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This accessible text supports health practitioners undertaking qualitative research to inform clinical practice, guiding readers through the decision-making process from planning and proposing, through data collection, to dissemination and impact.
List of contents
One : Introduction - the clinician researcher, Two : Quality improvement: differentiating audit, service evaluation, and research, Three : Theory in qualitative research, Four: Evidence based practice and practice-based evidence, Five: Planning a project, Six: Types of qualitative research, Seven: Working with gatekeepers, stakeholders and experts by experience, Eight : Ethics and integrity , Nine : Dual roles - the clinician and researcher role, Ten: Sampling and recruitment, Eleven: Sensitivity, vulnerability and barriers to participation, Twelve: Managing researcher safety, Thirteen: Methods of data collection, Fourteen: Interviews and focus groups, Fifteen: Qualitative health research and digital technologies, Sixteen: Transcription and data management, Seventeen: Using clinical skills in research , Eighteen: Thematic approaches and coding data, Nineteen: Common analytic approaches, Twenty: Dissemination and translating research into practice
About the author
Michelle O'Reilly is Associate Professor of Communication in Mental Health at the University of Leicester and a Research Consultant and Quality Improvement Advisor for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. Michelle is also a Chartered Psychologist in Health and a Visiting Lecturer at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
Philip Archard is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education and Training at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, where he works on two doctoral courses: a qualifying programme in child, community, and educational psychology, and a programme in advanced practice and research for experienced social work and health and social care professionals. He is also an Honorary Fellow in the School of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leicester.
Nikki Kiyimba is a Clinical Academic, who works in private practice as a Chartered Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is also an academic with extensive experience in tertiary education, and of postgraduate programme leadership. She is a Journal Editorial Member, Guest Editor, and Peer Reviewer for several international journals.
