Methodological Resources
Here you'll find a collection of qualitative methodological resources (downloadable PDFs & narrated web modules). I've developed these resources to help colleagues and students new to qualitative research find their footing.
FHS Qualitative Research Group monthly meetings
If you are based at McMaster University or Hamilton Health Sciences and interested in connecting with others who are interested in qualitative health research methods, e-mail me for more information about our monthly FHS Qualitative Research group.
All are welcome!
Introduction, Overview, and Foundations
What’s the difference between qualitative and quantitative methods? Which is more appropriate for my research question?
Philisophical Worldviews (sometimes known as theoretical foundations, paradigms)
Level: First Contact
Level: Introductory
Created for: Health Science Education (MSc), McMaster University
Theory and the Research Thought Process (contrasts Qualitative and Quantitative)
Introduction to Qualitative Research
Level: Introductory
Created for: Health Science Education (MSc), McMaster University
Level: Introductory
Created for: Health Policy (PhD), McMaster University
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Level: Introductory, for Quantitative Researchers
Introduction to Qualitative Research Design
Level: Introductory, for Undergraduate Students
Created for: Health, Aging and Society (BA), McMaster University
Introduction to Qualitative Research Design and Methodologies
Study Design and Methodologies
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Level: Intermediate
Created for: Health Policy (PhD), McMaster University
Qualitative Coding
Level: Introductory
Created for: Health Science Education (MSc), McMaster University
Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis
Data Analysis
Level: Introductory, for Graduate Students
Writing an Interview or Focus Group Guide
Level: Introductory, for Graduate Students
Created for: Health, Aging and Society (BA), McMaster University
Primer on Data Collection
Data Collection
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Qualitative Research in the field of Health Policy
Level: Introductory
Created for: Health Policy (PhD), McMaster University
Approaches to Quality in Qualitative Research
Beyond Design
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Level: Intermediate
Created for: Health Policy (PhD), McMaster University
Helpful references for novice qualitative researchers from other sources
All the qualitative-relevant pages from Academic Medicine’s Conducting Research in Health Professions Education: From Idea to Publication (November 2016)
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Reference lists that may assist more advanced qualitative researchers
Coming Soon: EndNote Libraries shared on request
- Methodologies
- Strategies for creating rigorous qualitative research
- Methods for secondary synthesis of qualitative research
- Qualitative methods in Medical Education
Meredith Vanstone,
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
DBHSC 5001F, McMaster University
100 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON L8P 1H6
Meredith.Vanstone@mcmaster.ca