From Patients to Participants: Health Professionals Learn Qualitative Interview Skills Through a Collaborative Classroom Activity
Location
DeSantis Room 1049
Format Type
Plenary
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
15-1-2020 8:45 AM
End Date
15-1-2020 9:05 AM
Abstract
Qualitative health research is a growing field, and more experienced clinicians are seeking graduate research degrees. Participant interviews are a primary method of data collection in qualitative research, and requires a unique set of knowledge and skills. Healthcare professionals develop keen clinical interview skills to gathering medical information, facilitate a diagnosis, establish a prognosis, and determine a plan of care. The clinical interview, however, is very different from the qualitative research interview. Expert clinicians seeking graduate education often struggle to make the transition to qualitative health research. They may not fully understand the differences in purpose, technique, and context that guide the qualitative research interview process. During this session, speakers will present a unique educational activity designed to engage health professions doctoral students in various tasks and discussions about qualitative research methodology and interview technique. Speakers will report on the outcomes of an interprofessional collaborative research activity. Educational strategies will be presented, and the audience will have the opportunity to hear from course instructors, as well as a doctoral student who experienced the research activity.
Keywords
Interview Skills; Team; Collaboraive Learning
From Patients to Participants: Health Professionals Learn Qualitative Interview Skills Through a Collaborative Classroom Activity
DeSantis Room 1049
Qualitative health research is a growing field, and more experienced clinicians are seeking graduate research degrees. Participant interviews are a primary method of data collection in qualitative research, and requires a unique set of knowledge and skills. Healthcare professionals develop keen clinical interview skills to gathering medical information, facilitate a diagnosis, establish a prognosis, and determine a plan of care. The clinical interview, however, is very different from the qualitative research interview. Expert clinicians seeking graduate education often struggle to make the transition to qualitative health research. They may not fully understand the differences in purpose, technique, and context that guide the qualitative research interview process. During this session, speakers will present a unique educational activity designed to engage health professions doctoral students in various tasks and discussions about qualitative research methodology and interview technique. Speakers will report on the outcomes of an interprofessional collaborative research activity. Educational strategies will be presented, and the audience will have the opportunity to hear from course instructors, as well as a doctoral student who experienced the research activity.