanding of Vulnerability as Experienced by Carers in Forensic Inpatient Care
Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 43, 8, 712-721,
URL: Link
A phenomenological psychological study of decision and choice
Acta Psychologica, 68, 7-25, 1988
URL: Link
Phenomenographic or phenomenological analysis: does it matter? Examples from a study of anaesthesiologists work
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Wellbeing, 2(1);55-64, 2009
URL: Link
A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experiences
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science, 18(2);145-153, 2004
URL: Link
How children of parents with dementia can make their subject positions understandable and meaningful
Qualitative Health Research. Sept, 18, 1-13, 2019
URL: Link
PhenomenographyDescribing conceptions of the world around us
Instructional Science, 10, 177200, 1981
URL: Link
A Metasynthesis of Phenomenographic Articles on Understandings of Work Among Healthcare Professionals
Qualitative Health Research, 28(2):273-291, 2018
URL: Link
The New Generation of Thai Fathers: Breadwinners Involved in Parenting
American Journal of Mens Health, 12(5), 1368-1378, 2018
URL: Link
Caregivers, Young People with Complex Needs, and Multiple Service Providers: A Study of Triangulated Relationships
Family Process, 51(2), 193-206, 2012
URL: Link
Reference Literature
There I am: A Grounded Theory Study of Young Adults Navigating a Transgender or Gender Nonconforming Identity within a Context of Oppression and Invisibility
Sex Roles, 75, 215230, 2016
URL: Link
Sammanflätningar : Husserls och Merleau-Pontys fenomenologi
3., rev. uppl. , 3 tr. 2013 : Göteborg : Daidalos, 2001 - 144 s.
ISBN: 9171731520 LIBRIS-ID: 8371304
Reflective lifeworld research
2. ed. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2008 - 370 s.
ISBN: 978-91-44-04925-0 LIBRIS-ID: 10616729
Hermeneutic inquiry : researching lived experience of mental health and recovery in a Christian monastery in contemporary Sweden
2018 - 1 online resource.
ISBN: 9781526440341 LIBRIS-ID: 8jckz27x6c1mw6rt
Hermeneutical observational studies: describing a method
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, (early on line),, 2020
URL: Link
Looking into the labyrinth of gender inequality: women physicians in academic medicine
Medical Education, 52, 1083-1095, 2018
URL: Link
Hermeneutic application research - finding a common understanding and consensus on care and caring
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 31(1); 175-182, 2017
URL: Link
That Mr. Alzheimer You never know what he´s up to. But what about me? A discourse analysis of how Swedish spouse caregivers make their subject positions understandable and meaningful
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health & Well-being, 13 (1), 2018
URL: Link
Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of mobility on education
Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(3), 353-369, 2018
URL: Link
A Sanctuary of Safety. A study of how patients with dual diagnosis experience caring conversations
Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27(2), 856-865, 2018
URL: Link
Nursing Researchers modifications of Ricoeurs hermeneutic phenomenology
Nursing Inquiry, 22(4),; 348-358, 2015
URL: Link
Tre kvalitativa forskningsansatser med relevans för vårdvetenskap
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research & Clinical Studies / Vård i Norden; 23(2): 9-15, 2003
URL: Link
Caregivers, Young People with Complex Needs, and Multiple Service Providers: A Study of Triangulated Relationships
Family Process, 51(2), 193-206, 2012
URL: Link
Hermeneutics and narration: A way to deal with qualitative data
Nursing Inquiry, 9(2); 114-125, 2002
URL: Link
Other Materials
Students are also expected to use additional literature with relevance for the approach chosen in their individual examinations (INL1). Further information will be provided during the start of the course
Objectives
The objective of the course is for students to acquire additional in-depth knowledge of qualitative methodological approaches applicable to the health and welfare domain, as well as of the philosophy of science.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
1 demonstrate an enhanced ability to critically review and reflect on the perspectives of the philosophy of science
2 demonstrate an enhanced understanding of the significance and value of qualitative research in health and welfare
3 motivate the choice of different qualitative methodological approaches in relation to a research question
4 demonstrate a deeper understanding of the selection of data sources, data collection and analysis in different qualitative methodological approaches
5 critically review and reflect on ethical challenges in qualitative research
6 reflect on and evaluate quality criteria in qualitative methodological approaches
Course content
The Philosophy of Science
Qualitative research in health and welfare
Research Ethics
The research process in different qualitative methodological approaches
Quality criteria in qualitative research
Specific requirements
A degree of Bachelor, equivalent to 180 credits in one of the following main field of study: Public Health Science, Caring Science with Specialization in Nursing, Nursing Science, Medical Science, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, or the equivalent. Qualitative Research Methods I or the equivalent on advanced level. In addition, Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English B/English 6 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish B/Swedish 3.
Examination
GRU1, Group assignment including oral presentation in follow up seminar, 3 credits, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL1, Written hand-in assignment, 4.5 credits, individual assignment, grades Fail (U), Pass (G) Or Pass with distinction (VG)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
Replaces SOA410